Message from Chris & Mitsuko

Thank you for visiting our wedding home page. We got married on Augut 5th, 2002 in Canada. With everybody's help, we had a wonderful wedding. We thanks to all people who helped make our wedding so special. We couldn't had such a great wedding without you. Our wedding was at Beaverfoot lodge in the Rocky mountains and the ceremony was outside. Luckily, we had a beautiful day to enjoy all the scenery (it rained solid the two days leading up to the wedding and then the next two days).

Wedding at the Beaverfoot Lodge
Originally we were planning to have a wedding in Hawaii at end of the year. It is the natural meeting spot being only 6 hours from Canada and Japan. But, when we went to Salt Lake City for Chris' conference, we realized talking to Bob that we could have the wedding in the mountains. We decided to change from sunny Hawaii to so so sunny Canada.Chris' parents, Beth and Bob did all work, finding a place, ordering the cake and flowers. (Thank you very much. We really appreciate all your efforts) They sent us the pictures of the lodge. I thought it's nice, but I didn't have any specific image. When they said "it's very rustic" I didn't understand what rustic ment. When I checked the dictionary and asked Chris what does it mean, I still didn't understand it. So I thought maybe that is bad meaning something like dirty. So only my worry was if bathroom is dirty. But when I arrived in Canada and Bob took me to Beaverfoot Loge, I was really happy and impressed by the scenery. And I learnt what the word "rustic" means there!

Nikko Wedding Dinner

We had a small reception in Japan, too. The reception in Japan is usually in the hotel or restaurant for two hours. When I was looking for the place, it just ridiculous how much they charge only for two hours. I went to many restaurants in Tokyo & Yokohama. But none of them satisfied me. Chris proposed how about having it at a hotspring place. It's always nice to go to hotspring for Japanese people. They can enjoy sightseeing, as well. So I checked several lodges. I don't know how many lodges I phoned. Surprisingly most of places would NOT RENT WHOLE LODGE to us. Recently most of lodge is for couples. So we didn't have so many choices. First, we went to Nasu, which is north of Tokyo. But, there is nothing there except for hotsprings. In addition, if you don't have a car, it's hard to go everywhere. Chris said Nikko which is 1 hour from Nasu is vey nice and there are several sightseeing spots. So we went there and the first lodge we went to, we decided to stay there. Actually, second lodge we went to is quite nice, too. It was in the forest and all you can see is trees with a small river a VERY RARE SIGHT in Japan. That lodge is really traditional and the owner is nice, too. But there is only one bath (hot spring). Also stairs were quite steep for my grandma. So we decided to first place which has 4 hotsprings. Everybody surprised our wedding reception is at a lodge in Nikko and everyone would stay over night. Some of my girlfriends aske me what's kind of clothes they should pack. Luckily, 26 people came to our wedding dinner and 24 people stayed the night and enjoyed the hotsprings.