Sunday, March 1, 2015

Sunday 28th February - a wedding!

Today we went to our friends wedding.

We met at the reception venue and went by bus to the church.
The wedding vows were in English and Japanese.
We went by bus back to the venue and had our group photo done on these big steps.
Emi walked into the reception later wearing a red dress!
Our table was foreigners and two nice girls who speak great english. We met the girl on the far left, Ayano, when we first visited Japan with Emi. The couple next to us are from Perth and the couple on the right are from Hong Kong.
There was some silliness:
Most of the food was fish.
The next time Emi entered the room she was wearing a complicated kimono! Complete with hair helmet.
They went around lighting everyone's candles and then one special one.
Emi's outer kimono was removed which revealed a red one!
Emi's heartwarming speech to her parents.
Our loot! I thought you were meant to GIVE presents at a wedding.
The wedding finished around 4, when we walked home and had a rest. Then we went out to Takashimaya and had Italian food for tea. Phew! Tired!