Visit by Her Imperial Highness Princess Ayako of Takamado to Calgary & Lethbridge

From July 13^th to 15^th Her Imperial Highness Princess Ayako of Takamado paid a visit to Calgary and Lethbridge, attending the 50th Anniversary Ceremony of the founding of Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden held on July 14^th, as well as visiting the Calgary Stampede, University of Lethbridge, and Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump.

During the proceedings at Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden, Her Imperial Highness Princess Ayako expressed her delight at being able to attend the Ceremony at the Garden, a place etched with the history of Japanese-Canadians, in the 150^th year of Canada’s foundation. Her Imperial Highness also remarked how grateful she was for the opportunity to come to the very place that her parents had visited 25 years earlier.