Yuriko Nakao / Reuters

A couple uses a hammer to smash their wedding ring to symbolize the end of their eight-year marriage during a "divorce ceremony" in Tokyo June 20, a day before they file for divorce. So far 25 couples had held such ceremonies, each costing around 55,000 yen ($606) which includes rides in separate rickshaws to a "divorce mansion" to conduct the ceremony in front of friends and relatives, according to the ceremony producer Hiroki Terai.

Yuriko Nakao / Reuters

Coming full circle

Well, I guess you can start it all with a ceremony and end it all with a ceremony. Hallmark would be proud.

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I want to see what's on the other side of that mallet.

    Reply#1 - Wed Jun 23, 2010 12:20 PM EDT
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