tax payment for royal family

Japan's royal family was feature in last night's TV.I've thought the reason why we feel at home when we watch them.My original answer is that we must see something like God in them.Few people complain that our the tax used for them is a waste of money.We may regard such tax as the money we offer when we visit and pray at the shrine.Coincidentally the total tax used for them seems actually match total amount of money we citizen offer to the Shrine.
Last night TV featured also that some ceremonies held in Imperial court are continued from more than a thousand years ago with the same style originated at the first Emperor period who is now worshiped nothing less that the God.
When we take these facts into account,my idea must not be widely wrong.