Prince Akishino and his wife visit Hoi An Old Town in Vietnam

Prince Akishino and his wife tour Hoi An Old Town on the outskirts of Da Nang in central Vietnam (23rd (Kyodo))

On the 23rd, the Autumn Equinox Day, the Emperor and Empress attended the Autumn Imperial Spirit Ceremony Ceremony and the Autumn Shrine Ceremony Ceremony at the Imperial Palace and Shrine in the Three Halls of the Imperial Palace. Members of the imperial family, including his eldest daughter Princess Aiko Toshinomiya, were also in attendance.

On the 26th, Their Majesties met with members of the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers who had returned from Japan at the Imperial Palace. Their Majesties listened to explanations about her work as a nurse, instructing hospital organization, and her activities to sell soap made from cacao husks. He was asked questions such as, “What did you gain by joining the volunteer volunteer team?”

Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress talk with Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers who have returned home after completing their overseas activities. On the afternoon of the 26th, the Imperial Palace, Imperial Palace (Photo provided by the Imperial Household Agency)

On the 22nd, Prince Akishino and his wife, who were visiting Vietnam, paid a courtesy visit to President Bo Van Thuong at the Presidential Palace. Prince Akishino expressed his gratitude for the invitation, and conveyed the words of His Majesty the Emperor, who said, “I sincerely hope that the visit of the couple will lead to the promotion of friendship between Vietnam and Japan.” .

Prince Akishino attended a luncheon hosted by Vietnamese President Bo Van Thuong on the 22nd at the Presidential Office in Hanoi. Prince Akishino and his wife chatting with the performers at the reception party for “Princess” on the 22nd, Hanoi (Kyodo)

On the 23rd, Prince Akishino visited the Biology Museum of the University of Natural Sciences in Hanoi. The museum displays goby specimens donated by the retired Emperor, and Prince Akishino told the curators, “I am grateful that they are being cherished.”

Meanwhile, Princess Noriko Akishino visited a company where physically disabled people work to help them become independent, and interacted with them by ordering peach tea using sign language at the facility’s cafe. Afterwards, she also met with people involved in activities to spread picture books in Vietnam.

Princess Noriko Akishino visits a company in Vietnam that focuses on hiring people with disabilities, Hanoi on the 23rd (Kyodo)

In the afternoon of the same day, the two of them visited the old town of Hoi An, where the Japanese side is cooperating in preservation and repair, and saw a replica of the Goshuin boat and the Nihonbashi Bridge, which is under restoration work, as well as strolling through the streets lined with souvenir shops. Take a walk. There were also scenes where words were exchanged with tourists who were present.

Prince Akishino and his wife visit Hoi An Old Town near Da Nang in central Vietnam and stop by a shop selling landscape paintings and other items. (Kyodo News) 23rd.

On the 24th, the couple toured the My Son ruins, a world heritage site that preserves the Hindu culture of the ancient Kingdom of Champa. After hearing that it was influenced by other regions such as Indonesia, Prince Akishino said, “It has a long history.” He himself held a camera and was photographing the ruins.

The couple departed Vietnam on the 25th on a government plane and returned to Japan in the evening of the same day. On the 26th, he visited the Imperial Palace and greeted Their Majesties on his return to Japan.

The couple’s second daughter, Princess Kako, visited Tottori Prefecture on the 23rd to attend the “National High School Sign Language Performance Koshien.”

On this day, we toured Tottori City’s Inaba Saigo Kogei no Sato, which actively welcomes craft artists. An elementary school student explained about a tea bowl that he had engraved with his name, and was asked, “Does the rice you eat in this bowl taste good?” Afterwards, she met with high school students at a networking event for sign language performance Koshien officials.

Princess Yoshiko, the second daughter of Prince Akishino and his wife, is waved by people welcoming them at Tottori Airport, in Tottori City on the afternoon of the 23rd. (Photo by Kotaro Hikono) Elementary school students carve their names on tea bowls at Inaba Saigo Crafts Village. Princess Yoshiko, the second daughter of Prince and Princess Akishino, exchanges words with her husband and wife, Tottori City on the afternoon of the 23rd.

Princess Kako felt something strange in her throat that night, and developed a fever on the morning of the 24th, so she took a test and was found to be infected with the new coronavirus. She did not attend her sign language performance at Koshien, which was scheduled for the 24th, and was recuperating at a hotel in Tottori City.

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[Imperial House Weekly]is a project published in “Sankei News” every Friday. A reporter from the Imperial Household Agency looks back on a week in the life of the imperial family, including the activities of each imperial family and the status of the retired emperor and his wife, which are not often mentioned in the news. We also introduce photos that could not be published in the paper. In addition, photos taken exclusively for “Imperial House Weekly” are also uploaded.

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2023-09-29 03:00:01
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