Naruhito, wearing a tailcoat decorated with medals and carrying a brimmed hat, and Masako, in an off-white long dress and a tiara, waved from a Toyota Century convertible. The car was decorated with the Chrysanthemum emblems and the emperor’s flag during the half-hour motorcade on the 4.6-kilometer route from the palace to the Akasaka imperial residence in the soft afternoon sun.
Thousands of people had lined up at checkpoints hours before the parade, trying to secure their place to get the best possible view of the royal couple. “I hope he will continue to stick with peace, as his father did,” Suzuki said, but added that Japan should think seriously about the stability of the monarchy as it faces a shortage of eligible successors. Conservatives insist on the male-only succession, but Suzuki says he wouldn’t mind a female monarch.
There are expectations that Naruhito — who is Japan’s first emperor with a college degree and who studied abroad — and his Harvard-educated wife will internationalize the imperial household.
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