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At least half the money is used for the guest’s experience (food, open bar and so on) including return gifts (as is the norm in Japan). This is generally a gift catalog which guests can choose an item from. It is surprisingly fun as it feels like you’re not the one spending more way. They have catalogs of different values to need individuals’ needs.

Close friends will often plan surprise acts to be performed during the wedding (singing or dancing and so on). So it is not entirely up to the host.

It is still customary to invite one’s boss and co-workers too. So yeah, it is culturally different from western countries I guess.

Sounds practical. Who wants to go into debt for a wedding?!

Meh it’s normal in Japan. Although rather than actually setting a price, it is just a cultural norm to gift money. ¥30,000 (about 200 USD right now) is the basic minimum, but it goes up based on relationship. If you plan and negotiate with venues well, you can end up paying nothing out of pocket.

lol wtf an inactivity fee for a virtual prepaid card is charged every month? Who hurt them?

There have been numerous ddos attacks etc on the site recently. Rudd, the operator has been very forthcoming with information.