Local Knowledge
We plan with real understanding of Nagano, Yatsugatake, and Suwa: venues, weather, travel flow, accommodation rhythm, and guest movement.
Kaori Yamazaki
Wedding Planner · Open Wedding Founder
Kaori leads the planning directly from the first consultation to the wedding day.
Planner / Founder
Not a wedding fitted into a template, but a day shaped around you.
Open Wedding is a private planning studio based in Nagano, creating weddings shaped by place, people, and atmosphere. We support intimate ceremonies, family-led celebrations, destination weddings, and preparations involving overseas guests with the same careful attention to both feeling and logistics.
Kaori Yamazaki plans from the couple outward rather than from a venue template inward. The goal is not spectacle for its own sake, but a day with calm luxury, emotional clarity, and lasting afterglow.
100+
Celebrations supported
8yr
Industry experience
12
Private commissions / year
What Defines The Work
The Open Wedding Standard
Private Planning
The yearly volume stays intentionally limited so every commission receives deeper planning and better execution.
Bilingual Support
Japanese couples remain the core focus, while overseas couples and international guests receive clear and practical guidance.
Photography Awareness
Schedule, positioning, light, and background are considered from the beginning so the day looks as good as it feels.
How Kaori Works
What matters most in the planning
The most important work at the beginning is not choosing a venue immediately. It is clarifying what kind of time you want to share, with whom, and at what emotional pace. From there, venue, food, flowers, photography, travel flow, and rain alternatives are shaped as one coherent experience.
1. Listen
We begin with your priorities, family dynamics, guest experience, and budget comfort.
2. Refine
Before adding more ideas, we clarify what matters most and what the day realistically needs.
3. Realise
Venue, timeline, photography, dining, and accommodation are then brought together into one polished plan.
"Rather than repeating someone else’s ideal wedding, I want to create the one that feels truly natural for you."
Best Fit
Often chosen by couples who want
01A refined intimate wedding without losing warmth or substance
02A Nagano wedding while living in Tokyo, Yamanashi, or elsewhere
03Support for overseas guests or cross-language preparation
04A day where atmosphere and guest experience matter as much as the scenery
