Hikidemono: a wedding guide
Each guest at a Japanese wedding takes a gift home. It may be a cup or a dish with a sweet.
When couples book this
Usually ordered about 2 months out. It moves with your date.
Still deciding the wedding
Your wishlist
Answer these before you meet anyone.
Which parts?
Three parts is the usual set; a catalog lets each guest choose the main gift.
One gift for everyone, or different by guest?
Some couples give family a larger gift than friends or colleagues, in the same bag.
Comparing your options
How it’s usually priced
Usually priced per guest.
Possible extras: Hikigashi (the sweet), Engimono, Noshi and wrapping, Delivery to guests' homes.
Booked and settling details
What you settle once booked
Carried home, or delivered?
Delivered to the home, even a big gift leaves guests nothing to carry.
The groups and what each receives
One line a group — who is in it, the main gift, and how many.
The noshi
The ten-strand musubikiri, and the names written under it, spelled as they should print.
The final count
From your confirmed guest list — by guest or by household, the way you ordered.
The week of the wedding
The day-of sheet
Confirm arrival, finish, who to call, access, a meal, and what is due.
Across the whole day
Choose which moments to include.
- Hikidemono delivered to the venue
For businesses
The brief a couple sends you has these sections:
- The order
- The event
- Contacts