Crown Prince Naruhito & Crown Princess Masako Current Events 6: Ja.2016 - April 2019

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Welcome to part 6 of the thread for the Current Events of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako!


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** Crown Prince Naruhito & Crown Princess Masako current events 5: Dec. 2008 - Dec. 2015 **

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[Al_bina]

15 January, 2016

Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako visited National Olympic Centre ¦ Sankei

�Crown Princely couple visited the Tokyo National Olympics Memorial Youth Centre•·CHUNICHI Web

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On February 7 Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako attended a ceremony to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the founding of the Shuyodan Foundation in Tokyo.


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Crown Prince Naruhito, Crown Princess Masako and Princess Aiko attended a movie preview in Tokyo today, March 8, 2016. The preview of "Everest: The Summit of the Gods" was held as a charity event to help reconstruction in quake-hit Nepal.


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[Prisma]

More photos of the movie screening from Getty

[Mermaid1962]

Always a treat to see this family together. CP Masako looks wonderful in that evening suit. The black and white pearls are gorgeous with it.

[Prisma]

The CP family visited a Botticelli exhibition on March 14th in Tokyo. (I thought I saw this reported earlier but can’t find it now. Mods - please move/edit it’s already posted elsewhere)

Getty Images gallery

Short videos at:
fnn-news
news.tbs.co.jp

[Prisma]

On March 22nd, the CP family arrived at Nagano station, Nagano Prefecture where they will spend a few days skiing. 200 people greeted the family's arrival.

Photos at Asahi and video at TBS Newsi

Also...found video of the family's Everest movie screening on March 8th:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fSAiZ3AnQc

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Crown Prince Naruhito, Crown Princess Masako and Princess Aiko visited a special Leonardo da Vinci exhibition at a museum in Tokyo today, April 5. The exhibition will be held until April 10 to mark the 150th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Japan and Italy.

Surely a great exhibition, but on the photo it looks like the proud parents only had eyes for their daughter


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The Crown Prince's family visited the Emperor Showa Memorial Museum on Naruhito's grandfather, the late Emperor Showa, in Tokyo, on April 7, and had the chance to see cherry blossoms in the park surrounding the museum:



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[Prisma]

On April 3rd, the CP couple attended a ceremony Google translates as "the royal court Sandono Festival" within the Imperial Palace. For CP Masako, it was her first court ritual in 7 years.
Source: Sankei's Imperial weekly for 4/9

ETA: The ritual is related to the ceremonies marking the 2600th death of Emperor Jimmu and other Imperial family members attended, see Japan Times' article in English.

CP Naruhito and CP Masako expressed condolences to the victims of the April 14th earthquake.
Source: Page 2 of Sankei's Imperial weekly for 4/16

There was a Gakushuin concert scheduled for April 17th where Princess Aiko and CP Naruhito were supposed to perform. Either the concert or the CP family's appearance was canceled in view of the earthquake damage. (The google translation of Sankei's article wasn't clear...)

[Prisma]

Currently, CP Masako is expected at the spring garden party on April 27th and will walk the same route as the autumn garden party.

Source: sankei

Also, I was confused in my previous post about Princess Aiko's school concert on the 17th. Turns out, she did perform but her parents' appearance was canceled.

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Posts about members of the family attending the annual spring garden party have been moved to the following thread:

** Imperial Family of Japan Current Events 2: June 2008 - **

[Prisma]

CP Naruhito and CP Masako are tentatively scheduled to visit Iwate Prefecture in June to view the reconstruction progress.

Source: NHK News

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On May 12th, CP Naruhito and CP Masako visited the 300th Anniversary of his Birth: Jakuchu at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum.

photo from Getty Images

ANN News video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6CeUSeaJsg

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On 19th May, HIH Crown Prince Naruhito, HIH Crown Princess Masako and HIH Princess Aiko met with HM Queen Mother Tshering Yangdonat and HRH Princess Dechen Yangzom Wangchuck of Bhutan at Crown Prince Residence.

https://imperialfamilyjapan.wordpres...ess-of-bhutan/

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Crown Prince Naruhito attended the VIOLA SPACE 2016, a viola concert, in Tokyo today, May 31.


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On June 7th, the CP family visited the "La Pittura Parietale Ramana A Pompeii" exhibition at the Mori Arts Center Gallery in Tokyo. Part of the 150th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Italy and Japan.

Sankei photos: 1 2 3

Asahi photos: 1 2

The Asahi Shimbun Weekly | Getty Images

FNN News video: http://www.fnn-news.com/news/headlin...N00326988.html

Shorter, blurry video on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaYcnqejKRk

[Prisma]

According to Asahi reporter's twitter post (and google translated): "Today is the wedding anniversary of the Crown Prince and his wife. The night has been scheduled dinner that led to the Emperor and Empress and Prince Akishino and his wife at the Crown Prince's Palace. This has been the usual practice every year"

Source: https://twitter.com/shimaykkkt/statu...60402078932992

[Prisma]

CP Masako is tentatively scheduled for 2 public service events in a 2-week span. Google translate is somewhat confusing.

• "welfare of the green" in Chiba Prefecture on June 12
• reconstruction inspection of Iwate Prefecture on June 20 (two days, 1 night)

The article points out that’s significant activity within 2 weeks in 13 years. The last time CP Masako had public service activities over 2 consecutive weeks was March 2003 ( “World Water Forum” and a Kyoto visit). To prepare for the visit, CP Naruhito and CP Masako will learn about the reconstruction efforts by the Permanent Secretary of the reconstruction agency.

Source: jprime.jp