Wedding Party
- Best Man
Nissan Shoykhet
Friend of Groom - Maid of Honor
Amy Jordan
Friend of Bride - Officiant
Gary Lupyan
Friend of Bride and Groom - Flower Girl & Ring Bearer
Anna and Caleb Schultz
Children of Friend of Bride
San-San-Kudo
San-San-Kudo Officiants
- Yuko Tanikawa
Aunt of Groom - Yasuhiko Kuroda
Cousin of Groom
The San-San-Kudo (三々九度) is a Japanese wedding ceremony. It originates from Shinto rites, but remains a popular aspect of modern Japanese wedding ceremonies.
“San-San-Kudo” literally means “three times three, nine times”. During this ceremony, the bride and groom take turns sipping sake from three cups of increasing size.
The bride sips three times from the smallest cup, then the groom sips three times from the middle cup, and then the bride sips three more times from the largest cup.
At the end of the ceremony, the parents of the bride and groom stand and share sake together. The sharing of sake bonds the bride, groom, and their families together.
