MIE –
Princess Aiko, the one daughter of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, visited Ise Jingu in Mie Prefecture on Monday, paying respects on the shrine forward of her first viewing of a conventional timber-hauling ceremony.
Aiko arrived on the shrine’s Geku outer sanctuary shortly after 9 a.m., carrying a protracted white gown. After strolling slowly alongside the method and providing prayers, she traveled to the Naiku internal sanctuary as native residents appeared on.
The internal sanctuary enshrines Amaterasu Omikami, the solar goddess considered the ancestral deity of the Imperial Family. Aiko approached the entrance of the primary sanctuary, supplied a sacred tamagushi department and bowed deeply.
The go to was her first to Ise Jingu since she traveled there two years in the past to report her commencement from college and the beginning of her employment.
A sequence of occasions is being held on the shrine in preparation for the Shikinen Sengu, the rebuilding and relocation of its predominant sanctuaries each 20 years.
Aiko is scheduled to look at the standard Okihiki ceremony within the afternoon, by which native residents transport Japanese cypress timber for use for the rebuilding.
Emperor Naruhito took half within the ceremony carrying a conventional happi coat when he was crown prince. Monday’s go to can be Aiko’s first time observing the occasion.
Source: TBS