Solo Weddings for women in Japan! Extraordinary!

Last updated on 15th July 2018

Marry Yourself - Japan's Lonely Women | Journal Reporters, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g82Eu8oER_Q, around 12 mins, published by DW (Germany), in 2015 (video voice over is in English).

The solo wedding as described in the video is for (Japanese) women who want to fulfill their dream of having a marriage ceremony and be dressed and photographed in the bridal dress, even if they cannot get a suitable husband. So they go through the wedding stuff but without the husband!

The lady in the video seems very happy with her solo wedding. And she had the money to pay for the expenses. So the solo wedding organizing company (there must be quite a few such solo weddings for a company to be doing this work) is happy, the lady is happy, and nobody is put to any problem. Fascinating!
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A New Yorker lady goes through the Japanese solo wedding experience and describes it here with some great pics as well: Everything but the groom: why I faked my own wedding, https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/mar/05/everything-but-the-groom-faked-own-wedding-naomi-harris, 5th March 2016
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Some additional thoughts of mine on the matter:
After spending 15 years in Puttaparthi where typically emotional stuff (feelings) is more important than logic, and where there are a lot of women, including quite a few Western women, with the women typically being even more emotional than the (emotional) men here, I can empathize with the Japanese women who go for the solo wedding experience. I am sure that it would be an emotionally rewarding experience for them - especially the pics of them glowing in their beautiful bridal gown and make-up, which become a treasure for them to look back upon. I mean, most women cherish their youthful beauty looks and I am sure in Japanese society, married women would typically cherish their youthful bridal beauty pics. So some women don't want to lose out on that even if they, for some reason or the other, cannot get married. I can fully understand that. BTW wedding is a big, big thing for women in India too. But, so far, I have not heard of a solo wedding in India.