My old roommate Vivi, aka Maiko from 52nd street in New York and FIT got married in tokyo on april 1st, 2012. this was the excuse i needed to get back over to japan for cherry blossom season and in extension tack on trips to korea, china, hong kong, and singapore
I'm sure their wedding was super expensive. it was at Happo-en in shirokane dai and had a traditional shinto ceremony that lasted like 8 minutes for real. and then it was on to eating and drinking. and this was all by 10 am.
Vivi's highschool crew, many of which i hung out with when i lived here.
the bride.
my first time having macha green tea that's all frothed up with a bamboo brush.
I made the wedding board for her reception. in japan they always have a wedding board and its usually a big head little body caricature of the couple, so they were really happy to get this one based on gustav klimt's "the kiss". For once being an illustrator paid off. As soon as they found out i made the wedding board i was instantly surrounded by girls that wanted to meet me, and champagne, and butterflies, etc.... Everyone was so friendly with me. again i feel like this hair had something to do with it too. I would like to think it's because of my super illustration skills and not my bouffant but who knows.
everyone's favorite part about going to a japanese wedding, giving money in denominations of 3. that means you have to give 10,00 yen ($125) but you're a cheap bastard if you give that much so everyone starts from 30,000 yen ($380) and up, 60,000, 90,000, and so on. Only i didn't have to give anything cuz i made the wedding board yay!
um, 30 more of these please
the were a million speeches by vivi and eisuke's bosses, parents, siblings, etc... and dramatic entrances and stuff. at one point when they first started serving food they said "kitchen.............OPEN!!!!!!" and then the sliding fusuma doors slide open quickly and dramatically and the spot lights went over and there was a kitchen and staff ready to leap into action. hahahhahhah
more dramatics.
inside of a tokyo cab. what's that handle with the red knob?
after party at NOS in ebisu.
heeyyyyyy DJ! Emiko and Keiko
The Falcons, vivi's highschool cheerleading squad put on a little cheer for us.
a song and dance put on by their friends to the tune of some ABK48 song that goes "i miss u, i miss u, i love u, i love u....."
check out Rika in her latex nurse outfit!!!! oh my.
I don't know how this happened but damn it feels good to be an illustrator right about now.
lots more speeches, videos, toasts at the after party.
Rika is a fountain of energy
after after party at the same place, just 30 minutes later after they cleaned up and prepared for a new round of drinking.
congrats Vivi and Eisuke!
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