More Japanese couples are getting married at overseas holiday resorts in destinations that include Hawaii, Guam and Australia, accompanied just by family and a few friends.
Some reckon that the main reason for this exodus is that couples are not satisfied with standardized ceremonies held at wedding halls and hotels in Japan, and wish to avoid prickly tasks such as asking elderly family members to make speeches and deciding the seating order for guests.
Watabe Wedding Corp., a major wedding service company based in Kyoto, revealed that about 58,000 Japanese couples held wedding ceremonies overseas last year.