Was in Ishikawa-ken, Japan for the last week. Went to my sister in law's wedding. I can't remember if I've posted about her here before, but in short, she is a total bitch and I was not looking forward to this event. I had never met the groom (we visited last summer and she suddenly decided to go off on a trip with him to Tokyo Disneyland instead of meeting us, and after that she came by herself and proceeded to treat me like complete shit...not even a hello. Anyway- ) but was convinced that this was a "shotgun wedding," since I just can't see someone wanting to be with a woman whose personality I would describe as "the angry yakuza version of the incredible hulk" and she got knocked up before they were hitched.
We got to Japan a few days before the wedding and there was no contact from her. It was only after my wife stopped at a Kimono-Off to buy something that she popped up...my wife told her sister that she bought a sash or some other piece of the outfit, and her sister flew off the handle about this and said that she had it already and that she was coming to the store. When she got there, she immediately started arguing with my wife, looks at me and just goes
"NANI?!" and then tries to return the piece, but my wife kept it. We go to walk outside and she holds the door open for my wife, then slams it on me. Chitchat finally starts and after my wife says that she feels a little bit sick because of jetlag, her sister tells her not to come to the wedding, gets in her car, and speeds off. I missed this next part until the day after the wedding, but I also found that she sent me a text message on Line telling me to not to come.
We go to the wedding and get virtually ignored by her sister. She at least took photos with her parents and sister, but I wasn't included in any of them and had to get in photos taken by the staff with my own phone or my wife's phone. The tables at the reception had name cards, with personal messages from the bride or groom on the back. Mine did not. My wife's did not. Her parents' did not. Literally every other person had them. I was "asked" (I.E. told) to use a video camera to take footage of the wedding. My thinking was this was a way for me to effectively not be in any video footage. I took a bit, here and there, and then stopped. The next day I heard she was furious
because I didn't film the entire wedding from start to finish. 
I also heard she was angry that I didn't bother to say "congratulations." Kind of hard to do when you're being
ignored/avoided. I did get a chance to introduce myself to the groom. He seemed like a nice enough guy and I feel really bad for him. He is going to be in a horrible, likely abusive, relationship and I can only see it working if she mellows out after popping out the kid.
Apart from that mess, I tried to have a good time. Didn't get to meet friends, but went and ate at some good places and did some shopping and stuff. We stayed with her parents and this really sucked -no central heat- so it was pretty uncomfortable. I forgot how brutal Japanese winters can be in old houses. It was like camping indoors. If we have to go back there in late fall or winter again, it's gonna be hotel time.
