Japan New Year Reiwa
Japan welcomes reiwa new year with hopes for peace prosperity well wishers cheer and wave japanese flags as a motorcade carrying japan s new emperor naruhito leaves the grounds of the imperial.
Japan new year reiwa. Japan s emperor akihito r and crown prince naruhito l wave to the crowd during the new year s greeting ceremony at the imperial palace in tokyo on january 2 2019. Japan s reiwa era which started in may after emperor akihito stepped down and his son naruhito took over the throne celebrated its first new year on wednesday local. This article is more than 1 year old.
Shoko kanazawa 34 a japanese calligrapher who also happens to have down syndrome decided that the kanji for the first new year of the reiwa era will be wa which means harmony it is also often used as shorthand for japan we visited shoko at the close of 2019 and for japan. Tokyo japan dec 31 ani. 令和 pronounced is the current era of japan s official calendar it began on 1 may 2019 the day on which emperor akihito s elder son naruhito ascended the throne as the 126th emperor of japan the day before emperor akihito abdicated the chrysanthemum throne marking the end of the heisei era.
National japan announces new 10 000 5 000 and 1 000 bank notes as reiwa era looms. The year 2019 corresponds with heisei 31 from 1 january through 30 april. A ceremony for the 2020 nengajō new year s greeting cards was held at jp tower in tokyo s.
Japan welcomed the start of a new reiwa imperial era and a new emperor on wednesday in a festive new year mood with hopes for peace and prosperity.