[Nyororin]

I live just outside Nagoya, just a hop over from Nakamura-ku. I drive by Nakamura park just about every other day - it`s about 5 minutes away.
You`ll pretty much be downtown.

Nagoya isn`t Tokyo though, so I can`t comment on the "urban lifestyle" you speak of.

As for weddings - we spent 1,400,000 on ours. Had the wedding in Atsuta Jingu. It was indeed painfully expensive.