What is Onsen wedding?
Onsen Wedding” is a “2 meals 1 night wedding” with family, friends, and guests, and is a “style wedding with a hot spring trip attached”.
A wedding is over in 3-4 hours. Is it really that short? You may be thinking, “How short can it be? It is common for guests and relatives who have come all the way from far away to spend only a few minutes talking with each other.
Onsen wedding is a wedding where all the guests stay together for one night and two meals, not three or four hours.
You can spend a whole night with your guests and relatives.A wedding is over in 3-4 hours. Is it really that short? You may be thinking, “How short can it be? It is common for guests and relatives who have come all the way from far away to spend only a few minutes talking with each other.Onsen wedding is a wedding where all the guests stay together for one night and two meals, not three or four hours.You can spend a whole night with your guests and relatives.
Features of Onsen Weddings
01. Onsen Ryokan Whole Private Wedding
The main attraction of onsen weddings is the possibility of renting out an entire small luxury ryokan (Japanese-style inn) for the wedding.
It is not easy to rent out an onsen ryokan for use unless it is a wedding. You can also use the bar and lounge in the onsen ryokan to hold a mini-concert with just your guests and relatives.
Onsen weddings can be held at a private onsen ryokan for a total of 20 people. Have you ever had such a luxurious wedding?
02.Full Wedding Ceremony” at Onsen Ryokan
Onsen wedding is more than just a wedding reception. A full wedding ceremony is held. This is the charm of Onsen weddings.
No shrine in Onsen? No churches either? You may think so, but we provide transportation between shrines and churches at onsen ryokan to ensure a smooth wedding ceremony.
Recently, it has become very common to hold a public ceremony inside an onsen ryokan, rather than at a shrine or church.
Meet at an Onsen Ryokan
The meeting point is a hot spring inn. Transportation will be provided from the onsen ryokan to the wedding venue.
Ceremony at the ceremony
Real ceremonies are held at the wedding hall, including Shinto and church ceremonies. Public ceremonies are also possible.
Wedding receptions at Onsen Ryokan
Transportation from the wedding venue to the onsen ryokan. Hot spring weddings are well supported.
03. Onsen weddings are not only for Japanese-style weddings
Do you think that onsen weddings can only be held in kimono? Of course, dresses are possible.
For Onsen weddings, you and your photographer can head to a Onsen ryokan sightseeing spot or Instagram spot for a dress or kimono location shoot.
We can offer wonderful location shooting as there are many shooting spots around the hot spring inns. We also offer dress studio shoots, so please contact us for more information.
04. Same as onsen ryokan, “post-payment system.”
I think most weddings and other events are usually paid in advance. This is not a system where two people who are embarking on a new beginning have to pay an amount of money up front that they have never experienced before.
Although the production fee is required at the time of contracting, unlike guesthouses where everything is paid in advance, Onsen weddings are “postpaid” just like staying at an onsen ryokan (Onsen). We will first prepare an estimate and calculate the approximate cost. Payment is made after the event.
Individual counseling/consultation
Start with a consultation. Let’s work together on the budget, number of guests and location of the event.
application
Once you are satisfied with the type of spa wedding you would like to have, please apply.
The day of the ceremony
On the day of the wedding, Onsen Wedding staff will support you through the ceremony and reception.
after the ceremony
Settlement after the spa wedding. Payments can also be made to onsen ryokans and others.
05. Weddings we would like to be invited to
What kind of wedding would you like to attend? We aim to create a wedding that people will say, “I want to be invited” or “Please invite us”. In order to make your wedding a wedding you would like to be invited to, we have listed three key points.
Onsen ryokan full charter experience
A whole small ryokan can be rented out for a hot spring wedding for about 20 people. This is the kind of wedding I would like to attend.
Held at a luxury onsen ryokan
I’m spending money on a wedding, so a luxury Onsen ryokan I’ve never stayed at is an option. This is the kind of wedding I want to be invited to.
All rooms with open-air bath
Even if you don’t like big baths, it’s okay. We can arrange for you to stay at an Onsen ryokan with open-air baths in every room.
Many couples give their parents a “suite” as a gift. Why not give them a trip to an Onsen
06. Onsen throughout Japan are eligible.
Onsen Wedding will correspond and negotiate with any onsen ryokan anywhere in Japan. You ask the onsen ryokan you go to directly, “Can we have a wedding there?” We will negotiate with the onsen ryokan to hold your wedding ceremony at the onsen. Even in such a case, we will negotiate with the inn and make arrangements for you to hold your wedding at the onsen.
