Word: imperiale
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Now 74 and in the 50th year of his reign, the Emperor still has that urge to travel. This week he and Empress Nagako, 72, finally begin a sentimental and ceremonial journey to the U.S. Their 13-day visit will be a carefully orchestrated imperial progress, part state occasion, part...
Art Exhibit. The U.S. tour begins with a bow to the Bicentennial: the imperial party will go straight to the restored colonial town of Williamsburg, Va. Then they fly to Washington for full-dress reception and state dinner in the White House. Empress Nagako, an accomplished amateur painter, will view...
With the Washington ceremonies behind them, the imperial couple will fly to Cape Cod, where Hirohito, a respected marine biologist, will spend an afternoon at the famed Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Next stop: New York City. The Emperor and his wife will stay in the Waldorf-Astoria's eight...
Early next week Hirohito and his wife will go to Chicago where they will lunch with the Windy City's Emperor Richard Daley, and then move on to Los Angeles. There they will begin a busy three-day California tour with a lunch given by Mayor Tom Bradley. A...
Triumphant Trip. Hawaii, which has become a mecca for vacationing Japanese, will be the imperial couple's last U.S. stop. There are no plans for a tour of Pearl Harbor. To Americans, such a visit would only seem penitential, while" many Japanese still look on the Dec. 7, 1941...