New Year Greeting by Japanese Emperor - Jan 2nd, 2010

These are not my best photos, but I tried to take pictures of imperial family waving from the bullet proof windows. You can sort of see 6 people standing: they are Emperor, Empress, Crown Prince, Crown Princess, Second Prince and Second Princess.

We are exiting from the Imperial Palace.

We stopped by Yushima Tenjin Shrine to pray for good luck in 2010. This is the year of tiger, and Hello Kitty seems pretty popular posing as a tiger.

My friend bought two arrows, and I bought Hello Kitty lucky charm for 500 Yen. Hope it works!