Prince William to start first Japan visit with green tea, Britain's Prince William is set to have afternoon tea, but it will be green and served by a master in the Japanese ceremonial art in a traditional tea house.
The Duke of Cambridge, who arrived Thursday on his first visit to Japan, is beginning his four-day stay with the tea ceremony at Hama Rikyu Gardens in Tokyo. His wife Kate, pregnant with the royal couple's second child expected in April, stayed home.
The Edo-era style garden, which once belonged to a feudal shogun, is filled with sculpted pine trees and blossoming plum trees. Wooden bridges run over several lakes, where water birds float. Gardeners have been hard at work for days, clipping the trees and setting up lights, preparing for the visit.
Among the other highlights of his trip, through Sunday, when he travels to China, is a visit to a school in the northeastern region of Fukushima, where some areas have been closed off around a nuclear power plant that went into multiple meltdowns four years ago.Read More
The Duke of Cambridge, who arrived Thursday on his first visit to Japan, is beginning his four-day stay with the tea ceremony at Hama Rikyu Gardens in Tokyo. His wife Kate, pregnant with the royal couple's second child expected in April, stayed home.
The Edo-era style garden, which once belonged to a feudal shogun, is filled with sculpted pine trees and blossoming plum trees. Wooden bridges run over several lakes, where water birds float. Gardeners have been hard at work for days, clipping the trees and setting up lights, preparing for the visit.
Among the other highlights of his trip, through Sunday, when he travels to China, is a visit to a school in the northeastern region of Fukushima, where some areas have been closed off around a nuclear power plant that went into multiple meltdowns four years ago.Read More
