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| Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko are pictured at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Nov. 16, 2017 before boarding a flight bound for Yaku Island in Kagoshima Prefecture. The 83-year-old emperor has wanted to visit the country's remote islands prior to his expected abdication within the next few years. |
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| Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko are pictured at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Nov. 16, 2017 before boarding a flight bound for Yaku Island in Kagoshima Prefecture. |
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| Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko wave to local residents after arriving at Yaku Island, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 16, 2017. They are on a three-day trip to the country's remote islands which the 83-year-old emperor has wished to visit prior to his expected abdication within the next few years. |
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| Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko arrive at Yaku Island, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 16, 2017. |
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| Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko meet on Yaku Island on Nov. 16, 2017, with people who temporarily evacuated from Kuchinoerabu Island following a volcanic eruption in 2015, during the imperial couple's three-day trip to remote islands in southwestern Japan. |
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| Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko wave to local residents after arriving at Yoron Island, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 17, 2017, during their three-day trip to the country's remote islands. |
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| Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko wave to local residents after arriving at Yoron Island, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 17, 2017, during their three-day trip to the country's remote islands. |
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| Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) holds hands with Empress Michiko on Nov. 17, 2017, on their way to observe Yurigahama on Yoron Island, southwestern Japan, during their three-day trip to the country's remote islands. Yurigahama, called an 'illusory sandbar,' only appears offshore at low tide. |
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| Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit Yurigahama Beach at Yoronjima Island on November 17, 2017 in Yoron, Kagoshima, Japan. |
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| Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are seen on departure at Yoron Airport during their visit to Yoronjima Island on November 17, 2017 in Yoron, Kagoshima, Japan. |
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| Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko watch through binoculars during their visit to Yurigahama Beach at Yoronjima Island on November 17, 2017 in Yoron, Kagoshima, Japan. |
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| Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are seen on departure at Yoron Airport during their visit to Yoronjima Island on November 17, 2017 in Yoron, Kagoshima, Japan. |
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| Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko wave to well-wishers on arrival at Yoron airport during their visit to Yoronjima Island on November 17, 2017 in Yoron, Kagoshima, Japan. |
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| Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko wave to well-wishers on arrival at Yoron airport during their visit to Yoronjima Island on November 17, 2017 in Yoron, Kagoshima, Japan. |
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| Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko wave to well-wishers on departure at Yoron Airport during their visit to Yoronjima Island on November 17, 2017 in Yoron, Kagoshima, Japan. |
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| Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit Yurigahama Beach at Yoronjima Island on November 17, 2017 in Yoron, Kagoshima, Japan. |
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| Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are seen on departure at Yoron Airport during their visit to Yoronjima Island on November 17, 2017 in Yoron, Kagoshima, Japan. |
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| Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are seen on departure at Yoron Airport during their visit to Yoronjima Island on November 17, 2017 in Yoron, Kagoshima, Japan. |
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