REAL STORY

I was most surprised when my father cried. My father is the kind of person who writes "man" and reads "man", but he also runs his own company and has always supported his family. He's like the breadwinner, and he doesn't show his weaknesses to people, so I've never seen him weak or crying. The first time I saw him cry was at my wedding. There was a scene where we were standing next to each other and he was putting his jacket on me, and when I saw my father cry there, I felt that he really raised me with love.

I was also moved, but I realized that I really love my family. The planner in charge suggested it during the meeting. He had heard about my feelings for my father and my feelings for my girlfriend's sister, so he suggested it as an event that the whole family could do.

Actually, the moment I remember most vividly is when his father cried. It really reinforced how important our families are to each of us. I cherish my sister the most, and she was crying when she came to escort me during the dress change exit. It was a mix of happiness and an overwhelming surge of emotions from all the times we've shared. She's been both a friend and a big sister, always on my side, and it felt like all those feelings from growing up together just burst forth. Seeing her walk towards me with tears in her eyes was incredibly moving. Thanks to the planner who helped draw out these feelings during our meetings, my appreciation for my family grew even stronger, and during the event, I realized once again how much I care about them.

We both love our families so much that we didn't really have conversations about how important family is. It's taken for granted. But I realized that our conversations were full of stories about our families. We couldn't have realized it on our own.

We both often say this, but it was difficult to maintain the tension. Preparing for a wedding has its enjoyable parts, but also its challenging parts. We had decided to hold the ceremony a year later, but in the end, due to COVID, it was postponed and postponed, resulting in a wedding after about two years. Marriage wasn't the goal, and we had made plans for after the wedding, but everything fell apart. We wondered when this would end, but at the same time, we knew we had to make a decision somewhere, so once we decided to do it on this date, I think we were able to regain our tension and properly prepare.

The planner kept asking us questions like "How are you feeling right now?" and "Are you okay?", so even though we were far away from the venue, we were able to make preparations without losing touch with each other. I think that was all thanks to the planner. When I actually met him, he had a really nice personality and really brought out the best in me, so it was a great reminder of how much we cared about our family.
At first, we were all thinking about having a wedding for the two of us, wanting to have a stylish atmosphere, decorations, dresses, and so on. But in the end, we realized that what we really wanted was to have a wedding with a homely atmosphere, where our family and friends would smile and look at us. That was good.

I mentioned how difficult it was to keep the excitement going, but the planners were aware of that and followed up on it diligently. So I felt at ease knowing that the event would be planned by people who understood that.

My father is not very good at conveying those kinds of things. But he tried his best to write them. So I took the book and went to his house to ask him about it. I said, "You must have hated this kind of book, right?" Then my mother said, "You wrote it like you hated it" (laughs). But he still wrote it for me, so I treasured it. My father is not good at talking. I was happy because I had never received something like that. It was a book that had a lot of information about her from her childhood, so we both felt that she had been raised with great care. There was a lot about her that I didn't know, and it was full of memories of her from when she was little, so the book was filled with the message that she was a daughter who was raised with great care. I thought that I had to treasure it because I was giving someone who was raised with such feelings to my wife.

On the other hand, in my family, we exchanged letters, we all sang songs together on birthdays, and on New Year's we all got together with our relatives to drink alcohol and eat delicious food, so I got a book of all of that. It was nostalgic and made me happy. There were messages from my cousins in the book, lots of photos of me when I was little, and a message from my mother. I think my mother was probably thinking, "Oh, this girl is going to get married," as she was writing it. That's why I think it's something you can only get at this time. There are things that we can't say in words because we're embarrassed, but we can write them down in writing. I thought that I would treasure this book for the rest of my life because I was able to receive it.

We were only with our close friends, seniors, juniors, and relatives, which made it a space filled with just our favorite people. We also had the chance to reunite with friends we hadn't seen in a long time, which was delightful and joyful! It was nothing but pure enjoyment the entire time.

