環TAMAKI JAPAN PRE-WEDDING PHOTO & FILM
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Couple in kimono facing each other in a tatami room framed by shoji screens during a pre-wedding photoshoot in Japan

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Pre-wedding photography in Japan by the creative team behind TAMAKI — kimono in temple gardens, shoin rooms and tatami light, Asakusa and Tokyo after dark, the Okinawa coast, and ceremony days. Each frame is chosen for light and composition rather than for the location alone — what you are looking at is the standard we hold, not a catalogue of famous spots.

Every photograph on this page is published with the permission of both the photographer and the people in it.

Kimono in Japanese gardens

Wagasa parasols, ancient pines and the particular green of a tended Japanese garden — the frames most couples picture when they imagine a pre-wedding shoot in Japan.

Couple in kimono walking beneath pine trees with red and violet paper parasols on a Japan pre-wedding photoshoot

Pine garden

Bride and groom in kimono seen from behind under red and lavender wagasa parasols on a garden path

Wagasa parasols

Couple in iro-uchikake and montsuki-hakama walking a sunlit pine avenue during a pre-wedding photoshoot in Japan

Pine avenue

Couple in kimono standing beneath a sprawling ancient pine in a Japanese garden

Ancient pine

Couple hidden behind a paper wagasa parasol beneath a wooden garden gate at a Japan pre-wedding shoot

Garden gate

Detail of hakama and kimono hems as a couple walk a gravel garden path

Walking together

Shoin rooms & tatami light

Inside the house: shoji screens, a calligraphy plaque above the alcove, and the soft even light that a paper window makes at midday.

Couple in kimono facing each other in a tatami room framed by shoji screens during a pre-wedding photoshoot in Japan

Tatami room

Bride and groom in kimono seated formally on tatami beneath a calligraphy plaque in a Japanese house

Seated on tatami

Silhouette of a couple in kimono against a garden window in a traditional Japanese house

Window light

Couple in kimono laughing together on the engawa veranda of an old Japanese house

Engawa veranda

Shiromuku & studio portraits

White shiromuku and montsuki-hakama, photographed against controlled light and architectural backdrops when the weather will not cooperate.

Couple in shiromuku and montsuki-hakama before a wall of white flowers in a Japanese studio

White flower wall

Bride in shiromuku and groom in montsuki-hakama framed by a round latticed window

Round window

Couple in traditional Japanese wedding kimono against a sculpted geometric wall in a Tokyo studio

Studio portrait

Asakusa & Tokyo after dark

Kimono on old streets, temple gates and neon — and the city’s landmarks once the lights come on. The Tokyo that looks like nowhere else.

Couple in kimono in front of the Kaminarimon gate at Senso-ji, Asakusa

Asakusa

Couple in kimono walking the Nakamise shopping street in Asakusa

Asakusa

Couple in kimono on a crossing near Senso-ji temple in Asakusa

Asakusa

Couple in kimono on an old Asakusa street in the afternoon

Asakusa

Couple in kimono walking hand in hand down a quiet Tokyo back street

Asakusa

Couple in kimono against a red shrine wall in Asakusa

Asakusa

Couple in kimono in front of a wooden second-hand bookshop in Tokyo

Asakusa

Couple in kimono in silhouette against Tokyo neon at night

Tokyo after dark

Couple in kimono beneath the neon signs of a Tokyo entertainment district at night

Tokyo after dark

Couple photographed before the illuminated brick facade of Tokyo Station, mirrored in still water at night

Tokyo Station

Bride in a long gown seated inside a lit stone arch beside a Tokyo river at night

Riverside at night

Okinawa

Ryukyu stone, white sand and the particular blue that only the far south of Japan has.

Couple holding hands on a stone wall above the Okinawa sea

Okinawa

Couple sitting on grass beside Ryukyu stone walls with the ocean behind

Okinawa

Couple resting on a limestone wall with turquoise Okinawa water behind

Okinawa

Couple lying on the grass together, photographed from above in Okinawa

Okinawa

Couple on a coastal terrace in Okinawa, bride in a white gown

Okinawa

Bride and groom beside a white railing overlooking the Okinawa coast

Okinawa

Silhouette of a couple on an Okinawa beach against the sunset during a pre-wedding photoshoot

Sunset beach

Groom lifting his bride on white sand with the turquoise Okinawa sea behind them

White sand

Couple jumping together on an Okinawa beach under a bright blue sky

Blue sky

Bride carried piggyback holding a coral bouquet at the Okinawa shoreline

Shoreline

Couple face to face in silhouette as the sun sets over the Okinawa sea

Last light

Ceremony day

Work from wedding days themselves — the morning preparations, the family, and the moment of leaving.

Bride in a full gown seated at her wedding venue before the ceremony

Ceremony day

Bride under her veil embracing her mother on the wedding day

Ceremony day

Bride in the car on her wedding day, seen through the open window

Ceremony day

Couple seated on steps before heavy heritage doors, the bride holding a garden bouquet

Heritage doors

Bride and groom framed by a veil catching the low sun during a photoshoot in Japan

Backlit veil

Couple standing under festoon lights as snow falls at a winter photoshoot in Japan

Winter snowfall

Groom lifting the bride's veil before a cross of light in a modern Japanese chapel

Chapel light

Tokyo Tower & the Sumida river

The city at its most recognisable — a white gown against steel, and the river bridges at Skytree.

Couple crossing a Tokyo street in a white gown and suit with Tokyo Tower behind them

Tokyo Tower

Bride with a lace parasol on a crossing beneath Tokyo Tower

Tokyo Tower

Couple on stone steps leading up towards Tokyo Tower

Tokyo Tower

Couple standing together with Tokyo Tower rising through the trees

Tokyo Tower

Bride in a tulle gown and groom in a tailored jacket below Tokyo Tower

Tokyo Tower

Bride looking up towards Tokyo Tower on a quiet tree-lined street

Tokyo Tower

Bride on a riverside bridge with Tokyo Skytree in the distance

Sumida river

The details

Rings, bouquets and the hem of a kimono — the small frames that carry the texture of the day.

Wedding rings held in cupped hands above the white silk of a shiromuku kimono

The rings

Newlywed hands showing wedding rings against the turquoise water of an Okinawa beach

Rings by the sea

Hands resting on a coral and cream bouquet during an Okinawa pre-wedding shoot

Bouquet

Wedding rings in an open case beside a tropical bouquet on Okinawa white sand

Rings and flowers

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