Shiromi’s Diary

This is it, Eiko and I got married this morning at 11am at Nakano-ku's city office, with no ceremony, no suit or wedding dress, no photographer, just a clerk at the counter checking our application forms for 10 minutes.
Yet, the joy of being finally married didn't suffer from the simplicity of this old Japanese administrative building!

It has been quite a tough day, with the actual registration, the papers to get to apply to the next counter for a different thing. It was especially tough for Eiko who had to change her name, change her address, etc.
She still has to change her passport though. As for what's left for me, I'll have to get some stamp from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, register the marriage with the French embassy and eventually update my Visa, since I am now married to a Japanese citizen: that gives me some additional advantages, such as having a Visa that is independant from my occupation.

The picture here is the bouquet my family sent us for the happy event.
They've been very supportive, especially my brother who didn't hesitate to wake us up at 6:30am this morning to congratulate us in advance (obviously, he's still not very familiar with the time difference between France and Japan! ;))