Film & Photography
The part you take home
残るものを、ちゃんと
The ceremony lasts a morning. The film is what you show the people who could not come, what you play at your wedding at home, and what you still open in ten years. For most of our couples it is the reason, not the extra — so it is filmed that way.
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What you receive
The film
A short film of the ceremony, cut so that the nine rituals read as one story rather than a sequence of clips.
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The photographs
Stills through the ceremony, then portraits in the grounds while you are still dressed.
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When, and on what terms
Delivered as a download link. Yours to use however you like, including at your wedding at home — there is no licence to read.
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Two ways couples use this
Before the wedding at home
You marry at home in a few months. You come to Kyoto first, and arrive at your own reception with a film nobody in the room has seen. We can cut a shorter version for a reception screen if you tell us the running time you need.
Instead of a second wedding
You are already married and do not want to do the whole thing again. One morning, one ceremony, one film — and an anniversary that looks like something rather than a restaurant receipt.
How the filming is handled
01
Dressing
Quiet, unposed frames while the kimono is put on. Usually the shots couples keep.
02
The ceremony
Filmed from a fixed position agreed with the shrine beforehand. Nobody moves around you during the rituals.
03
The details
The three sake cups, the sakaki branch, your hands. The things you will not notice on the day.
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Portraits
In the grounds afterwards, taking whatever the season and the weather give us.
Shrines set their own rules about where a camera may stand and what may be published afterwards. We agree this with them before your date, so nothing is negotiated in front of you on the morning. [要確認：撮影規定]
Questions about the film
Can we use the film commercially, or on social media?
Personal use, including social media, is yours without asking. For anything commercial, write to us — the shrine has a say as well as we do.
Will you publish our photographs?
Only with your written permission, and you can withdraw it later. Nothing is published by default.
Can we bring our own photographer?
[要確認：神社の撮影規定による。可否と条件をここに]
Can we book the film without the ceremony?
Yes. The first plan is exactly that: kimono, hair and make-up, and a filmed portrait session in the shrine grounds, with no priest and no ritual.
Tell us when you are in Kyoto
We will come back with the dates the shrine can hold and an itemised quote. Nothing is reserved until you say so.