The Ho-O-No-Ma, the room especially provided for following purpose. 1) To receive the foreign Plenitotentiallies when they presents credentials, 2) Here the Emperor donated decorations to the distinguished subjects. Also his Majesty hears lectures by the noted scholars and also give titles to the honoured citizens. The photos were permitted to appear various publications some thirty years ago but the Tokyo Rengo has succeeded to secure these valuable and most rare photos, showing the gorgeous interior of the varios buildings of the Imperial Palace which is a forbidden sanctum not only to the Japanese people but the world at large. March 26, 1935. (Photo by The Shimbun Rengo News Photos Service).