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Prisma, you beat me to the punch, I was just about to post 😂 One more photo:

On January 13th, Princess Akiko attended the 61th All Japan University Rugby Football Championship Final at the Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, in Tokyo. The team of the Teikyō University won against the Waseda University team for the fourth consecutive year and for the thirteenth time. The...

On January 12th, Princess Tsuguko attended the 10th All Japan Brass Symphony Competition Finals at Culttz Kawasaki Sports Complex, in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture. Ginza Junior High School (from Chuo-ku, Tokyo) won the main prize of the junior high school division, while Onishi Gakuen...

On December 18th, 2024, during her visit to Fukuoka Prefecture, Princess Nobuko attended the 64th General Meeting of the Fukuoka Prefecture Japanese Red Cross Society Blue Ribbon Association at the Hilton Fukuoka Sea Hawk, in Fukuoka City. The Princess is Honorary Vice President of the Japanese...

:previous: More about Princess Nobuko at the Kyushu Eight Prefectures conference at Hilton Fukuoka Sea Hawk in Fukuoka on December 17th. Photo: Yomiuri I saw TBS deleted its article about Princess Nobuko's attendance at the Kyushu Eight Prefectures conference; luckily, I saved the photos...

Princess Tsuguko visited Kyoto Prefecture October 17th-18th with UNICEF Caravan Campaign. Kyoto is one of the UNICEF autumn visits of this year. On the 18th, she held a class for children at Kyotanba Town Mizuho Junior High School in Kyōtamba city. Then, she also gave practical demonstrations...

Oh Prisma I'm sorry 🙏 If I had known I would not have published

Princess Akiko's December article for "Into Japan waraku" is a tribute to her late grandmother Princess Yuriko: [Special contribution by Her Imperial Highness Princess Akiko] Memories with my beloved grandmother, Her Imperial Highness Princess Mikasa: The article is very moving and worth...

Oh I saw her right now. Maybe she is Sayoko, Yuriko's last younger sister, who is widow of Viscount Toshiaki Takaoka? She doesn't seem to me to be Atsuko Ikeda (ex Princess Yori) or Takako Shimazu (ex Princess Suga)

Princess Tsuguko visited Nara Prefecture November 12th-13th with UNICEF Caravan Campaign. Nara is one of the autumn stops of UNICEF, which also visited other Prefectures between October and early November. On the 12th, Princess Tsuguko attended a meeting to exchange messages and opinions with...

Where? In which photo?

:previous: On October 5th, during her visit to Kagoshima Prefecture for the Welfare Life Festival, Princess Yohko attended the signing ceremony of the global collaboration agreement between the Gyokushokai Group and the NPO Japan Universal Sound Design Association at the Kirameki Terrace...

Prisma thank you as always for this summary of relationships in the Mikasa-no-miya family. Personally, I can understand Prince Tomohito: he admitted his addictions and tried to cure them, and it takes courage to do so. Princess Nobuko used an excuse not to admit her problems, and I understand...

Japanese Prefectures paid tribute to the late Princess Yuriko by remembering her visits: * Ibaraki Prefecture remember Princess Yuriko's visits in May 1968, September 1969 and October 1995. Takako Nakagawa (80), who met Princess Yuriko during her 1968 visit to attend a ceremony to commemorate...

:previous: On November 16th, Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako with Princess Aiko, Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko, Crown Prince Akishino, Crown Princess Kiko, Princess Kako and Prince Hisahito arrived at the Mikasa residence for Princess Yuriko's farewell ceremony...

On November 15th, in the afternoon, Princesses Hanako and Nobuko visited the Mikasa residence to pay respects after Princess Yuriko's death. Former Prime Minister Taro Aso was present as well. ----- ETA: Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko also visited to pay respects in the...

Prisma as always thanks for the updates. I'm heartbroken, really. I hoped until the last moment that she could recover. I hoped with all my heart. I didn't expect to have to read her death announcement. I can't help but think of Princesses Akiko, Yohko and Tsuguko, who lost their last...

Prisma thank you for this update. I want to say a small thought, a small prayer for Princess Yuriko. She does not deserve to suffer like this, life has been too difficult for her, she has buried three children and a grandson, as well as her husband. The fact that Princess Akiko is traveling...

On November 3rd, Princess Yohko attended the finals of the 72nd Japanese Men's Kendo Championship and 63rd Japanese Women's Kendo Championship at the Nippon Budokan, in Tokyo. The Princess presented the trophies to the winners and congratulated them. Sho Takenouchi won the men's competition...

:previous: Another photo of Princess Yohko in Saga Prefecture for the National Sports Festival: on October 13th watching kendō. Photo: Facebook ----- On October 24th, Princess Yohko and her Back Wall Project returned (probably?) to Osaka Prefecture to find venues to host their next event...

On October 12th, Raja Permaisuri Zara Salim of Perak attended the 1st Mental Health Forum organised by the Women's Institute of Managements at its headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. Sources/photos: Facebook 1, Facebook 2 ----- On October 10th, Tuanku Zara Salim attended the opening ceremony of the...

:previous: Princess Akiko will unofficially visit the UK and France November 7th-15th. The Imperial Household Agency announced the visit on October 17th. Akiko was invited by the Sainsbury Institute of Japanese Art in the UK to attend a International Conference to Commemorate the Institute's...

:previous: More photos of Princess Akiko at the 4th Classics Day Culture Fund Award ceremony at the Kyoto Concert Hall, in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture on September 3rd. After the ceremony, she gave an interview to Yomiuri Shimbun. Photos: Ap Images ----- Another photo of Princess Nobuko at the...

On October 12th, Princess Akiko attended the opening ceremony of the 36th Okayama Kibi Kogen Wheelchair Fureai Road Race at the Kibi National Youth Nature Center, in Kibichūō, Okayama Prefecture. About 290 people participated, including players and referees. After the greetings of Akira...

:previous: On October 7th, Princess Tsuguko attended the final day of the archery competition held at the athletics stadium in Kashima, Saga Prefecture, for the 2024 National Sports Festival. She is Honorary President of the All Japan Archery Federation. Source/photo: FNN