Gift Registry
We’ve been asked what we’d like for a gift and the answer is simple: you, at our wedding, having a fantastic time.
But if you insist then this is what we’ll say:
We’ve got stuff. Lots of stuff. What we REALLY want is our first big adventure together as a married couple! We’re planning an action-packed trip around Japan. Tom lived in Okinawa for two years and is excited to share his old stomping ground, and Rebecca has been obsessed with Japan since the third grade.
With this registry you have the power to ensure that we do the exciting things we've planned. Snorkeling, hiking with monkeys, and eating some of the most adventurous foods in the world.
Here’s how it works…
1. Pick the item you’d most like to give us from the list below.
2. Reserve that gift by sending us a message through the Contact Us page of this website or by sending us an email.
3. Mail the gift to us or bring it with you to the wedding in March. Your choice.
We’ll send you an awkwardly posed photo of us enjoying your gift, along with our sincerest thanks, when we return from our Japanese Honeymoon Adventure.
We love you all, and we can’t wait to see you on March 21st.
Okinawa
Swimmin' With the Fishes (purchased)
Tom can't stop bragging about the beautiful living reef off Okinawa. We can't wait to share the experience together as we snorkle our hearts out.
$25
Romantic Sunset Evening (purchased)
We'll snuggle up on the sea wall with a bottle of Awamori sake listening to local musicians playing into the night.
$25
Hiroshima
Monkeys, Deer and Floating Torrii; Oh My! (purchased)
We'll travel by train and ferry to the island of Miyajimaguchi to see the floating torii, roaming deer, and to hike Mount Misen to pal around with some monkeys.
$10
World's Largest Rice Paddle!
Daisho-in is a historic temple, but also home to the world’s largest spatula/rice paddle. How could we pass that up?
$10
Remembering Our Nuclear Past (purchased)
We'll spend a solemn day seeing the A-bomb dome, Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima Castle and Shukkeien garden.
$20
Break Out a Tatami Mat (2 purchased)
A stay in a traditional Japnese guest house (ryokan) will be quite an experience.
$75
Kyoto
Japan's Fine Arts (2 purchased)
At the Gion Center's Yasaka-Kai Kan Hall we'll have the opportunity to experience many of Japan's fine art forms: tea ceremony, flower arrangement, koto, gagaku, bunraku puppet plays, kyogen and mai.
$30
Temple Lodging (2 purchased)
We're excited to stay in temple lodging, known as shukubō. After a night in traditional Japanese accomodations, you are often invited to participate in morning prayer service (otsutome).
$53
Zen Meditation Class & Tour (2 purchased)
An upgrade to our stay at the temple, the zen meditation class will introduce us to a Buddhist practice used to reach enlightenment. The class is followed by Japanese sweets and a tour of the temple.
$20
Kanazawa
Ninja Town!
We'll enjoy this well-preserved Edo-period city by visiting Kenrokuen garden, Kanazawa Castle, Nagamachi Bukeyashiki-ato (ruins of samurai residences) and the Ninja Temple.
$30
Bubble, Bubble Toil and Trouble (2 purchased)
We've heard that you can't visit Japan without taking a dip in one of the many hot springs, known as onsen. The Ryokan Shibaya inn has an onsen in the basement! A hot bubbly soak will be quite welcome at this halfway point in our whirlwind tour of Japan!
$90
Shirakawago
Hands Together (purchased)
The entire village of Shirakawago is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, known for its farmhouses, which are built in a unique architectural style known as gasshō, meaning means "hands together" as in prayer, referring to the steep roofs that keep the snow off in the winter. Most of this day-trip will be spent admiring the village and eating their famous hida beef and hoda miso. Mmm!
$40
Takayama
Hida Folk Village
In this recreation of an entire traditional mountain village, we can see artisans working and even try our own hands at a number of activities.
$15
Local Delicacies at the Sannō Matsuri (purchased)
We've skillfully scheduled our visit to Takayama to coincide with their spring festival where they display large elobrate floats. We're just dying to secure the perfect viewing spot while we sit and enjoy some local hōba miso and midarashi-dango (sweet rice balls).
$30
Ask for Tommy (2 available)
We've been told that if we "ask for Tommy, the English speaking monk" we can set up accomodations at the Zenkoji Budhist Temple.
$35
Tokyo
A Romantic Row (purchased)
Chidoriga-fuchi Moat, along the Imperial gardens grounds, is "the" most prominent cherry blossom site in Tokyo. We'd like to leasurly row below the blossoms to escape the bustling city around us.
$25
A Business Man's Lunch (2 purchased)
Like the business men of old Tokyo, we want to unwind with grilled yakitori chicken on a stick and a couple of cold Asahi beers under the train tracks.
$45
We Catch 'Em, You Buy 'Em (purchased)
We can't go down to Tokyo's famous Tsukiji fish market and not eat the freshest sushi in the world. We'll be adventurous and ask for the omakase, whatever is fresh that day.
$35
400 Years of Tokyo
Since it was built 400 years ago, Edo, (renamed Tokyo at meiji Era) has enjoyed a long history and the Edo-Tokyo Museum showcases it. We'll gain a better appreciation of this modern city by learning about its history.
$15
Japan's Arlington (purchased)
The Yasukuni Shrine is a controversial shrine to Japan's war dead, including convicted war criminals executed by the Allies. Our interest in history compels us to visit the adjacent museum which houses an odd collection of military paraphernalia (including human torpedoes and letters from kamikaze pilots) and one-sided descriptions of the war.
$20
Finally a Real Bed (purchased)
Thanks to our military status, we can stay at the New Sano, a beautiful (and affordable) American-style oasis in downtown Tokyo, the world's most expensive city. Fluffy pillows and mattresses... Ahh. By this part of the trip, we'll want this so badly!
$50
Round, Round, Get Around
Up, Up and Away (2 available)
Help us start this incredible journey, taking us from Orlando to Tokyo.
$1360
Island Hoppers (2 available)
We'll ease into our Japanese adventure by starting with Tom's old stomping grounds, the island of Okinawa.
$350
Car Rental for Okinawa (4 available)
The only way to see every nook and cranny of this 67 mile long island.
$75
Back to the Mainland, Japan that is. (2 available)
Our mainland adventure begins near the southern end of Japan in Hiroshima.
$350
Shinkansen Rail Pass (2 purchased)
We'll make the most of our time speeding across Japan on their famous Bullet Train.
$300
How About Something Else?
If you're not interested in giving us a part of our Japanese Honeymoon Adventure as a wedding gift, that's OK too. Remember, what we really want is YOU, at our wedding, having a good time.
If you choose to give us something other than your presence, I am sure we will love it.
