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The Far East has always held an allure for most people, as a result of its mystery and intrigue. Japanese weddings are very beautiful and spiritual occasions which encompass aspects of the Far East that appeal to Westerners.2 Even though old traditions are pres ....

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.... bride) to the "Yome-iri" system (for a bride to be accepted into her bridegroom's home). The change seems to have taken place in the 13th and 14th centuries by the rise of "Bushi" warriors in power.6 During the age of aristocracy, a bridegroom would nightly visit his bride at her home and only after the birth of a child or the loss of parents to the bridegroom or husband, the bride would be accepted as the wife in the man's home. Among common people, labor power was an essential factor to maintain a family. It was an accepted practice in the Tohoku area in northern Japan for a bridegroom to live with his bride's family to offer his labor for a ce ....