JAPAN: When to Go

Smart folk who plan to visit the Orient, next winter, will seek Japan during the Coronation of His Imperial Majesty the Sublime Tenno Hirohito.

Last week the Imperial Household Ministry let fall, provisionally, words and dates significant to the smart. On Nov. 3, 1928, the Tenno will depart amid pomp from Tokyo, and arrive next day at the ancient capital of Kyoto. There he will be crowned on Nov. 7, and will pass the subsequent week in "Sacred Rituals and Banquets."

Between Nov. 15 and Nov. 26 His Majesty will piously visit the tombs...

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