Princess Victoria of Sweden's Official Visit to Japan: April 5-10, 2005

[Yennie]

Originally Posted by Gita

Has anyone noticed Victoria is wearing those shoes again! The ones she wore many times last month in Australia. :)

Yes, they must be her new favourite pair of shoes!
I think they looks good, but there are limits for everything

[HMQueenElizabethII]

She look so beautiful today.Thanks lots for photo.

[GrandDuchess]

Crown Princess Victoria and Princess Takamado of Japan, assisted by the IKEA Japan managing director Tommy Kullberg, performs the traditional "ground breaking" ceremony for the new IKEA store in Yokohama (from Fmp):

[Dennism]

Thanks for the photos, GrandDuchess. That´s a great picture special, Larzen. Thanks for posting it. It´s great that they did one.

[Danielle]

Originally Posted by Gita

Has anyone noticed Victoria is wearing those shoes again! The ones she wore many times last month in Australia.

Yes, I have noticed, and I'm not too impressed either.

I just noticed the photos from Togu Palace. She's wearing that disgusting jacket again, and so close to its last appearance. :(

Despite my gripes, Victoria seems to be enjoying herself and, even though she can wear some terrible clothing sometimes, she always has her smile. A smile is the most important 'accessory' anyone can have. :)

Thank you everyone for the photos!

[agisele]

I love the white suit that she wore with the light brown borders near the collar. as for the pink suit, i like the color, but i'm not too sure if it looks that great when one is decked out in head to toe pink. The suit that she wore to the dinner that Prince Naruhito's dinner was alright, though I did like the little detail of the flower she added. Overall, I love the fact that she's beginning to change her clothing styles for the better, let's hope that she keeps this up once she returns to Sweden. (C:

[Josefine]

no new photos of victoria?
but there was a article in aftonbladet

[sara1981]

she very lovely!

and she meets Crown Prince and she not meet Crown Princess yet?

Sara Boyce

[GrandDuchess]

From Fotomarktplatz: Swedish Crown Princess Victoria ended her four-day visit to Japan with a private visit to the Hakone Open Air Museum in the Hakone-Fuji National Park near Mount Fuji in the Shizuoka Prefecture. The Princess joined thousands of other visitors to walk among the sculptures in the spring sun

[Dennism]

Thanks for these photos. That looks like an cool open air museum. Interesting sculptures they have there.

[Alisa]

Thanks for the photos. Although, it is a pity Victoria couldn't enjoy her private time as the cameras were there...

[Danielle]

Originally Posted by GrandDuchess

From Fotomarktplatz: Swedish Crown Princess Victoria ended her four-day visit to Japan with a private visit to the Hakone Open Air Museum in the Hakone-Fuji National Park near Mount Fuji in the Shizuoka Prefecture. The Princess joined thousands of other visitors to walk among the sculptures in the spring sun

Thank you GrandDuchess for the wonderful photos. There sure are some impressive sculptures. I must go and visit the Museum some day. :)

[HMQueenElizabethII]

She really lovely.Thanks lots for photos.

[GrandDuchess]

This past Saturday, 9 April, Crown Princess Victoria was invited to lunch with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko. This is the only pic I've seen so far, it's from the Royal Court (Pressens Bild originally):

[Yennie]

Do you think this was Victorias first earthquake experience? We don´t have many i Sweden :)

"We talked about the earthqake on the way to the airport, but the princess was not worried. She was happy and relaxed,, says the Swedish ambassador Mikael Lindström

http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/nyhete...629853,00.html

[Dennism]

O, that´s interesting. I thought she was already out of the country by the time of the earthquake. Thanks for the article. I wonder if it was indeed. Yes, not many earthquakes in Sweden. :)

[Josefine]

”Jag är ingen reklampelare”

Volvo ville ”vika ut” Victoria på motorhuv


TOKYO.
Volvos fräcka pr-kupp i Japan misslyckades.
Kronprinsessan Victoria vägrade att vara pinuppa på motorhuven till en av företagets bilar.
– Jag är ingen reklampelare för enskilda företag, sa hon irriterat.