Onsen ryokan are professionals in banquets and lodging, not weddings. Onsen Wedding, as a wedding professional, will work with onsen ryokan to create a successful wedding.
Advantages of Certain Onsen Weddings
Cospa is just the best!
The idea is to make a two-day and one-night hot spring trip a gift instead of a gift or souvenir. It is safe because it is the same feeling as a stay at a usual onsen ryokan.
Spend a long time with relatives and guests at 2 meals per night
Don’t you feel that a wedding is about 3 hours long? An Onsen wedding is always a one-night stay and two meals. You can spend a long time with guests from far away.
Flow of events up to the day of the Onsen wedding
Step 1: First, contact Onsen Weddings
Please contact Onsen Weddings first from here. You don’t have to have anything decided. Just saying “I want to have a wedding at an onsen ryokan” is fine. First of all, we would like to hear your story. You can contact us by e-mail or LINE.
Step 2. meeting (in person OR remotely)
In Tokyo, Ishikawa, and Niigata prefectures, it is possible to visit our salons.
Tokyo Salon
B1F ANNO BLDG, 2-4-16 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo Office Mariage Co.
Ishikawa Salon
72 Hirabako, Yamada-cho, Kaga, Ishikawa, Japan CaroCara
Niigata Salon
3-39, Koshoji, Nagaoka-shi, Niigata, Japan Wedding hall La Partiel
We are currently in the process of setting up meeting locations throughout Japan and locations are limited. For this reason, Onsen Weddings can meet with you via ZOOM/LINE or by traveling to your location (travel expenses will apply).
Please make sure you fully understand how Onsen Wedding works (how a wedding ceremony works), and decide whether or not you would like to sign a contract at this point.
Step 3: Start preparation for marriage
Together with Onsen Wedding staff, we will prepare for your wedding according to your budget, including dress selection and spa selection (venue selection). Some couples spend as little as 3 months or as long as 1 year in preparation.
Step 4: On the day of the Onsen wedding
Onsen Ryokan is the meeting place, as in check-in.
Onsen ryokan will welcome guests in the same way they always do. Microbuses and other services are available at some ryokans.
Dressing in a room at an onsen ryokan
We will dress you in your room at the onsen ryokan. At this time, parents and relatives can also be dressed at the onsen ryokan in the same way.
Move from Onsen Ryokan to the shrine
If the shrine is a bit far away, take a microbus or cab from the ryokan. If it is in the neighborhood, we will move on foot.
Shrine Ceremony
Onsen Weddings also provides perfect direction for shrine ceremonies. The strength of Onsen Wedding lies in this ceremony.
Photojournalistic photography
自然豊かな神社周辺や温泉旅館周辺の観光施設等でのロケーション撮影を行います。
Return from the shrine to the onsen ryokan
After the ceremony, here comes the reception.
Banquets and receptions
温泉旅館でのいつもの夕食がそのまま披露宴に。派手なことしなくてもよいです。いつもの宴会でも全然良いと思います。
a fine thing to say (used as part of a sarcastic response to a rude remark)
Greetings at the end of the reception. You may read a letter or do a sambonjiki. It doesn’t have to be wedding-like. You can make the closing of the banquet your own.
Charter a Ryokan for an even more attractive experience!
If the ryokan is rented out, everyone can talk until morning in the large space of the ryokan, and if the ryokan has a music space depending on the location, a music concert can also be held.
breakfast
Have you ever had breakfast at your wedding? Most Onsen weddings are 2 meals a night with breakfast included.
About the budget you are concerned about
Let’s have a “Onsen wedding. Even if you think so, what you may end up worrying about may be the budget. The idea of an onsen wedding held at an onsen ryokan can be easily understood if you think of it as “the cost of accommodations at an onsen ryokan + costumes + alpha.
Since “all meals and venue costs are included in the room charge” at onsen ryokan, weddings can be held at a much more reasonable cost than at guesthouses specializing in weddings.
Our company has many questions such as what is your budget, how many guests do you want to invite, where do you want to hold the event, etc. Please contact us first. From there, we will work with you on the budget.
