Emperor, Empress visit Meiji Jingu shrine
![](https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/eiji-9824569.jpg)
The Emperor visits Meiji Jingu shrine in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, on Thursday.
15:18 JST, July 21, 2022
The Emperor and the Empress visited Meiji Jingu shrine in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, on Thursday, ahead of the 110th anniversary of Emperor Meiji’s death on July 30.
At about 9:40 a.m., the Emperor, clad in a morning coat and wearing a face mask, walked through the shrine’s Minami-Shinmon gate to the front of the honden main pavilion, where he offered tamagushi sacred tree branches and bowed. The Empress, dressed in white attire and wearing a mask, made a similar offering shortly afterward.
"Society" POPULAR ARTICLE
-
Typhoon Shanshan Forms, Slowly Moves Toward Japan; Govt Says Typhoon No. 10 Likely to Approach Japan Next Week
-
Typhoon Ampil Approaching Japan
-
Shizuoka Pref. City Offers Foreigners Free Japanese Language Classes; Aims to Raise Non-Natives to Daily Conversation Level
-
Tokyo Companies Prepare for Ashfall From Mt. Fuji Eruption; Disposal Of Ash, Possibly at Sea, A Major Challenge
-
Typhoon No. 10 Forecast to Develop; Move into Pacific Ocean South of Japan on Aug. 26
JN ACCESS RANKING