Wedding news from Tokyo now, and an interesting development in the way marriage vows have been exchanged.
In our digital age, the first wedding ceremony officiated by a ROBOT has taken place.

In a rather peculiar design, the 4-foot “I-Fairy” robot, conducted the ceremony complete with flashing eyes and plastic pigtails.
unsurprisingly perhaps, the manufacturer Kokoro Co, claimed it to be the first time a marriage had been led by a robot.

The wedding took place in Hibiya Park, in Central Toyko, with the I-Fairy wearing a floral wreath – conducting the wedding on a rooftop of a restaurant.
The robot was apparently controlled by a man behind a curtain just a few feet away.

Blushing Bride Satoko Inoue, 36, who works at manufacturer Kokoro said “This was a lot of fun. I think that Japanese have a strong sense that robots are our friends. Those in the robot industry mostly understand this, but people mainly want robots near them that serve some purpose,”

If you’re interested in copying the Japanese robot wedding, then an I-Fairy can be purchased for 6.3M Yen. (Apparently!)