A wedding we have been preparing for more than half a year ... "Going out of control" hastily postponed March 29 15:07
In response to a request from Tokyo to refrain from going out this weekend, some couples have immediately postponed their planned wedding.
Tatsuya Sonobe (27) and his wife Fumie (28), living in Takasaki, Gunma, joined in April last year, and have been preparing for the wedding for more than six months.
The venue for the ceremony was for a grandparent who loves sumo wrestling, so he chose a hotel in Tokyo close to the Ryogoku Kokugikan, a sacred place for sumo wrestling, and was looking forward to a sunny day.
However, things have changed when Tokyo calls for self-restraint this weekend.
There were a number of posts on the SNS stating that those who gave a wedding on the same day were postponed.
Given the safety of the invited guests, I felt it should be postponed, but postponing just before the ceremony is expensive.
After consulting with the ceremony producing company while worried, it was decided that the request of the city could not be ignored and that the decision could be made without any burden on the premise of the wedding within the year.
At home, the profile book and camera that were to be used at the ceremony were left untouched, and on the 27th, a postcard was made to invite guests to explain their feelings of apology and the postponement.
Tatsuya, his husband, said, `` I was really sorry when I heard the interview in Tokyo because I worked hard and prepared, but because the safety of those who come is the first, I consulted with my parents and made a choice We are planning to hold another ceremony in early October, but we are worried what would happen if the virus did not converge. "
Fumie, his wife, said, "I was worried that the ceremony could be raised when the infection began to spread. I had many friends who said," I will go even if I have a corona. " I'm sorry if I didn't make any thoughts.I would like to thank them again at the wedding, and to make it seem like a wonderful wedding because of this one. " I was talking.
Reimbursement for wedding production company “special circumstances”
More than 80 weddings have been postponed since the beginning of this month due to the spread of the new coronavirus at the wedding production company used by the couple Sonobe.
Usually, when postponing the ceremony, the contract is to pay a change fee according to the venue and the number of days until the ceremony, but this time we decided not to require the user to pay the fee.
The company will pay for the cancellation fee of the ceremony hall, prepared ingredients, labor costs, etc. in consideration of special circumstances.
Aya Ando, who is in charge of producing at the wedding production company, said, "Not every customer wants to change the schedule. I witnessed what we could do, and I would like to help them smile again because I think it's a great pleasure to have another important wedding again. "