Comments on: Lucky couple have samurai wedding ceremony at Japanese castle

By: Haf

Haf — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:50:28 +0000

Wow, that’s really great, too bad it was raining that day.

I’d also like to have such a wedding, would be legen- wait for it -dary!

By: Eloy

Eloy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:49:36 +0000

That seemed cool.

By: asdafdfasfasffda

asdafdfasfasffda — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:24:19 +0000

Yeah, why the wigs?

By: James

James — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:18:06 +0000

Whoops. I think I got that English spelling stuck in my head every since I read a Japan Times article about the show:

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fd20080120cs.html

By: The Overklingon

The Overklingon — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:06:49 +0000

Blasphemy!! May Kahless himself strike you down with his Bat’leth!

By: InJM

InJM — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:42:30 +0000

Except it’s historical and Klingons don’t exist anywhere but in the minds of trekkies and TV reruns.

By: claytonian

claytonian — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:34:56 +0000

Wearing the bald cap and wigs makes this pretty much the equivalent of a Klingon wedding

By: LB

LB — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:53:18 +0000

You are correct, it is “hyakkei”, not “hakkei”.

By: The Overthinker

The Overthinker — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:51:16 +0000

Probably a typo. Hakkei is “Eight Scenes.”

By: Per

Per — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:43:33 +0000

I just noticed something. The title of this show is mistranslated, isn’t it: Nani kore chin hyakkei? There’s a huge difference between ha and hya here. The hya can be heard ever so subtle in the pronounciation, but it’s there. Also the kanji for onehundred, hyaku is in the title. Am I wrong about this? Maybe hya is romanized to ha, but it leads to a lot of confusion, atleast in my book.

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:03:40 +0000

Isn’t it ironic, winning a once-in-a lifetime ceremony at Matsue Castle on it’s 400th anniversary, getting dressed up in elaborate period costume and then raaaaaiiin on your wedding day…

By: InJM

InJM — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:36:28 +0000

I seem to recall that Nijo Castle in Kyoto was also opening their gates to weddings. This was a few months ago though so I have no idea if they are still working it.