Horse-drawn carriages were used on Nov. 25 for the first time since the Great East Japan Earthquake to take new foreign ambassadors to the Imperial Palace for the Ceremonies of the Presentation of Credentials.
Horse-drawn carriages were used on Nov. 25 for the first time since the Great East Japan Earthquake to take new foreign ambassadors to the Imperial Palace for the Ceremonies of the Presentation of Credentials.
The ceremonies are held to allow new ambassadors to present credentials from their home countries to the emperor.
Part of the roof tiles on the main gate to the Imperial Palace collapsed during the March 11 quake, obstructing the passage of the horse-drawn coaches of the Imperial Household Agency. But repairs were finished in late October.
On Nov. 25, A. Carsten Damsgaard, the newly appointed ambassador of Denmark, and Lars Vargo, the new Swedish ambassador, rode in the carriages.