This tiara goes by several names, but it has been the star of two Crown Princely weddings in Japan. The first to wear it was Michiko Shōda when she married Crown Prince Akihito on 10 April 1959. She wore a matching necklace with the tiara. Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images Several decades [read more]
The Chrysanthemum is one of the most important symbols of the Japanese monarchy, and one of its most fabulous tiaras features this symbol as well. The tiara is reserved exclusively for the use of the Empress. The tiara was made in 1917 on the orders of Empress Teimei, and it has been a much-worn piece [read more]
Masako Owada was born on 9 December 1963 as the daughter of Yumiko Egashira and Hisashi Owada in a public hospital in the Tokyo suburb of Toranomon. Two years later, she was joined in the nursery by twin sisters. When Masako was not even two years old, the family moved to the Soviet Union into [read more]
Masako Owada and the then Crown Naruhito of Japan first met in 1986 during a tea in honour of Infanta Elena of Spain. Although she was reportedly reluctant to accept his proposal of marriage, she finally did so in 1992. The engagement was officially announced on 19 January 1993, and the engagement ceremony was held [read more]
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