The Day of the Japanese Wedding

The bride’s “head to toe” is painted with white to declare her purity to the “Kami”.  She wears the white kimono called “Uchikake” and a headpiece decorated with gallant ornaments to entice fortune and good luck to the new couple.  A hood coloured white is also attached to her kimono to symbolically hide “jealousy”.  The groom wears a black kimono.  At the wedding ceremony, the respective families of the bride and groom face each other while the couple exchanges pronouncement of vows.  After sharing the “sake”, the fathers of the couple introduce members of their families.