On Friday we had a meeting in the morning with Sayuri A., our wedding
organizer from Issei Corporation. They did a really great job. The
planning and wedding itself went very smoothly, and we didn’t have to
fret over many of the details. I highly recommend them if you are
looking for a wedding in Hawaii, particularly if you have English and
Japanese speaking people in the party. The meeting took about an hour
and a half, we wrapped up some final details and went over
scheduling. After that we had a bit of time, then Risa’s makeup
person (Mariko) came over and they did the test-run makeup and hair
session.

After that we had a pretty good chunk of time. Risa’s family had
arrived earlier in the morning and made their way to the Kahala
hotel. They had forgotten to buy diapers, so they asked if we could
do that. We had a bit of an experience finding diapers, but finally
did find them, and headed over to the Kahala hotel. It was my first
time to see the place, and it is really nice. They have an actual
lagoon type thing with dolphins in it. Also large turtles. And a
variety of fish. It has a very nice property, private beach, the
works.

After spending some time with Risa’s family, we all headed downtown to
Chinatown where we met everyone for drinks and dinner at Bar 35.
Actually, most people were about an hour late, but we did eventually
get everyone together and had some of the great pizza there. It would
have been if it wasn’t so loud though – I had a sore throat the next
day from all the shouting.

After drinks the girls and guys split up for more traditional
activities. I made it home sometime past 2am, but had had way too
much drink.