Will we be around for the Emperor’s enthronement?

We’ve been wandering around Japan for five weeks and, while it’s been a wonderfully immersive experience, you would be fooling yourself if you thought you were doing anything more than dipping your toes in the waters.

Typhoon Hagibis aside, little of real national importance here has managed to penetrate the rugby bubble and catch the attention. That will change on Tuesday, if we’re still here, when Japan’s Emperor Naruhito proclaims his enthronement at a ceremony at the Imperial Palace which will be attended by roughly 2,500 leaders and representatives from over 190 countries.