Princess Mako from Japan is getting her first taste of life as a commoner in New York City, where she's now living with her new husband, Kei Komuro, after sensationally giving up her royal title last month.
The 30-year-old, the eldest daughter of Crown Prince Fumihito and niece of reigning Emperor Naruhito, was spotted over the weekend for the first time since swapping Tokyo's Imperial Palace for the bright lights of the Big Apple.
The former royal, who now goes simply by Mako Komuro, made a trip to Bed, Bath & Beyond Friday to pick up some home essentials for the couple's new marital home in Hell's Kitchen.
Exclusive DailyMail.com photos show Mako at the home furnishings store where she spent about an hour and half shopping for bath towels, coat hangers, organizer baskets, some paper towels, and other items.
Mako was alone during the outing and pushed her own shopping cart around the store and had no security detail protecting her. She was dressed in a long forest green coat, black top, and blue jeans - a much more casual look than the modest, formal attire she regularly wore in public back home.
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Mako Komuro, formerly Princess Mako of Japan, picked up some home essentials this weekend as she settles into her new life in New York, half a world away from Tokyo's Imperial Palace
The 30-year-old former royal is seen in exclusive DailyMail.com photos for the first time since she moved to New York last week, shopping at Bed Bath & Beyond
Mako, who recently married her longtime commoner boyfriend, spent an hour and half at the department store shopping for for housewares for the couple's new marital home including towels, coat hangers, organizer baskets and some paper towels
Princess Mako pushed her own shopping cart around the store and had no security detail protecting her after giving up her royal title last month
Mako is now forced to adapt to life in as a commoner in a new country after being stripped of her royal title
Mako is the eldest daughter of Crown Prince Fumihito and niece of reigning Emperor Naruhito. Her marriage to university sweetheart Kei Komuro, a commoner, in Tokyo in October (pictured) sharply divided public opinion in Japan
The princess has been a fish out of water ever since leaving behind a nation that has criticized her marriage to a commoner, forcing her to adapt to a new country half a world away from the confines of the Imperial House.
Mako's loss of royal status comes from the Imperial House Law, which allows only male succession. She is the daughter of the emperor's younger brother, and her 15-year-old brother is expected to be emperor.
At one point on Friday Mako appeared to be lost in the big city and had to ask multiple people for directions, often walking back and forth on a street multiple times until she got her bearings.
She didn't seem too fazed by not knowing where she was going but was determined to get on with her errands.
She eventually returned to her apartment around 6pm where her husband met her at the entrance to help her with her four shopping bags.
Mako tied the knot with university sweetheart Kei Komuro in October after an eight-year engagement - despite many in their native country not supporting the nuptials.
At one point Mako appeared lost and had to ask multiple people for directions often walking back and forth on a street multiple times until she got her bearings
She cut a casual figure in a long, forest green coat, black top, jeans, boots, and a yellow handbag
Mako's casual get up is a far cry from the formalwear and modest attire she was often seen wearing back home
The 30-year-old braved the brisk autumn weather and daunting New York City streets alone during the outing
The couple were pictured jetting out of Tokyo last Sunday - with a crowd of spectators and photographers in attendance - bound for the Big Apple.
Speculation ranged from whether the couple could afford to live in Manhattan to how much money Komuro would earn and if the former princess would end up financially supporting her husband.
They had been living in a modest Tokyo apartment together ahead of the move to New York, where Komuro works as a lawyer at the New Jersey-based law firm Lowenstein Sandler LLP.
After arrival at John F. Kennedy International Airport, the young couple was seen leaving the terminal while flanked by a Japanese security detail as well as local police officers.
They grabbed their luggage and were then driven to their new home in Manhattan - a one-bedroom rented apartment.
While the apartment is a one-bedroom, the building is a luxury residential tower that offers amenities including a fitness center equipped with Peloton bikes, a yoga studio, a screening room, an in-house spa, a golf simulator section, landscaped decks with barbecues and table tennis, a library curated
