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Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Princess Mako visits Peru and Bolivia


On July 9, Crown Prince Akishino's eldest daughter , Princess Mako, left for official visits to Peru and Bolivia in South America  in a civilian  plane from Narita.

 Princess Mako will attend ceremonies to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the start of Japanese immigration to the South American countries during her stay through July 20.

7 / 9
 

7 / 10  Peru
meeting with members of the Peruvian-Japanese community
at the Peruvian Japanese Association  in Lima.


 speech during a meeting with members of the Peruvian-Japanese community
 at the Peruvian Japanese Association


receives a bouquet of flowers from the wife of the president of the Peruvian Japanese Association Hilda Higa, during a meeting with members of the Peruvian-Japanese community at the Peruvian Japanese

the president of the Peruvian Japanese Association Abel Fukumoto

plants a tree at an event held in Lima
 to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the start of Japanese immigration to Peru

with first-generation Japanese immigrants to Peru
 

at a Japanese sports institution

plants a pine tree at the garden of a Japanese sports institution

 wreath laying ceremony at a monument erected 
in 1999 to conmmemorate the centennial of the Japanese migration
 


7 / 11
 Peru's President Martin Vizcarra
 meeting at the Palace of Goverment in Lima

Sadayuki Tsuchiya , Japanese Ambassador to Peru

Princess Mako receives a guard of honor at Peru's Government House in Lima

 head for a luncheon

Head for a meeting with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) volunteers.

7 / 12
 welfare facility for Japanese-Peruvians in Callao near Lima
Retirement home operated by "Emmanuel Association"


 textile museum in Lima

7 / 13
Machu Picchu archeological site
 


7 / 14
Saksaq Waman
Sacsayhuaman, a citadel in the suburbs of Cusco, the historic capital of the Inca Empire
 



at Cusco's main square

paintings inside Cusco's cathedral

the chief of Culture and Heritage Management of Cusco's Association of Arquidiocesana Help, Gustavo Felipe Florez Salcedo

 at the Koriqancha Temple
 Cusco's Mayor Victor Boluarte Medina and the church adminsitrator of Santo Domingo Convent, Isaac Quispe Fonseca

the village of Machupicchu at the foot of the mountain


with a descendent of Japanese immigrant Yokichi Nouchi (First village chief)
A person on the left side of Princess Mako.
(Cesar Yoshiro Nouchi 野内セサル良郎さん)


7 / 15  Bolivia
 at the Casa Grande del Pueblo (Great House of the People) in La Paz
 Bolivian President Evo Morales
Bolivia's Foreign Minister Diego Pary

 the bust of indigenous revolutionary leader Bartolina Sisa
a statue of the bust of the indigenous leader Bartolina Sissa, who valued his struggle until his death for the claim of the rights of indigenous peoples and especially indigenous women


speach during a meeting with Bolivian President Evo Morales  at the Casa Grande del Pueblo

Bolivian President Evo Morales gives a book of his biography


at Plaza Murillo in La Paz
Bolivia's Foreign Minister Diego Pary

 a flower wreath ceremony at Plaza Murillo in La Paz

 

at the heliport of the Casa Grande del Pueblo

the town hall


Mayor Luis Revilla gives the key to the city to Princess Mako.

Mayor Luis Revila

The manager of My Cable Car, Cesar Dockweiler

 the Celeste station of Mi Teleférico

the La Paz cable car

7 / 16
the National Museum of Ethnography and Folklore (Musef) in La Paz

 

 meets with Japanese-Bolivians in La Paz

museum on Japanese immigration to Bolivia (La Paz)

in Santa Cruz

 "Key to the City"

with Japanese-Bolivian students at a Japanese language school in Santa Cruz

 plants a tree at a community hall for Japanese in Santa Cruz


7 / 17
 the celebration of the 120th anniversary of the Japanese immigration
 to Bolivia in Santa Cruz, Bolivia

speech during the celebration

Bolivian Vice-President Alvaro Garcia Linera

at a party following a ceremony

 an orphanage in Santa Cruz

(7 / 17?)
Santa Cruz's Governor Rubén Costas Aguilera ,   dinner party



7 / 18
 the celebrations to commemorate of the 120th anniversary of the Japanese immigration to Bolivia
at the Colonia Japonesa San Juan

plants a tree at the Colonia Japonesa San Juan

lays a wreath at the monument to the deceased in the Colonia Japonesa San Juan

speech during the celebration
 
 

 makes a toast with the president (Masayuki Hibino)of the committee for the celebrations
 

the Japanese language and cultural school in San Juan
 

meets Japanese-Bolivians in San Juan


7 / 19
celebrations for the 120th anniversary of the Japanese immigration to Bolivia
at Okinawa's Japanese Community, 80km northeast Santa Cruz, Bolivia

 
 

lays a wreath at the monument to the deceased at Okinawa's Japanese Community

plants a tree at Okinawa's Japanese Community

 food processing plant at Okinawa's Japanese Community
 


Gracias a la gente del Perú y Bolivia.



7 / 22
Returned to Japan

Thank you very much to the people of Peru and Bolivia.😊
Thank you very much for welcoming our Princess.

Princess Mako, Thank you very much.
I am very happy to see a true princess we Japanese can be proud of .
Thank you very much.