On November 30, 2025, Crown Prince Akishino celebrates his 60th birthday. To mark the occasion, new photographs of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess Kiko have been released. The birthday portraits were taken in the garden of the Akishino Residence at the Akasaka Estate on November 1. Princess Aiko of Japan also visited the Akishino Residence to offer her greetings to Crown Prince Akishino on his 60th birthday.
Aiko, you go visiting your uncle on his birthday looking so elegant like that, its like a state visit.
ReplyDeleteShe is visiting the Crown Prince, which is of course a photo opportunity. What they do (or don't do) in private, is not a photo opportunity. .
DeleteIsn’t it wonderful that people still dress up to honour a family member.
Delete@22:37 perhaps i should up a smile emoji at the end so you can get humour
Delete4:31 sarcastic humour doesn’t come across as funny in a forum like this where we don’t know each other and can’t see each other’s faces either.
Deletedear @04:31: Real good humour usually does not need emojis, with lesser quality it might help :-))
DeleteIt isn't funny if it needs an explanation.
DeleteI need an explanation
DeleteLovely photos, nice to see them in a nature setting.
ReplyDeleteJe n’aime pas la cravate du prince avec son veston. Ce serait bien s’il portait parfois une cravate qui serait en accord avec la couleur de la tenue de la princesse.
ReplyDeleteMême avis, la cravate n'est pas en accord avec sa veste, des rayures et des carreaux ensemble c'est assez dépareillé.
DeleteJe n'aime aucune des tenues ici. Avec le soleil les reflets de leurs teintures de cheveux sont visibles (c'est presque violet à certains endroits) et ce n'est pas très heureux.
Dernière photo : avec ce tissu moiré et les bijoux en perles Aiko fait penser à la reine Elisabeth et c'est dommage, ce style ne lui va pas à mon avis. Paloma.
Plaid and stripes can work together if they are coordinating colors, and it is the right plaid with the right stripe. This does not work. I think this is his attempt at casual dress. The color of Kiko's dress is washing her out. It is too similar to her skin tone. I noticed the hair dye as well. Kiko must be as grey as her husband.
DeleteTrès belles photos du couple princier héritier - Petit changement dans la tenue du prince au niveau du veston très élégant mais j'aurais bien vu une couleur unie dans le choix de sa cravate reprenant une des trois que je vois ?!
ReplyDeleteWe are getting, of course, the traditonal photo shoot setting for high ranking members of the Japanese Imperial Family. I don't think that Prince Fumihito/Akishino looks particularly flattering in his trousers/jacket combo. His wife Princess Kiko is well put together, however, I'm not overly fond of the "bolero" look of her jacket. It just looks ill-matched. I know, of course, that this is not a bolero as such that she put over the jacket, it is the way the jacket is made, nevertheless it's an awkward look. I cease to name them "Crown Prince/Crown Princess" for now, because I learned in a recent post that Fumihito is the Heir Presumptive and hasn't had an inauguration of sorts as Crown Prince/Heir Apparent, which seems to be the thing to do in order to call him officially Crown Prince. Although, he is - inofficially, if you so will.
ReplyDeleteHere are links to the Imperial Household Agency and Japanese government announcements: https://www.kunaicho.go.jp/page/okotoba/showEn/76
Deletehttps://www.gov-online.go.jp/pdf/hlj/20201201/22-23.pdf
Prince Akishino officailly became Crown Prince at the Rikkoshi-senmei-no-gi ceremony. The Rikkoshi-Senmei-no-gi is the ceremony held for the Emperor to proclaim that Prince Akishino has become the Crown Prince and for the representatives from home and abroad to express felicitations.
Something very shocking is happening on X (Twitter) in Japan right now.
DeleteIt has come to light that foreigners have been posting defamatory comments about anti-government demonstrations in Okinawa Prefecture, Crown Prince Akishino, Crown Princess Kiko, Princess Kako, and Prince Hisahito.
This is thanks to X's newly added "location feature."
One of the accounts that had been making defamatory comments, claiming that Prince Fumihito is only the interim crown prince and that Japan does not currently have a crown prince, has disappeared. The account's location was listed as China, and it disappeared after this was pointed out.
Both the Japanese government and the Imperial Household Agency recognize Prince Fumihito as the crown prince.
More importantly, the Emperor himself announced this both domestically and internationally at the ceremony (Rikoshi no rei) to proclaim him as the crown prince.
We Japanese are proud of the Imperial Family, and we recognize Prince Fumihito as the next emperor.
Please do not be fooled by these lies.
今とても衝撃的なことが日本のX(Twitter)で起こっています。
沖縄県での反政府的なデモや秋篠宮皇嗣殿下をはじめ紀子妃殿下、佳子内親王殿下、プリンス悠仁親王殿下への誹謗中傷が外国人から投稿されていたということが分かってきています。
これはXに新しく追加された「所在地機能」のおかげです。
文仁殿下は暫定の皇太子であって、今の日本には皇太子がいないと誹謗中傷を言い続けていたアカウントの1つが消えました。そのアカウントの所在地には中国と表示されいて、それを指摘された後に消えました。
日本政府も宮内庁も文仁殿下が皇太子と認めています。
なにより天皇陛下が立皇嗣の礼で自ら国内外に発表したのです。
我々日本人は皇室に誇りを持っていますし、次の天皇は文仁殿下と認識しています。
どうかその嘘に騙されないでください。
彼は誕生日の会見で孫の誕生について質問されると、眞子さんと孫がもし日本に来る機会があれば是非会いたい、と答えました。
ReplyDelete@15:13 - Arigato for that. I was wondering if they had ever met their grandchild. Very sad situation that they haven't as yet. ~~Ruthie
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