Imperial Palace - January 2nd (dif. ?)

I'm leaving on Saturday for Tokyo, and it suddenly occurred to me that despite the fact that the Japanese Imperial Palace is open to the public on January 2nd, it still might not be open to visiting foreigners.

Does anyone know the circumstances of that situation? Will foreigners no be allowed in even though the palace is open to the public?

The Imperial Palace will be open to everybody of any skin color, age and nationality.

Uji is right. "The public" means everybody, not just Japanese people.

you don't actually visit the inside of the palace, unlike in England where you can visit some of the rooms used for official functions at both Buckingham Palace and Windsor. At most you see the outside of Tokyo palace (a modern building from 1968) from a relatively short distance. On January 1 you will have a chance of seeing the Imperial family standing in a room at second floor level behind bullet proof glass.

And you even get to walk over Nijubashi (二重橋 - the eye bridge). Although you don't get to see much of the palace at all, still worth the experience I thought.

Thanks for the clarification! I appreciate it.