It's funny how seriously people take a wedding when they spend several thousand dollars on the event. Wakana wears a black uniform, has to maintain a calm, unruffled, and controlling demeanor, and still allow the people to enjoy their hour with the company. That's right, one hour. They pump couples through that chapel like cattle through a chute in the Chicago packing houses. Wakana comes home with stories of crying brides, proud and crying fathers, inept mothers, and hard-to-herd guests. The couples spend a lot of money on their wedding and it has to come off perfectly for them.

The Japanese have a highly developed sense of propriety and formality. When they screw up in the performance of their duties then it is up to Wakana and her work mates to set things right and clear up the mess. For example, one of the parts of the ceremony requires the mothers to each light a candle and set them in the candelabra. It쳌fs a simple enough duty. However, at one wedding the mothers lit their candles and then tried to light another, apparently invisible, candle with it. They were sticking the lit candles fire side first into the candle holder. Wakana had to step into the ceremony and show them what to do. She now has added a simple rehearsal of that part of the ceremony to her To-Do list.

The services offered by the company include the wedding, rental of the gown for the bride and suits for the men, photos and a video of the event, and a reception in one of the small reception halls outside the chapel. You can request a flower shower with flower petals or an explosion of doves from a basket. The gowns come in a variety of styles from simple white to fancy embroidery and shiny bits. The bride can also choose between any number of jewelry to go with the ensemble. It쳌fs quite a system, all designed to strip a happy couple of money.