Marriages are often arranged. There would be a matchmaker who would arrange both sides of the marriage. The man would sometimes get a say in who he wanted to marry. If the woman's parents approve of the man, then he would be invited to a ceremony called Tokoro-arawashi. They would eat rice cakes. A special kind of rice cake called mochi. She would only be considered the "wife" once a baby had been born, or a love one had died. the man would move in with the wife's family to do a certain amount of labour.
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