TOKYO: Princess Aiko, the only child of Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, visited the mausoleums of Emperor Showa and his wife, Empress Kojun, in a western Tokyo suburb Thursday.

In her first solo visit to the tombs in the Musashi Imperial Mausolea Grounds in Hachioji, the 22-year-old princess reported that she has graduated from Gakushuin University and started working for the Japanese Red Cross Society.

Dressed in gray, she offered a “tamagushi” ritual offering at and bowed to each mausoleum.

She last visited the tombs in July 2014 together with her parents after entering Gakushuin Girls’ Junior High School.

JIJI Press