December 2014 Ishikawa-ken Yamanaka Onsen Hu Kocho (private)
They live in Tokyo. The groom is from Tokyo and the bride is from Ishikawa Prefecture. They chose to hold their wedding in Kaga, where the bride’s parents live, because they heard the bride’s grandmother say that she wanted to give her as a bride from home, and they became interested in Kaga’s wedding culture and traditions and decided to carry out each step carefully.
They both want to
- I want to accommodate the bride’s grandmother’s wishes (I want to marry her out of her family home)
- We want to treat our guests with delicious food
- The bride’s parents’ home must be in Kaga, within easy reach of the bride’s home
- Want to focus on access and stay for guests coming from all over the country
- Want to hold a shrine wedding
- Want to wear a wedding dress
Kaga Onsen-kyo is home to several hot spring towns, including Katayamazu Onsen, Yamashiro Onsen, Yamanaka Onsen and Awazu Onsen. The wedding ceremony is held at the Hattori Shrine, the deity shrine of Yamashiro Onsen, where the bride’s parents live. The reception was held at Kocho, a ryokan (Japanese-style inn) in Yamanaka Onsen, which boasts 1,300 years of history as a hot spring located along a valley. Kocho is a calm ryokan with nine large and small rooms, each with a carefully selected open-air guest bath, centred around the special room “Juraku”, which was built as a villa in the early Showa period and elaborately decorated with the essence of Japanese architecture.
By renting out the entire ryokan, the entire building was used for two days and one night, making it possible to hold a wedding where guests could talk until midnight.
Daily Flow
The beauty and dressing team visited the bride’s home early in the morning and prepared her bridal dress while her family looked on, and after greeting her parents, she was seen off by her neighbours from her parents’ home. The bride left the sake cup, which had been handed down from generation to generation, at the Ujigami Shrine and used it for the Sanzan-no-Kudo ceremony. The ceremony began with the bride’s grandmother’s wish to be married from home and the sansankudo, a ceremony using a sake cup that is connected to the ancestors.
After the ceremony, the couple moved to a hot spring ryokan, where they welcomed friends and enjoyed a banquet with a focus on delicious cuisine incorporating Kaga’s traditional wedding dishes, and were full of smiles and conviviality. The next morning, they enjoyed a morning bath and a stroll around Yamanaka Onsen town before heading home.
12:30
Dressing and greeting the bride at her home
The bride is carefully prepared for her wedding, watched over by her family.
14:30
Heading to the shrine, watched over by neighbours.
Many people gathered to congratulate the bride and see her off.
15:30
神前挙式
三三九度の盃もお祓いされて、幸せにとの願いで結ばれた。
17:00〜18:00
旅館へ到着
受付後ゲストは各お部屋にて、ゆっくり宴までお過ごしいただく。
18:00
ご披露宴(夕食)
特別懐石料理で美味しいを堪能しながら会話中心の宴を楽しむ
20:00〜23:00
ドレスに着替えてデザートタイム
デザートからは特別室へ移動して深夜まで続くアフタータイム
7:00〜8:30
朝風呂&朝食タイム
お風呂が先か朝食が先かゲストのお好みで、旅館の朝時間を過ごしていただく
11:00〜12:00
チェックアウト
ふたりがロビーでゲストをお見送り笑顔があふれる瞬間
Comments from Onsen Weddings
The meeting with the couple, who live in Tokyo, was held at the coffee shop Renoir near Shibuya station, which had good access. We felt that they had a good sense of how to use professionals.
They chose to have the entire ryokan reserved for the wedding, considering the importance of spending time with their guests. They spent time with their friends until late at night without worrying about other guests. Elderly relatives enjoyed the bath slowly and relaxed in their rooms, and as the only people they met anywhere in the hotel were the guests they had invited, they were enveloped in a sense of togetherness that only a private onsen wedding can provide.
The next morning, the guests enjoyed the morning bath and strolled around Yamanaka Onsen Town until check-out time.
詳細データ
Venue: Kaga Onsenkyo Yamanaka Onsen (Ishikawa Prefecture)
Venue: Kocho
Date: 12/2014
Ceremony: Hattori Shrine
Reception: banquet hall “Taikan
Participants: 35/family, relatives and friends (from all over Japan)
