After these Imperial Family ceremonies were finished and religious objects such as torii were removed from the funeral hall, the Chief Cabinet Secretary Keizo OBUCHI declared the national funeral ceremony's opening.
以上の皇室の儀式の後に鳥居等を葬場から撤去して国の儀式である「大喪の礼御式」の開式を小渕恵三内閣官房長官が告げた。