CORONATION PARADE OF JAPANESE EMPEROR
Magnificent Pageant FIRST STAGE OF JOURNEY TO ANCIENT CAPITA!. FOR HISTORIC CEREMONY. Australian Press Association. Received Tuesday, Midniglit. TOKIO; Noy- 6. Nothing marred tlie spiendidly-stagei pageant of the enthronement of the Mikado. The Emperor departed for Kyots promptly at the appointed hour. Bugles signalled the start from tke palace, tho procession which was a magnificent spectacle, proceeding along the broad avenue leading to the station. Attention was concentrated on the wonderful palanquin containing regalia, can ried on the shoulders of bearers in ancient historical dress.
The Emperor was ia the uniform ol a Generalissimo, in a coach surmounted by a golden phoenix, drawn by six horses, followed by the coaches of the Empress, Prince and Princess Chichi bu and others of the family. A gathering of notables received their Majesties at the station. Thcj are resting at Nagoya palace to-night and are continuing the journey to Kyoto to-morrow.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6755, 7 November 1928, Page 7
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