Sunday May 27, 2012

Bye bye

Picture of the Day ( 62 )

Bye bye
REUTERS/Itsuo Inouye

Crown Prince Naruhito bids farewell to his daughter Princess Aiko as Crown Princess Masako looks on at the entrance of their Togu Palace residence in Tokyo on Saturday, before his departure for Turkey.

Back to top

Order by Time Order by Popularity

62 Comments

Login to comment

  • 0

    Disillusioned

    Gawd! With all that money and power you'd think the crown princess Masako would have done something with those daggers hanging out of her mouth. I used to feel sorry for Aiko cos she looked like her father, but after closer scrutiny it's the better of two evils.

  • 0

    USARonin

    You can see she really loves her daddy.

    I like that. More parents should see that in their kid's eyes.

    But that takes effort.

  • 0

    Mark_McCracken

    With all that money and power you'd think the crown princess Masako would have done something with those daggers hanging out of her mouth.

    The picture above caught Masako at a somewhat unflattering angle. Look at other pictures taken at the same time, and you'll see she looks good.

  • 0

    xpompey8

    I do agree that Masako looks frightening in this picture.

  • 0

    rollonarte

    Great pic. I was never that interested in the royal family until learning that their elimination was for a long time one of the main goals of Japan's Communist Party, obviously as self-loathing, petty and craven as socialists and commies everywhere else.

  • 0

    gamera

    The princesses have some nasty teeth.

  • 0

    Triumvere

    That's a horrible picture.

  • 0

    bobbafett

    Very horrible picture.

  • 0

    Pachinko893

    Well at least she is representative of the people with that smile. Yikes.

  • 0

    rurika

    Aiko looks happy and healthy. Please let her have regular visits to the dentist so she doesn't end up with a 'smile' like Masako's.

  • 0

    proxy

    He should get off the government cheese and find a real job.

  • 0

    norinrad21

    kid loves her dad and that's all that matters.

  • 0

    mousepotato464

    I wish Naruhito would take the job of Prime Minister. Japan needs a smart leader.

  • 0

    gyouza

    'king R soles

    Nothing wrong with anyone in the picture, but amateur commentators are really crass.

    Please post the best pictures of yourself here so we can view please. I'm certain that you are all absolutely gorgeous.

  • 0

    pathat

    If she hadn't married into the Imperial family, she might very well be U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's counterpart in Japan's Foreign Ministry today.

    One hopes she is able to find solace in raising her daughter and the partial relief that must give her from the tentacles of the Imperial Household Agency.

  • 0

    Sarge

    I agree with Gyouza.

  • 0

    wtfdude

    I can recommend them a couple of good dentists.

  • 0

    obaachan

    Can anybody explain to me why Americans are so obsessed with teeth ?

  • 0

    tclh

    In the West ,people are all brainwashed into believing in "perfect", white teeth, from news readers, models to movie stars,or school children. If you refuse to believe in "perfect", white teeth , the chance is your children... WILL BE and nothing you can do about it.And that is why orthodontics are making too much money these days.Ofcourse when you are so familiar with the look of "perfect" teeth ,Masako's teeth will obviously appear in need of orthodontics's service, even her teeth are all strong and healthy.

  • 0

    grafton

    obaachan at 04:30 AM JST - 15th March “Can anybody explain to me why Americans are so obsessed with teeth ?”

    My guess would be that a society with very little depth only judges others on the very superficial level of image. Whatever anybody might think of this one picture this is obviously a close family & that alone is something special.

  • 0

    USARonin

    Obaasan and Grafton, most of the mean-spirited comments about the family in this photo regardin' teeth or anything else are not bein' made by Americans.

    Once you know the players you'll know this is typical of many threads.

  • 0

    grafton

    USARonin at 07:08 AM JST - 15th March

    Have just re-read the above posts & will therefore apologise to you, because “dentist” is used more than “orthodontist” & it was the later word the triggered my reaction.

  • 0

    Blue_Tiger

    This is a good photo, but it begs the questgion:

    "Why aren't the wife and daughter going with the Crown Prince?"

    At any rate, yes, Crownprincess Aiko does love her Daddy, and Masako loves Aiko's Daddy, too: 'Tis evident in both of their eyes and faces...

  • 0

    shiuu

    It's not like everyone and their brother didn't see it coming, but ... damn ... royal marriage sure has not been kind to Masako.

  • 0

    peachy871

    A happy moment for an otherwise "stuck in their cages" family. It's beautiful to see the obvious love here!

  • 0

    jeffrey

    pathat at 11:16 PM JST - 14th March If she hadn't married into the Imperial family, she might very well be U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's counterpart in Japan's Foreign Ministry today.

    Exactly.

    shiuu at 06:36 PM JST - 15th March It's not like everyone and their brother didn't see it coming, but ... damn ... royal marriage sure has not been kind to Masako.

    I had the same reaction. She looks horrible and once was an attractive woman.

  • 0

    hepy1

    wow what a happy family, sure because they are a prince and princes of japan, good emperor family.

  • 0

    OhioDonna

    The little Princess has similar facial features as her mother. I love the way she is looking at her father. You can tell she is Daddy's little girl.

Back to top

Login to leave a comment

OR

Follow us

Facebook
Twitter

Previous pictures of the day

View all

View all