Amsterdam \u2013 Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrived at Schiphol Airport near Amsterdam on Saturday evening after leaving Japan aboard a government aircraft for an official visit to the Netherlands and Belgium.<\/p>\n
After disembarking from the government aircraft, the Imperial couple shook hands with members of the Dutch royal family and government officials. The couple then left for Het Oude Loo, a castle used as a royal villa, where they will stay until Tuesday.<\/p>\n
According to the Imperial Household Agency, the couple stayed at the villa to rest 20 years ago, and they spoke of fond memories of their time there.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, the couple will attend a welcoming ceremony and a banquet hosted by King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima and lay flowers at a war memorial. During their stay, the couple will also visit a water-related research facility and a children\u2019s cancer center.<\/p>\n
The Emperor and Empress will move to Belgium on Saturday, where they will attend a welcoming ceremony and a dinner hosted by King Philippe and Queen Mathilde. They are scheduled to return to Japan on June 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amsterdam \u2013 Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrived at Schiphol Airport near Amsterdam on Saturday evening after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[101],"tags":[199,55200,55201,55202,200,55203],"class_list":["post-109158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-amsterdam","tag-amsterdam","tag-emperor-naruhito","tag-empress-masako","tag-imperial-family","tag-netherlands","tag-netherlands-japan-relations"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116760545031379861","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}