{"id":277,"date":"2006-11-11T00:50:09","date_gmt":"2006-11-10T15:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2006-11-11\/277"},"modified":"2007-06-30T20:06:14","modified_gmt":"2007-06-30T11:06:14","slug":"weddings-and-the-heian-shrine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2006-11-11\/277","title":{"rendered":"Weddings and the Heian Shrine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
<\/a>Fumie (right) and Ma-chan, an old high-school buddy, last February<\/big><\/div>\n\n

\n\nLast February, Fumie's friend Ma-chan (at left, above) came to Kyoto for\nthe wedding reception of one of her coworkers. The wedding<\/span> itself was held\nin the Heian Shrine, and likely limited to only the most immediate family\n— it's the reception later on that Ma-chan and other friends would\nattend.\n\n<\/p>\n\n

First Posted in February 2006<\/a><\/div>\n\n

\nSo, while her friend was at the private ceremony, Ma-chan walked around the\npublic areas of the shrine with Fumie and Anthony, with me and my still-new\nD200<\/a>\ntrailing behind. I posted\nthis picture of the lanterns<\/a> that evening, but it wasn't until today,\n10 months later, that I really went through the pictures in any detail.\n\n<\/p>\n

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\n\nI finally got around to going over the pictures because tomorrow, it's\nMa-chan's turn to get married. Fumie, Anthony, and I will attend (in Kobe,\nabout 1.5 hours by car), and I wanted to bring CDs of the pictures for her\nand her now-married-for-10-months friend.\n\n<\/p>

\n\nHaving gone though them, I found<\/span> a few that are nice, so I'll post them\ntoday. All from February<\/span> 18th, 2006.\n\n<\/p>

\n\nIn the picture on the left, the big stone sign behind Ma-chan and Fumie\nsays “Heian Shrine.” The entrance building is further behind them, while\nthe main gate of the\nshrine<\/a> is well back behind me.\n\n<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Entering the Shrine Grounds<\/big><\/div>\n\n
<\/a>Main Entrance<\/big><\/div>\n\n
<\/a>The Bride<\/big><\/div>\n\n
<\/a>Another view of the Lanterns<\/big><\/div>\n\n
<\/a>Bride and Groom Leave Shrine via\nRickshaw<\/big>With Fumie, Anthony, and Ma-chan in the background<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>Posing for Pictures in Front of the\nShrine<\/big>While Ma-chan takes a picture<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>Heading to the Reception<\/big><\/div>\n\n

More pictures are at my photo site<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

\nTomorrow it will be Ma-chan's turn.\n<\/p>\n\n

I've only been to two weddings in Japan: a co-worker's in 1990, and my\nown in 1998. I won't be taking my camera to this one, as I will be taking\nmy four-year-old, and there's no way I could handle them both for the\nduration (Fumie will often be busy with things helping her friend).\n\n<\/p>

\n\nAnthony will reprise his role as a ring bearer, as he did three months ago\nwhen my brother got\nmarried<\/a>.\n\n<\/p>

\n\nIt should be fun.\n\n<\/p>\n