Naruhito byl formálně jmenován korunním princem v roce 1991. Navštěvoval školy Gakušúin v Tokiu a později studoval historii na univerzitě Gakušúin a angličtinu na Merton College v Oxfordu.
The Nagasaki Kaidō ( 長崎街道) was a road across Kyūshū from Kokura to Nagasaki, used by daimyōs for the sankin-kōtai, and also by the chief of the Dutch trading post at Nagasaki on whom a similar obligation of visiting the shōgun was…