On Empire Day rites were conducted by the emperor in the Ancestral Spirits Sanctuary of the Imperial Palace and ceremonies to remotely pray to the Imperial Mausoleum of Emperor Jinmu were also held across the country.
紀元節には、宮中皇霊殿で天皇親祭の祭儀が行われ、各地で神武天皇陵の遙拝式も行われた。