That day, all of our family stayed in the same hotel. At night, all of our relatives gathered in the room and talked about various things. From my parents' perspective, it had been a long time since they had seen our friends, and they would only see them on occasions like this. So my parents told me stories like, "All of our friends came to say hello. We talked about old times..." So I think my parents were happy to see us, but they also said, "I was happy to see our friends celebrating us." I thought it was good that we had a wedding. I think our parents would have been happy no matter what, but because of the coronavirus pandemic, we also had the option of not inviting our friends. But hearing my parents say that, I thought it was good that we invited our friends.

I originally wanted to go with my mother and sister to the dress fitting, but because we were far away, we couldn't come because of COVID. I think that for both parents, the wedding day was the moment when they saw us in dresses and tuxedos and felt that "we are married". So I thought it was good that I was able to show that to my parents on the day of the wedding. As for my impressions on the day of the ceremony, the best thing about it was that the distance between the guests was very close. There are quite a few friends who have had their weddings at Plan-Do-See, and when I was invited to a wedding, I was able to see my friends' wedding dresses up close, which was the best thing about going. I like the feeling that the distance between me and my friends is close and there are no walls, and everyone comes around me. I also think that the distance between me and the planner is close. Many people were kind and asked me, "Are you okay?", just like they would with a friend or an older sister. It was reassuring and reassuring to know that they truly understood what kind of wedding we wanted and what our feelings were, and that they would be there with us right until the final ceremony.

I think they are really good at creating spaces. Regarding the current distance, we mentioned that we wanted a homely atmosphere, so I believe they created that kind of distance for us. I feel they made it easy for us to talk to our friends and for our friends to talk to us. Moreover, if they hadn't conveyed the image of the wedding that Plan-Do-See could provide before the wedding, we wouldn't have been able to imagine it. However, they communicated all of that during the meetings, so by the day of the event, we had a perfect image, and they even exceeded it with their performance. So, I felt reassured.

First of all, we had decided to have the wedding at Plan-Do-See. All that was left was to decide on a venue. For us, the two of us met at the Plan-Do-See interview for new graduates, and the interview venue was Sodoh Higashiyama Kyoto. We proposed at the Oriental Hotel Kobe, and then we started thinking about where to have the wedding. That's when we decided we wanted to conquer all the possibilities. We went to see the venues, and decided that Fortune Garden Kyoto was a better fit for our atmosphere.

First of all, both of us absolutely love how stylish the space is, but what we really appreciate is the exceptional customer service provided by the staff. They respond promptly even if we don't notice, and they seem to genuinely enjoy their work. The building is chic, the ambiance is pleasant, the cuisine is delicious, and it all feels very fulfilling. Moreover, this is consistent across all their locations. That's why we thought this would be the perfect venue for our wedding ceremony.

I think they are definitely involved at important times. A proposal is a big event for a man, and that is true, but a wedding is a big event for a family. They are involved in every big event in life. Plan-Do-See is a big presence for us. Even now, when we go out to eat, we think about going to the Aoyama Grand Hotel for dessert, or we go to eat parfaits on my girlfriend's birthday, and if we're staying overnight, we want to go to the Oriental Hotel Kobe. I had decided that I would definitely propose at the Oriental Hotel Kobe. I had always stayed at the Oriental Hotel Kobe. Since we were in a long-distance relationship, we talked about wanting to stay in a nice place when we returned to Kansai, even when we were students or in our first or second year of working life, and we often used the Oriental Hotel Kobe. We both really liked the Oriental Hotel Kobe. So we wanted to propose here.

I know very well what my family and friends mean to me, but I think that daily conversations alone are not enough to make the other person understand that. What I realized at the wedding was that I realized what my family and friends mean to her. I think that whether I am living my life now with that in mind or not will make a difference in the future.

It was a turning point. Having a wedding ceremony made me realize that we were married, so if we hadn't had a wedding ceremony, we would have been more like friends or best friends than family. I feel like the atmosphere of family gradually started to emerge after we had the wedding ceremony.

I think Plan-Do-See won't be satisfied with the way things are now, but for us, it's enough. Even now, there are times when we think about going to stay at a nice hotel in Tokyo. When we do, we always talk about how we'd like to stay at the Aoyama Grand someday.

Whenever someone asks me, "Are there any wedding venues, hotels, or good restaurants?" I always answer with hotels and restaurants affiliated with Plan・Do・See!