In the Imperial Palace, people wearing a Japanese iris in their hair got together at the Butokuden (a palace building) and were granted a Kusudama (literally, ball of medicine made of conglobed herbs and a decoration was added) by the emperor.
宮中では菖蒲を髪飾りにした人々が武徳殿に集い天皇から薬玉（くすだま薬草を丸く固めて飾りを付けたもの）を賜った。