12.07.2025 10:42
Isa Bozak, who went to Japan for work from Düzce, fell in love with Hiroe Ohashi, whom he met during the coronavirus pandemic, and they got married. The wedding of their 13,000-kilometer love took place in Düzce, while the Japanese bride wants to live in Turkey.
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Years ago, İsa Bozak went to Japan to work as a chef, and he married Hiroe Ohashi, whom he met there, in Düzce. In 2018, while continuing his job search, İsa Bozak noticed that a Turkish company was looking for chefs in Japan and applied for the job. After starting to work in Japan, Bozak met Hiroe Ohashi, who came to Japan for training from New Zealand. As they began to spend time together, Ohashi and Bozak supported each other during the coronavirus period and decided to become a couple, marrying in Japan in 2023. The couple, who also wanted to have a wedding in Turkey, came to Düzce, which is 13,000 kilometers away, to start their wedding preparations.
TURKISH-JAPANESE FLAGS HUNG
The wedding of the couple, who completed their preparations, was held in a garden venue located on the Beyköy road. At the wedding, where the flags of Japan and Turkey were displayed, Hiroe Ohashi's family, who came from Japan to Turkey, played games in the wedding hall while adapting to the new environment, and the participants showed interest in the bride, Hiroe Ohashi.
"WE MET IN JAPAN"
Stating that he went to Japan to work and met and married Hiroe, groom İsa Bozak (41) said, "I have been living in Japan for about 8 years. There was a Turkish company there. They saw me online. I had a membership on a chefs' site. They saw me there and hired me in Japan. All my documents were ready, and I went there as a chef. I love Japan very much. I met my wife there. She came from New Zealand to train us. Officially, we have been married for 2 years. We came to Turkey to have a wedding. My wife loved the country very much before coming to Turkey. She especially loves the Mediterranean and Aegean regions. In the coming years, we want to establish our own business here and live in the Aegean. Because the Aegean is a much more beautiful region," he expressed.
"I WAS NOT A BELIEVER IN LOVE"
Stating that he was not a believer in love, Bozak said, "Actually, it may sound very cliché, but I was not a person who believed in love very much. True love is the love for God. But I prayed a lot for my wife. I intended for her and wanted her very much. Thanks to my friend who introduced me to my wife, we only communicated by phone for 2 months. Then my wife came from New Zealand. After that, we sat at the wedding table within 20 days. It was a quick thing for us. I have a daughter who is 10 months old, and we named her Evren. We are very happy right now. We live life to the fullest and do not like pessimism. Our energy is very high. We have 90% compatibility. That's why I love Japan very much. I want to live both there and here. Since my daughter will be half Turkish and half Japanese, I want her to see Turkish culture as well. I want to continue our lives by establishing a business both there and here and commuting back and forth," he said.
"SHE IS RESEARCHING ISLAM"
Stating that his wife is researching Islam, Bozak said, "My family is conservative but open-minded. They are like that towards foreigners. My wife is Japanese and currently she is Christian. She is currently researching Islam comprehensively. You know there is no compulsion in our religion. That's why she says she will see and look at it, then she will convert. There is already no compulsion in our religion. I told her, 'It is completely your free will.'
"I TRIED TO GET TO KNOW HER"
Hiroe Ohashi, 37, who stated that she worked at a company in New Zealand and met her husband when she went to Japan to provide training, said, "I came to Japan from New Zealand for a core clinic. I was providing management training abroad. A friend in Japan introduced me to İsa. I first established communication. I tried to get to know him. The coronavirus came. At that time, I got Covid-19. At that time, we valued each other more. Those times were wonderful; he supported me. I thought he was really a good person. I was thinking of doing business in New Zealand. I was either going to go there or stay in Japan. I was a bit worried about staying in Japan. But thanks to him, I stayed in Japan. I fell in love with him and married him," she expressed.
"TURKEY IS A VERY DEVELOPED COUNTRY"
Ohashi, who stated that Turkey is a developed country, said, "This place is more beautiful than I thought. This is a very developed country. I think this place is a place with very diverse people. Because it is a very different country. My mind got very confused. The people are very warm. They are kind and very helpful. They approach like a complete family. They helped me a lot. I want to live here. My husband has a job in Tokyo, Japan. It would be good if he could do that job in Turkey in the future. I think it would be nice to start a business together here," she said.
PLUM BRANCH DANCE
At the wedding attended by the bride's mother Hiromasa and father Ikuko Ohashi from Japan, as well as friends, it was noteworthy that they observed others dancing before joining in the plum branch dance. The bride, Hiroe Ohashi Bozak, also danced the horon, which comes from the Black Sea culture, with her husband.
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