Japanese 2nd weddings

In Japan, people often have a couple of wedding ceremonies. The first is the actual ceremony, which involves time at the temple possibly tied in with a showy western-style wedding. (from all that i have heard, it generally is required that EACH of the guest gives an obligatory gift of $2-300). Last friday, I went to a 2nd wedding...which is the party thrown after the wedding, for the bride and grooms friends. Essentially, it is a massive piss-up. Kiwi-boy's teacher friend just got married and invited us to his 2nd wedding party. We show up at this amazing (i.e. Vegas style) chapel, in the hills overlooking the Inland sea. The view was spectacular, the setting complete over-done cheese. The Bride and Groom were dressed in Furry costumes (the groom was a monkey, the bride a Panda) which set the tone for the rest of the night. It was pretty laid-back and chill (albeit, the men were all in Tuxes and the women in relative-formal wear....except for a few people who showed up wearing jeans...I had a hard time getting a grasp on what the dress code would be for this event....so I wore a black 40s dress..which seemed to be okay.)
Anyhow, the evening cost us $45 a piece. I guess, the whole thing with these events, is that everyone splits the cost of the party...but if one considers the fact that $45 bought all you can eat and drink, it wasn't so bad...For entertainment there was karoke (why do the Japanese insist on always having karoke at every event?), Bingo, and a super drunk guy, who first introduced himself to kiwi-boy and myself with his pants fully unbuttoned and his hands down his pants....I didn't want to think about it too much...but I think he may have been attempting to tuck in his shirt....He soon joined our table, and after spilling 3 drinks, asking me twice to please kiss him, he finally puked...giving Kiwi-boy and I the perfect opportunity to say our congrats to the bride and groom...take a few photos in the furry heads...and move on to the rest of our night.

Tomorrow...I am hosting a porn and pocky stick party...should be a blast...I'll keep ya posted.