Traditional Japanese Wedding Dress by Wow Japanese
Brides host their wedding ceremony at a shrine wear a shiromuku, a white wedding kimono, which represents “the purity and sacred of the bride,” and a wataboshi, a white hat (acts as a veil), is often worn, too.
While western style of wedding and bridal gowns have become quite popular among Japanese brides over the years, Shinto Wedding remains significant as:
Shinto Wedding is often held on a small scale involving the couple, immediate family members and close friends. So not only it is more convenient but more affordable to hold a reasonably extravagant traditional Japanese style wedding.