How to get two bottles of champagne on the honeymoon - A step by step guide

Now with Christmas drawing close and this being clearly seen in a radical drop in visitors down to almost half of what is usual on a regular weekday, I thought I could relax a bit and let my hair out. Everyone outside of Japan is probably celebrating Christmas now anyway and the only one who can muster up leaving a comment is the faithful Penguine, but his usual wit doesn't cut as sharp as it used to.

With that said, I thought I could return back to a side-track of my "Getting Married in Japan" series and a little trick from the honeymoon I could share with you.

How to get two bottles of champagne on your honeymoon:

• Book a tour through a Japanese travel agency to a place often frequented by Japanese tourists (e.g. Hawaii )


• Have one or more names that are vaguely Japanese but leaves some room for ambiguity


• Make sure that the hotel gives a complimentary bottle of champagne for honeymooners


• Get one bottle with a congratulatory message in Japanese – drink bottle


• Next day, get another bottle with a congratulatory message, in English this time – drink bottle


• When bottles has been drunk, be sure to tell every hotel staff you meet that could be working with the catering that you are a Japanese-English bilingual couple and enjoy the expression when you hit someone who gets a little white in the face and laughs nervously