photo-only wedding; staged wedding photos
A service where a couple has professional wedding photographs taken without holding an actual wedding ceremony or reception. Common in Japan as a cost-saving or simplified alternative.
wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from photo wedding
Recently, more couples are opting for just a photo wedding without holding a ceremony.
The photo wedding package includes outfits and hair and makeup.
Standard katakana spelling for this wasei-eigo term.
Variant with interpunct; less common but still used.
Wasei-eigo from English 'photo' and 'wedding'. Not a direct loanword; the concept is a Japanese creation.