Sunday May 27, 2012

Emperor and empress on holiday

Emperor and empress on holiday
REUTERS/Issei Kato

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko talk with local residents during a stroll on a beach near their imperial villa where they are staying for their recuperation in Hayama, south of Tokyo, on Friday morning. 

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    blvtzpk

    "Do you believe she had the temerity to ask me to shake hands with her dog? Laughable, isn't it?!"

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    Altria

    Kawaii!

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    Samuraiiki

    People who lack self esteem seek out to be with the rich and famous.

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    ultradodgy

    Famous, yes; Rich, debatable.

    It takes a real cynic to see something wrong with this photo.

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    larguero

    Note that except for the man in front of the emperor, all the other are women.

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    GW

    larguero

    look at the ketai sticking out of the guys head, to the left of the that ketai, omg, another man!

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    presto345

    Nice picture. The emperor looks relaxed.

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    gogogo

    Staged, look at the residents they are all wearing their best clothes, if it was random people wouldn't be wearing their best dressed.

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    VOR

    The Imperial compound in Zushi looks like any other imperial compound except there is a dirty nasty beach just outside the back wall. maybe back in the day this was a better spot to locate the emperor's coastal retreat, but these days it just seems unworthy. I don't see the emperor boogie boarding on that stretch of sand, or anywhere in Kanagawa for that matter.

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    shiuu

    Note that except for the man in front of the emperor, all the other are women.

    Pathetic old women with nothing better to do with their lives.

    However, I do like the expression on that guy's face. It says: "I waited all that time for this?"

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    AlfGarnett

    The cleverest one looks like the four legged observer innit!!!

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    Sarge

    "during a stroll on a beach"

    That's a mighty funny lookin' beach, if you ask me.

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    gamera

    What is the emperor saying? "Now young Skywalker-san you will die"

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    neverknow2

    It takes a real cynic to see something wrong with this photo.

    Someone has brought their dog with them, there are no foreigners in the photo and also, I can't see any security. Where is the SWAT team?

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    Ninjazilla

    Let these poor people retire already for gods sake.

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    Sarge

    Ninja - Heck, they've been retired for years. This is just volunteer work.

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    shiuu

    What is the emperor saying?

    If he's not saying it, I'll bet he's certainly thinking:

    "My father was worshiped as a living god. Now here I am at yet another crappy event having to smile like an idiot day in and day out just to keep these slack jawed yokels happy so they won't turn me out on the street. What sins did I commit in a past life for karma to screw me like this?"

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    hepy1

    what a lucky japanese, they have their own cool emperor and empress in their country not like other country in this world, i really want to meet with emperor of japan, but i think is impossiblle, because the emperor is unreachble.

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