Japanese Wedding Dress

A Japanese wedding is a beautifully simple ceremony, which relies heavily on carefully carried out traditions. Only family members of the bride and groom can attend. It is usually held in a Shinto temple and performed by a Shinto priest. Because of the climate in Japan, most weddings occur in spring or autumn. Also, particular days of the year are considered lucky for anniversaries, and so many couples choose to marry on one of those days.
During a traditional wedding, Japanese brides must be painted white from head to toe as a symbol of purity. The Japanese wedding dress consists of a long white kimono called shiro-maku. Japanese brides also wear their hair in an elaborate traditional style decorated with combs and other accessories. During the Japanese ceremony a hood covers the Japanese brides head to signify that she will be a serene and patient wife.

Japanese brides also carry traditional accessories much like the "something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue" of the American wedding. They carry a small, sack-like purse, known as hakoseko, and a delicate sheathed dagger, called a kaiken.
The groom's ensemble is much simpler. He wears black pleated pants, and a short black kimono, emblazoned with his family seal.