Empress Masako participated within the conventional silkworm feeding ceremony, often known as ‘Okyuusou’, on the Imperial Palace on June 4. This occasion entails offering mulberry leaves, the first meals supply for silkworms, to these being raised on the palace.

At the Momijiyama Imperial Cocoonery, the Empress fed mulberry leaves to the native Japanese silkworm species ‘Koishimaru’. Engaging with the workers answerable for the silkworms, she inquired in regards to the care course of through the ceremony.

The Empress beforehand took half within the ‘Goyosan Hajime no Gi’ ceremony on May 10, and once more on May 21, the place she and Emperor Naruhito fed the younger silkworms collectively.

On the identical day, Princess Kako, the second daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, visited the Imperial Residence to report on her current journey to Greece. She briefed Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako, and her sister, Princess Aiko, about her go to and conveyed a message from President Sakellaropoulou of Greece.

Source: ANN