Three weddings... no funerals.

I'm not sure if Spring weddings are as popular here in Japan as they are in other parts of the world, but I couldn't walk 25 meters at the Meiji Shrine without crossing paths with a beautiful wedding party at this popular Shinto Shrine.

When they were smiling, they were beautiful, but when it came time to take the picture, they looked kind of dour.

This wedding party is not the same one from above. This one is walking through the courtyard at Meiji Shrine.

This is the third wedding party I saw. They were outside the outer building of Meiji Shrine. The groom really was smiling before this picture. Maybe somebody pinched him.