Shinto Style Wedding @ Meiji Shrine

Meiji Shrine is a Shinto Shrine that is dedicated to a deified spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Shouken. It is located just beside the Harajuku Station and as usual can be taken through the Yamanote line and some other train lines. (I've forgotten the name). Meiji Shrine is located in a forest that covers an area of 700,000 square-meters (about 175 acres). This area is covered by an evergreen forest that consists of 120,000 trees of 365 different species, which were donated by people from all parts of Japan when the shrine was established. The forest is visited by many people both as a spiritual home of the people and as a recreation and relaxation area in the center of Tokyo (Wikipedia, 2008). Here are the photos on the surrounding as well as Shinto Style Wedding ceremony in the Meiji Shrine Grounds.

The main entrance into the Meiji Shrine

Just after the entrance of the shrine

Beautiful gardens along..it's a little chilly here

Another entrance

Along the route to the shrine

Barrels of Japanese Sake (wine) donated to the Meiji Shrine

Barrels of western wines ranging from French chateau to..

Here we are at lastThe temple groundsanother background

Omikuji..Japanese style fortune telling

OK here's the Japanese shinto style wedding..I was lucky to have witness not one but 2 couples in da temple

First couple and the families..

undergoing some ritual..dunno what is it about..

Serious face eh.. (macam kena paksa kahwin je)Again..macam kena paksa kahwin jer


The second couple undergoing same ritual

This is more like it..smiling on a Happy Occasion ;)