Naruhito鈥檚 harvest ritual
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Japanese palace officials used an ancient turtle-shell divination yesterday to choose sites to harvest sacred rice to be used in an upcoming harvest ritual 鈥 the most important one new Emperor Naruhito will perform after enthronement.
Naruhito succeeded the Chrysanthemum Throne on May 1, the day after his 85-year-old father Akihito abdicated.
The mid-November Daijosai, or Great Thanksgiving Ceremony, will be Naruhito鈥檚 first as emperor to pray for a good harvest for his people.
A group of officials in traditional outfit and headdress who took part in the turtle divination 鈥 originally used in ancient China 鈥 chose the prefectures of Kyoto in western Japan and Tochigi in the east to grow the rice. In a closed ritual inside a makeshift structure set up on the palace compound, the officials burned a turtle shell and analyzed cracks that appeared on it to determine the sites.
Naruhito was informed of the results by the head of the Imperial Household Agency.
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