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Old Nov 26, 2011 | 1:24 am
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Originally Posted by RichardInSF
There are tours of limited portions of the Imperial Palace. These are free but need to be booked in advance (online, English website available). There are also two days a year, around New Year's, when the palace grounds are open to all.
Technically, this occurs on New Year's Day and the day of the reigning Emperor's birthday (which currently happens to be December 23rd)

And it is only opening a certain section where people are allowed to gather and greet the Emperor from a considerable distance.

You can see what this looks like here:

http://samuraidave.wordpress.com/200...rors-birthday/
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