Not much ado about proposals

The tenth of every month is "Sky Proposal Day" in Japan. I find this very interesting, because traditionally Japanese people don't go in for elaborate wedding proposals. Yet a heliport in Kyoto decided to try and create a niche in sky wedding proposals by creating a day for it on the tenth of every month. Even more interesting is that they claim that there is a high acceptance rate in the sky! The tenth was chosen because 10 is read "ten" in English, and in Japanese "ten" can mean sky.

In my home country it is quite common to hear of elaborate wedding proposals. But within my circle of Japanese friends, none have an unique or exciting wedding proposal story. In fact, most of the proposals I have heard about are very basic and formal. They don't even get down on bended knee and often the engagement ring comes after an acceptance, not with the proposal. However, it would seem in recent years with the younger generation grand, romantic gestures are on the increase, possibly influenced by both social media and western culture.

Still though, most of the romantic proposals I hear about in Japan are those of foreigners. Some who specifically come to Japan to propose. Some of the tourist websites have picked up on this market and offer suggestions of good places to propose in Japan. I also see photographers I follow on Instagram sharing proposal photos (of tourists) with Mt Fuji or wedded rocks, Tokyo tower or other famous landmarks in the background.

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