Japanese emperor begins enthronement ritual amid downpour

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TOKYO: Japanese Emperor Naruhito began ceremonies to formally proclaim his enthronement on Tuesday (Oct 22) in a centuries-old ritual attended by ...

on Tuesday in a centuries-old ritual attended by dignitaries from more than 180 countries.

Small groups of people waited at the Imperial Palace gate on Tuesday in pouring rain, waving Japanese flags and cheering a smiling Naruhito as he entered by car. He was followed later by Empress Masako, dressed in 12-layered white robes and attended by two women in violet robes to arrange her train.For the main ceremony, Naruhito will wear a traditional burnt-orange robe and headdress, as his father did nearly three decades ago. It will start at 1pm local time at the Imperial Palace's Matsu no ma, or Hall of Pine, the most prestigious space in the palace.

Together with a mirror called Yata-no-Kagami, which is kept at the Ise Grand Shrine, the holiest site in Japan's Shinto religion, the three treasures comprise the regalia that symbolises the legitimacy of the emperor. Members of the royal family arrive at the ceremony site where Japan's Emperor Naruhito will report the conduct of the enthronement ceremony at the Imperial Sanctuary inside the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan, Oct 22, 2019.

 

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