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Summary A couple in Tokyo, Tomoharu and Miki Saito celebrated the end of their 13-year relationship.
Ceremonies that celebrate divorces have gained momentum in Japan after the earthquake compelling unhappy couples to reassess their lives.The culminating ritual of smashing wedding rings with a gavel helped create that clean break needed in any breakup. It costs a couple 55,000 yen for the ceremony that marks the couple s transition to being single again. The divorcees also threw the ring into the mouth of a frog figurine, as a frog symbolizes a return in Japanese culture. The dress is designed in a manner that woman s back looks most beautiful when she turns around and walks away.The March 11 disaster made many couples rethink their priorities; some found work was a higher priority to them than family, and it has helped people gain the confidence to decide on a divorce. And those who want an amicable divorce are doing divorce ceremonies.