Kronprinsessan Victoria besökte i går den svenska ambassaden i Tokyo där hon invigde en designutställning. Efter intervjuer med pressen var det dags att åka vidare.
Men när Victoria kom ut från ambassaden var hennes svarta limousine borta.

Ville ta ”fräcka bilder”
Iställlet hade Volvo parkerat en av sina bilar på uppfarten till ambassaden.
En fotograf från företaget insisterade plötsligt på att Victoria skulle hoppa upp på huven till bilen så att han kunde få lite ”fräcka bilder”.
Men kronprinsessan vägrade.
– Var är vår bil? frågade hon irriterat en av Säpovakterna, som bara ryckte på axlarna.
Under ett par minuter rådde allmän förvirring innan Victoria ensam fick klara ut situationen.
– Jag är ingen reklampelare för enskilda företag. Jag kan sätta mig i bilen och åka, men jag poserar absolut inte, sa hon.
– Victoria är mycket medveten om att olika företag försöker utnyttja hennes roll i marknadsföring för sina produkter. Och det är det sista hon vill, säger hovmarskalken Elisabeth Tarras-Wahlberg.

”Se kritiskt på modehusen”
Under sin resa i Japan har Victoria betonat att ungdomar ska vara på sin vakt mot stora företag som försöker påverka dem.
– Jag tycker exempelvis att unga tjejer ska se kritiskt på modehusen och deras märken. För mig är det viktigare att bära kläder som jag tycker om, har Victoria sagt.
Nu väntar två dagars ledighet i Japan. Sedan reser kronprinsessan till Bangladesh för att besöka de katastrofområden som drabbades av tsunamin på annandag jul.

http://www.aftonbladet.se

[Josefine]

can someone help me with a summery i cant get the context right

[Dennism]

Originally Posted by Josefine

”Jag är ingen reklampelare”

Volvo ville ”vika ut” Victoria på motorhuv


TOKYO.
Volvos fräcka pr-kupp i Japan misslyckades.
Kronprinsessan Victoria vägrade att vara pinuppa på motorhuven till en av företagets bilar.
– Jag är ingen reklampelare för enskilda företag, sa hon irriterat.

"I am not an advertisement".

Volvo wanted to "reveal" Victoria on the hood or bonnet of a car.

Volvo´s crass public relations coup backfires.

Crown Princess Victoria declined to be a pinup on the hood for the car company.

"I am not an advertisement for a private company" she said irritably.

Crown Princess Victoria went to the Swedish embassy yesterday in Tokyo to open a Design exhibition. Immediately after interviews with the press, she was to travel onwards. But when Victoria came out of the embassy, each of her black limousines were gone.

"Wanted to take cheeky or audacious or inappropriate photos"

In place of the limos, Volvo had parked their own cars on the ramp to the embassy. A photographer from the company insisted suddenly to Victoria that she should hop up onto the hood of the car so that he could take a few audacious or cool photos. But the Crown Princess declined:

"Where is our car"? She asked, annoyed, the SÄPO(security services) agents, as they only shrugged their shoulders. In the course of a couple of minutes, universal confusion prevailed before Victoria figured out the situation.

"I am not an advertisement for a private(or specific) company. I can seat myself into the car and ride. But I will certainly not pose" she said.

"Victoria is very aware that companies are attempting to use her(and her image) in marketing for their products and that is the last thing that she wants to do" said TRF cult figure Elisabeth Tarras-Wahlberg.

"Critically watch the fashion house"

During her trip to Japan, Victoria accentuated how the youth have to be on their guard against big companies and their attempts to influence them:

"I think for instance about how the youngest girls will look critically at the fashion house on their label. For me it is more important that one is wearing clothes at all" Victoria had said.

Now she has two days of relaxation in Japan. Then the Crown Princess will be leaving for Bangladesh to visit the disaster area that was affected by the tsunami last Boxing Day.

[GrandDuchess]

Here's a new pic of the occasion when Crown Prince Naruhito of Japan hosted a dinner for Crown Princess Victoria, Thursday 7 April, in his Tokyo residence, Togu Palace. Picture from Fotomarktplatz: