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[Translated from Japanese]

TY: By the way, when there was a wedding, a minister traveled to the wedding, didn't he? When you lived in Fresno, if somebody who lived far away was to get married...

YI: They came to Fresno often. To the church in Fresno.

TY: Oh, when they got married. People came all the way to the temple.

YI: Oh, yes. They came to the temple.

TY: Didn't the ministers go to such functions in other areas?

YI: People got married in front of Buddha at the temple.

TY: Were there any differences? The wedding ceremonies at Fresno and Seattle.

YI: Not much difference. Even in Japan many people get married at temples. It is not like the old days. Now everybody gets married at a temple.

TY: In your days in Japan, where did people get married?

YI: In Japan. Mostly at home in the old days. It was home mostly, but nowadays, at a shrine or a Christian church. Probably they feel it is more fashionable. But quite a few people get married in Buddhist temples, too.

TY: Uh, the temple was your house...

YI: At the Ichikawas' temple. It was the temple.

TY: Oh, yes. Your family had a temple.

YI: At Ichikawas' temple.

TY: But ordinary people...

YI: Most people got married at home.

TY: But in America, did most people come all the way to the temple to get married?

YI: Uh-huh. It was a temple.

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