Wedding Photos of Japan

The following “Japan” images were created by documentary wedding photographers from the WPJA, who regularly submit their best candid moments, artistic portraits, details, and scene setters for review by our WPJA competition judges.

WEDDINGS + ELOPEMENTS + ARTISTIC PORTRAITS & DETAILS + ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS

Some of the “Japan” marriage photography samples below may have come from the getting ready events, the actual wedding ceremony, the reception after-party, an engagement session with the couple, or possibly be artistic portraits or detail shots.

FINE ART WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY: Our Artistic Guild award winners take a more creative approach to wedding day Portraits and use their innovative skills to capture the Details of each couple’s special day. The Artistic Guild’s Scene Setters are some of the most notable and breathtaking from within the artistic WPJA contest categories. Playing with light and shadow, special effects, and post-production editing, these images embrace the artistic component of wedding photography.

PRE-WEDDING ENGAGEMENT PHOTOGRAPHY: The story of every couple starts long before the wedding day, and the engagement marks one of the most important milestones in their story. Engaged couples often want to celebrate the occasion and announce their upcoming wedding with a photoshoot. Pre-wedding portraits of an engaged couple can be just as moving and compelling as the images taken on the wedding day. Engagement portraits can win a Diamond Award, an exclusive WPJA award whose winner is selected from the best engagement photography in the world.

Los Gatos, California Wedding photograph of the bride and groom cutting the cake with Long Samurai Sword ordered from Japan

Kyoto, Japan Couple on the evening street. Engagement Photography at Dusk.

Couple on the evening street for Engagement Photography at Dusk

Kyoto e shoot evening Kyoto engagement photographer Japan dusk street

Brother and Sister Love at the Raffino Ocean Event Company in Japan, wherein the brother held the flowers for his sister while she grabbed onto his suit jacket

A little brother and sister at the Raffino Ocean Event Company in Japan, with the brother holding flowers and the sister gripping his suit

Sister gripping jacket Ocean Wedding Sibling Love Ocean Event Japan Japan Brother holding flowers special moment

japan red leaf Engagement Photography of couple

Traditional fall couple Japan pre wedding portraits engagement photograph Japan Japan e shoot

Tokyo bride and father meet the groom at the ceremony - Kanto Region wedding photo

Kanto Region wedding photo of a Tokyo bride and her father meeting the groom at the ceremony

Japan Tokyo

Tokyo groom and maid of honor try to help the bride on the couch while music plays in front of her | Kanto Region wedding photo

Tokyo groom and maid of honor try to help the bride on the couch while music plays in front of her in the Kanto Region

Tokyo groom bride maid of honor couch Japan Tokyo music plays

Tokyo guests trying to catch the bouquet at the reception | Kanto region wedding photojournalism

Tokyo guests trying to catch the bouquet at this Kanto Region reception

catch the bouquet Tokyo wedding guests Kanto Region reception Tokyo Japan

Tokyo bride and groom stand on the balcony under the stars | Kanto region wedding photo

Tokyo bride and groom stand on the balcony under the stars of the Kanto region

Japan Tokyo balcony Tokyo bride and groom under the stars Kanto Region

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