They all have the same dress, hairdo, pose, tiara… This looks suffocating
Does anyone have information about the dresses the women are wearing? They dont appear to be any kind of traditional clothing which might carry meaning, so Im wondering why the dresses look so outdated and…blah.
I know people say these events look the same every year, but there are some small differences I spotted in these pictures!
* Princess Akiko (second from right in the fourth picture) is wearing a tiara and necklace I’m pretty sure she’s never worn before and I wonder if it had belonged to her late grandmother who passed a year ago. She’s recently very unusually become her own head of household (a lot of drama there, her mother has separated into a different household etc) and was the chief mourner (again, instead of her mother), so maybe that’s related.
* Prince Hisahito’s first time attending. And it used to be that the men stood to the left and the women to the right as you face them, but it seems they’re doing it mixed now as the Akishino family, including Kiko and Kako, are all together to the right. A small step towards equality maybe – or maybe the fact that it ensures Aiko, the Emperor’s daughter who can’t succeed to the throne, continues to stand next to them instead of being halfway down the line. I do wonder how they feel about Hisahito coming of age as the future Emperor when their daughter is sidelined for being a woman (or maybe they consider it a blessing that she can escape).
At long last a young man in the line up! Best wishes to him, he’s got quite an interesting road ahead that’s for sure.
It always feels like sister wives with diamonds.
I feel so bad for the whole family, but especially the women. What a joyless existence.
They look too British (dressing), can’t they dress more in their traditional Japanese. It looks so colonial and outdated.
Every time I see them, it looks like they’re wearing the same clothes as the last time I saw them. And they always seem to look rather miserable.
This room always looks like they’re holding the reception in a poorly lit dance rehearsal room.
~10 years ago, I went to the New Years (or maybe New Year’s Eve) event at the imperial palace in Tokyo. You can’t go inside, but if I remember correct, you can go to an areas of the palace grounds that is usually shut. (The part you can go to every day is nowadays basically just a park)
It was a big crowd and they handed out small Japanese flags to wave. The emperor (it was old Akihito) at the time gave a speech that I (European man) didn’t understand but seemed nice.
I’d recommend it, was fun. I wouldn’t go to Japan just for that, but if you’re there it’s fun.
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Pic 12. Never seen such bangs before.
They all have the same dress, hairdo, pose, tiara… This looks suffocating
Does anyone have information about the dresses the women are wearing? They dont appear to be any kind of traditional clothing which might carry meaning, so Im wondering why the dresses look so outdated and…blah.
I know people say these events look the same every year, but there are some small differences I spotted in these pictures!
* Princess Akiko (second from right in the fourth picture) is wearing a tiara and necklace I’m pretty sure she’s never worn before and I wonder if it had belonged to her late grandmother who passed a year ago. She’s recently very unusually become her own head of household (a lot of drama there, her mother has separated into a different household etc) and was the chief mourner (again, instead of her mother), so maybe that’s related.
* Prince Hisahito’s first time attending. And it used to be that the men stood to the left and the women to the right as you face them, but it seems they’re doing it mixed now as the Akishino family, including Kiko and Kako, are all together to the right. A small step towards equality maybe – or maybe the fact that it ensures Aiko, the Emperor’s daughter who can’t succeed to the throne, continues to stand next to them instead of being halfway down the line. I do wonder how they feel about Hisahito coming of age as the future Emperor when their daughter is sidelined for being a woman (or maybe they consider it a blessing that she can escape).
At long last a young man in the line up! Best wishes to him, he’s got quite an interesting road ahead that’s for sure.
It always feels like sister wives with diamonds.
I feel so bad for the whole family, but especially the women. What a joyless existence.
They look too British (dressing), can’t they dress more in their traditional Japanese. It looks so colonial and outdated.
Every time I see them, it looks like they’re wearing the same clothes as the last time I saw them. And they always seem to look rather miserable.
This room always looks like they’re holding the reception in a poorly lit dance rehearsal room.
~10 years ago, I went to the New Years (or maybe New Year’s Eve) event at the imperial palace in Tokyo. You can’t go inside, but if I remember correct, you can go to an areas of the palace grounds that is usually shut. (The part you can go to every day is nowadays basically just a park)
It was a big crowd and they handed out small Japanese flags to wave. The emperor (it was old Akihito) at the time gave a speech that I (European man) didn’t understand but seemed nice.
I’d recommend it, was fun. I wouldn’t go to Japan just for that, but if you’re there it’s fun.
Love all the outfits!
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