Wedding Day!!!

Didn't get up to much on Saturday 27th but Sunday 28th was a very important day - the day we got married!

Now before you all think"wow, congratulations, where are the pictures" getting married in Japan is very different.

In the UK (and most of the west) you have a "white dress" ceramony with the legal paper signing in the middle followed by a party.

In Japan each stage of the wedding is separate and not all held on the same day.

The 28th was the day we handed in our official marriage paperwork, only the legal part of the wedding. Due to winter holiday our paperwork will not be processed until sometime in week commencing 5th Jan but once processed it will show 28th December as our legal marriage date.

Next up will be the marriage ceramony and party. Our current plan is to have the ceramony in Japan but after I have already returned to the UK so I'll have to come back "for the weekend". Following that there will be a party in Japan too.

After this when Emi has come to the UK will will have some sort of ceramony and a party for UK friends and relatives.

People think weddings are expensive but most people only have one (or one per marriage anyway).

The picture is of us stood outside the city hall