Overview
A record of Emperor Showa's tour of the rebuilt imperial capital on March 24, 1930. The film opens with shots of the Eitai Bridge and Kiyosu Bridge, which were constructed as part of the earthquake reconstruction project. The film chronicles the day's procession, starting from the observation point on the stone wall inside Tayasu Gate, passing through Tokyo Prefectural School of Crafts, the Saigo Takamori statue in Ueno Park, the riverside promenade and the Earthquake Memorial Hall (now the Tokyo Metropolitan Memorial Hall) in Sumida Park, Chiyoda Elementary School in Nihonbashi Ward, and finally crossing Kiyosubashira Bridge to Tokyo Municipal Tsukiji Hospital, interspersed with scenes of the towns and expressions of the citizens along the route.