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Emperor Hirohito - Showa's birthday 1960
length: 0:34 Source: Youtube Author: MichaelRogge
On the 29th April emperor Hirohito (now Showa)'s birthday Imperial Palace gardens in Tokyo were opened to the public to congratulate their majesty.
With him were empress Kõjun and crown prince Akihito and princess Michiko.
Camera: Michael RoggeJapan Mountain Village Encounter
length: 9:42 Source: Youtube Author: softypapa
A visiting friend and I explore a small village in the Japan Southern Alps and are welcomed into the home of an elderly tea farmer and his wife. The couple's son and daughter-in-law are visiting from the city and the family is busy making Japanese rice cakes called mochi. Mochi making is a very special activity in.... more