Society

Japanese pop star married Italian bartender

Popular Japanese singer Hikaru Utada married Italian Francesco Kaliano. The newlyweds met in a London hotel, where a young man worked as a bartender

The spirit of the East penetrated the southern Italian town of Polignano a Mare (Polignano) (region of Puglia, near Bari). 31-year-old Japanese pop star Hikaru Utada married 23-year-old bartender Francesco Calianno, a native of Fasano (also Apulia, Brindisi province), but three-quarters of whose relatives live in Polignano.

 

Utada Hikaru was born in the United States, but adopted Japanese citizenship. The singer is popular not only in Japan, but throughout Asia. She has sold about 50 million albums worldwide. And her mother, Junko Utada (stage name Keiko Fuji), was one of the greatest Japanese enka performers (works akin to Russian romances, author).

In February of this year, Hikaru announced on her blog an engagement: “This is very unexpected, I smile, but I will get married soon. He is Italian. He is young and sincere, and all his many friends love him. He has a big and cheerful family, which seemed to come out of the manga pages (Japanese comics, ed.). Finally I reached the right age to do this, and I will be happy if he takes care of me. "

The love story of a Japanese woman and an Italian began in London, where both lived and worked. However, the wedding ceremony took place on May 23, 2014 in the cathedral of Polignano (Chiesa Matrice di Santa Maria Assunta) in the presence of numerous journalists and photojournalists from the country of the Rising Sun and not only. The latter, by hook or by crook, sought to remove the memorable event, despite the increased level of protection around the newlyweds.

The bride arrived at the wedding venue on an SUV with tinted windows, and was escorted to a church covered by Japanese umbrellas according to the tradition of her country. The groom was also accompanied by several guards. The ceremony was conducted by Don Gaetano Luca in two languages: in Italian and in English. At the same time, he conducted half of the ceremony according to Catholic traditions, and half for the unbaptized (for Utada), as the church canons provide, provided that the newlyweds plan to raise future children in the Catholic religion.

There were no VIP guests at the wedding: not even the London singer Mickey, whose presence, it would seem, was already decided. If celebrities come to the wedding, you can see them at the Abbey of St. Lorenzo in Fasano, where Hikaru and Francesco plan to meet guests ... who were asked not to talk about the details of the holiday and not even take photos - a common practice among celebrities.

Watch the video: Utada Hikaru holds her wedding ceremony in Italy (November 2024).

Popular Posts

Category Society, Next Article

Mussolini's dictator's violin put up for sale
Culture

Mussolini's dictator's violin put up for sale

The violin of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini (Benito Mussolini) put up for auction, which is scheduled for May 12, 2014 and will be held in London. The cost of the 300-year-old instrument, which once belonged to the fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, by the way, a very talented violinist, was estimated at a minimum of $ 250,000.
Read More
Fiat History Center equals Louvre in popularity
Culture

Fiat History Center equals Louvre in popularity

In just six months, the Fiat History Center website (Il Centro Storico Fiat) gained more “likes” than the Uffizi Gallery and the Vatican Museums combined. The Fiat History Center turned out to be the most popular museum in the vastness of the Facebook social network, both in terms of the number of subscribers (about 100 thousand) and the number of “people who talk about it” (more than 35 thousand).
Read More
An ancient fresco of the goddess Artemis was stolen from Pompeii
Culture

An ancient fresco of the goddess Artemis was stolen from Pompeii

Unknowns stole an ancient fresco from the city-museum of Pompeii, thereby violating the integrity of the architectural monument included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The guard of the Pompeii complex made his daily tour when he discovered "the absence of a mural in the House of Neptune", which depicted the ancient Greek goddess of fertility Artemis.
Read More
This can only happen in Italy.
Culture

This can only happen in Italy.

The article contains the impressions of foreigners about the traditions and customs of Italians, which seemed strange or surprising to them. They are all united by the hashtag on Twitter. #OnlyinItaly. Among the users of the network, the hashtag #OnlyinItaly has gained unexpected popularity. Tweets with the definition "Only in Italy" reflect things that seemed strange, surprising or even wrong to people in this unique country.
Read More