‘Smiling and Graceful’ Princess Aiko Attends an Adult Event in Dress and Tiara, Receiving Medal from Her Father Emperor Naruhito
Princess Aiko attends an adult event wearing a long dress with a tiara (5th, West Parade of the Imperial Palace) Her Imperial Highness Princess Toshinomiya Aiko, the only daughter of Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress, who celebrated her 20th birthday on December 1, attended a coming-of-age event including the bestowal of orders at the Imperial Palace on December 5. She wore a long dress and a tiara as her formal attire, and responded to the congratulations with a smile. Order of Merit worn by Princess Aiko (5th, West Parade of the Imperial Palace) Since she had university classes on the day of her birthday, the major adult events were held on the morning of the 5th, a holiday. After visiting the three halls of the Imperial Palace, where the Imperial Ancestral Deities are worshipped, Aiko received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown from His Majesty the Emperor in the Phoenix Room of the Palace. According to her aides, Aiko "straightene