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IPPAN SANGA
Visit of the General Public to the Imperial Palace for the New Year Greetings
| At the Imperial Palace each year on January 2, their Majesties the Emperor
and Empress and other Members of the Imperial Family receive New Year Greetings
from the people. Their Majesties The Emperor and Empress appear with the
rest of the Imperial Family on the Imperial Palace veranda several times.
On this occasion, His Majesty the Emperor addresses the people. The people
enter from the main gate of the Palace and offer their good wishes in the
East Plaza of the Imperial Palace. The visitors leave from the Sakashita-mon
Gate. In 2014, 81,540 people visited the imperial palace for the event.
(Imperial Household Agency) Date: January 2 Entrance: Nijubashi Main Gate Time: 9 a.m.-2:10 p.m. Exit: Sakashita-mon Gate, Kikyo-mon Gate and Inui-mon Gate Telephone: 03-3213-1111 (Imperial Household Agency) Imperial Household Agency |