REAL STORY

We had discussed how we should ensure that the people who came would have fun and leave happily. Since the wedding day was on Christmas Eve, we thought it would be nice to make it feel like a Christmas party. It wasn't just about us being the main focus; we wanted to make sure the guests could enjoy themselves too.

The concept was to create a ceremony where we could express to those who have supported us how far we've come, while also ensuring they have an enjoyable experience.

Yes, I have this photo displayed at the entrance of my current house. It was forecasted to rain on the day of the wedding. However, it gradually cleared up beautifully around the time this photo was taken. Seeing the sunshine, I thought we managed to capture a great photo. I felt it was truly a stroke of luck, which is why I really like this photo.

I am truly happy to have had the opportunity to work with you again and again. I am so grateful that you come back to Plan・Do・See every year and come to Kobe to see me. I wish you and your family many years of happiness in the future.

I remember being impressed by how they listened carefully and made plans. I thought it was well-planned how they decided to focus on our goals. We hadn't even thought that far ahead ourselves, so it felt like they were guiding us.

I really like the atmosphere of the bridal salon, and I always look forward to talking about the wedding in that space, and as the wedding approaches, there's only a few more days left. That was a little sad, too. I was happy about that meeting. It's a good memory, too.

I'm glad I did it, right?

But at that moment, time passed so quickly that I didn't have time to realize, "Oh, the wedding is happening." On the day of the reception, the guests gathered to go to the after-party, and when we met up there, I heard what they thought of the wedding, and I felt, "They must have enjoyed it."

I simply had a lot of fun. I knew that the people I care about were having a great time, so I was glad. It was the end of the year, so in the New Year's cards I received after the wedding, most people wrote how great the wedding was.

I think it's different. I had my wedding here and I come here for dinner on anniversaries, so every time I do I reminisce about those times. Without that, memories would fade, wouldn't they? I feel like this is a great place because it gives me a good opportunity to reminisce every year.

If we don't have a wedding, it means that won't happen.

After my wedding, I was invited to a friend's wedding only once, and it was actually at Conder House (a Nagoya store directly operated by Plan-Do-See). It was fun. The wedding I attended at Conder House was held during the COVID-19 pandemic, and it was the only wedding I attended after my own wedding, and I thought, "It's so much fun when everyone gets together." I attended the wedding wearing a mask, but I've always loved fashion, so I went to the beauty salon that day to get my hair done, made everything look nice, made all of my child's clothes myself, and created a perfect fashion for the occasion. My friend was dressed very beautifully, and all the guests were dressed very glamorously.

You can't invite them unless it's a wedding. You can't gather from far away. I'm very happy to be asked, "It's the coronavirus pandemic, but can you come to our wedding?" I feel like I'm the one who was chosen. I think they probably went out of their way to invite me. I was so happy that they invited me. I have such fond memories of weddings, and I know how they feel when preparing for them, so I decided to dress nicely. I think that's good manners. I 'm happy to be able to participate with that kind of feeling, and I think it's happy that so many people like that gather together. I think it's wonderful that there is a beautiful venue, delicious food, and you can have the same experience in the same place. Having had a wedding myself, I want to be invited more. I want more people to have weddings.

After my wedding, I participated in a workshop called "How to Create the Best Family." At that time, I didn't have the habit of writing letters, but someone asked me, "Why don't you try writing letters?" I wouldn't feel bad if I received one, and I would be happy. So I thought I'd try it with my partner, and I'm trying my best to write them.

That workshop was fun. It was really fun. First of all, I'm glad I was able to come to the venue. At that time, the documents used in the workshop were in my bookshelf at home, and when I saw them by chance, I was like, "Wow!" It was like a time capsule. I thought that's how I felt at that time. But on the other hand, my feelings aren't that different from now.
What I thought in the workshop on how to create the best family was that weddings are often expressed as a kind of wedding ceremony, but they are really just the start, and I still strongly feel that way. That was the start. I thought that because our family started.
I think this is an important place in the sense that this is where our family began. There was a workshop that asked, "What kind of family do you want to be in three or five years?" and he wrote, "I'll be transferred to a busy department in three years," and that was exactly what happened. I think we both had a conversation like, "This is going just as we expected."
​In that sense, December 2017 was the starting point for us, that was the start. Every year on our wedding anniversary, we have dinner, take photos, and hang those photos in the hallway of our house. We have four of them now. That's why we want to continue doing that. If you want to keep them like an archive, I think it was the beginning. The photo I talked about at the very beginning today is the start of that.

That's right. That's why I want this place to continue to be a wonderful place.

I am really looking forward to you being born healthy. Please get along well with your big brother. If you are born in November, you will be Souna-chan. If you are born in December, you will be Koyuki-chan. I wonder which it will be. I wonder what your name will be. It is such a joy to have taken this picture two weeks before you are born. It is truly moving.

It would be nice if we could do something here again after the baby is born safely. We will hold the first meal ceremony at Kawabun again.