18 November 2011: His Majesty offers prayers for the victims at ground zero of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in Fukushima. Later in the evening, Their Majesties travelled to Kyoto, the ancient capital.
18 November 2011: The people of Fukushima greet His Majesty the King and Her Majesty the Queen at the train station. Their Majesties travelled to Fukushima by the Shinkansen (Bullet Train) from Tokyo today. Their Majesties visited sites affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.