Tokyo Station crowded with wedding photo shooters… Some annoying photographers “verbally abused” passersby.

Manners at Tokyo Station for Wedding Photography Too Bad

Over the past few years, the area in front of Tokyo Station has become a very popular spot for wedding photo shoots, where many people come to take commemorative photos.

The sight of soon-to-be-married couples in wedding dresses and tuxedos taking pictures is a wonderful sight that seems to make people happy just by looking at them.

However, some SNS users have reported that some people are taking pictures in the crosswalk and even after being warned by the police, they continue to take pictures, and that a photographer taking wedding photos verbally told them to get out of the way.

On November 11, Matsuko Deluxe (52) appeared on TOKYO MX’s “5 o’clock! Many people on social networking sites expressed their support for the ban on wedding photos in Marunouchi.

Wedding photography is a general term that refers to all wedding photos, including those taken on the day of the ceremony and events such as pre-shoots and post-shoots, where photos are taken before and after the wedding. A similar term is “photo wedding,” but this style involves only photo shooting without the ceremony and reception.

In recent years, many young people have chosen to have only a photo shoot instead of a wedding ceremony. This is because of reasons such as “the financial burden is too much,” “I don’t want to be the center of attention,” “I don’t like social events,” and “I don’t want to feel responsible.

A wedding reception, for example, would cost several million yen or more, while a commemorative photo shoot alone would cost only a few hundred thousand yen. In line with the public trend, the bridal industry has seen an increase in the number of vendors offering only commemorative photography as a “simple wedding,” and as a result, Tokyo Station, a popular spot for wedding photography, has become crowded with many brides and grooms.

In fact, when we visited the Tokyo Station area, many brides and grooms had already come to take commemorative photos as the sun began to set. Brides and grooms dressed in dresses and suits were waiting for their turn to be photographed along the path from Tokyo Station to the straight Kikokumon (Inner Sakuradamon Gate), in order to capture Tokyo Station as a backdrop in the angle of view of their cameras.

When we talked to the brides and grooms, some said, “This is a once-in-a-lifetime event, so we want to take beautiful pictures without making any compromises.

They said, “Even if it’s a commemorative photo, this one is exceptional, so we want to get a beautiful shot of it. Tokyo Station is a famous place for wedding photos, and anyone can tell it’s Tokyo. We don’t have to travel far to take pictures. Since we are both from Tokyo, it is easy to understand and we can tell people who see the photos that we got married in Tokyo.

However, the location where wedding photos are taken is a public street. As long as there are no traffic violations such as obstructing passersby or ignoring traffic signals, there is no problem with taking pictures, but even so, there are many people who do not think highly of wedding photography.