Today is the Emperor’s Brithday, a public holiday in Japan and also one of the few occasions where you can enter the imperial palace. So I make my way back to central Tokyo to be there in time for when the doors open.

For his birthday the emperor invites the public onto the Kyuden plaza (map) to give a short speech. There are serveral sessions plannedfull story ...

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