Customized Wedding Arch, Japanese Paper Cranes

"The folded paper cranes hanging behind the altar look upon the lake," Amanda says. "I’m half-Japanese, and Japanese Americans have adopted senbazuru—folding 1,000 origami paper cranes—into their wedding celebrations as a way to bestow blessings for a long, harmonious marriage."

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