When you drive in the city of Takasaki, located next to J-List’s home of Isesaki and the Gunma prefectural capital of Maebashi, you can tell there’s something different about the place. The roads are much more cramped and narrow than normal, enough so that I actually get tired when driving there. The reason Takasaki’s roads are much harder to navigate, I’ve been told, is that the city was never bombed during World War II, which meant that the city center was never redesigned to be more modern and easy to use. Driving in crowded Takasaki, therefore, you might be surprised to see a beautiful old-style manor home right near the train station, which looks like something transported from 18th century England. It’s a wedding hall called The Georgian House, one of the most popular places to get married in our prefecture. Couples can choose exactly the kind of traditional British (?) wedding they want, complete with a ride in a Rolls-Royce. For extra realism, you can have your wedding ceremony performed by a gaijin minister, who oddly enough looks just like the guy who teaches English conversation around the corner — imagine that.
You can get married in a beautiful 18th century British manor in Japan. Is this what British weddings are like?
