Emperor in Dublin

[Mulboyne]

[emperor]

...Mulboyne!

I was picking something up in Marks and Spencers yesterday in town, and the girl standing in front of me at the checkout was obviously Japanese, so i struck up conversation with her and mentioned how the emperor was here for a few days... and then she told me she actually came here with them and gave me a meshi, turns out shes on their staff

5 mins later walking down the street I saw 5 or 6 of them walking around with bags full of omiage...

A couple of ladies (whose husbands are managers for J-pharma-co's here) a friend teaches Engrish to - theyve been invited to the presidents house for dinner one of the evenings.

I wonder what'll be on the menu...

[Mulboyne]

Hello Magazine:

It's been an "interesting" trip weather-wise for the Emperor and Empress of Japan, who are currently on an official visit to Ireland and Norway.

Earlier in the week the couple were caught out by an unexpected downpour as they visited a religious settlement on the east coast of the Emerald Isle. Then, on Tuesday, Empress Michiko was forced to take shelter yet again as a hail storm battered dignitaries during official welcoming ceremonies in Oslo.

The senior Japanese royal revealed a caring side to her nature when she sought shelter with Mette-Marit and Queen Sonja beneath a flower-bedecked pavilion. As the ferocity of the hail storm carpeted the courtyard in white, Michiko reached out a reassuring arm to the pregnant crown princess, who is expecting her third child.