Wedding traditions of Osaka
A merchant city of lively weddings, with a shrine at Ikukunitama and a banquet culture.
Osaka is known for its humour and good food. Receptions may be more relaxed than in Tokyo, and families often add a toast with the Kansai accent.
A wedding here
Shinto and chapel rites are common. At the reception, the couple cut a cake, give their parents flowers and read a letter. Guests give money in a goshugi envelope, with an amount often chosen in odd numbers.
Where weddings happen
Hotels and shrines such as Sumiyoshi Taisha, a very old shrine, and Ikukunitama Shrine.
The season and the calendar
Taian days and weekends in spring and autumn.
Wedding customs of Osaka
Also part of it, and being written: Japanese wedding (The customs.).
A wedding trail idea for Osaka
- Sumiyoshi Taisha A shrine.
- Namba Yasaka Shrine A shrine.
- Shinsaibashi A shopping district.
Written by the EveryShaadi desk with AI assistance. Opening hours, venues and wedding-season dates change; check locally before travelling. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Shinto wedding: Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Shūgi-bukuro: Nesnad, CC BY 4.0, source
- Same-sex marriage in Japan: User:Jedi Friend, CC BY-SA 4.0, source