- Saturday, April 20, 2019, Day 37
- Temples: Tamaki Nara (75 miles from Ōsaka), Japan
- Weather: 55-65 degrees blue skies
Today begins ceremonies for the first Japanese Emperor in two hundreds years to abdicate. Emperor Akihito is stepping down because advanced age and his son the Crown Prince Naruhito will become the new emperor.
The Golden Week Holiday will be extended form April 27 through May 6, ten days.
- Temples Ceremony – Priest
- Temples Ceremony – Priest
- Temples Ceremony -Drummer
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