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                            At 10.40 am, Emperor of Japan and Princess Chichibu, on behalf
                    of Empress, visited His Majesty King Prajadhipok and Her Majesty

                    Queen Rambai Barni at Kasumikaseki Palace.

                            From 2 to 3.30 pm, His Majesty King Prajadhipok and Her Majesty
                    Queen Rambai Barni allowed the Japanese royal members, Head of

                    Diplomatic Corps, and government officials along with their wives, to meet.
                    After that, they went to Hibiya Park for Hana Matsuri to see the flowers

                    on the day of Buddha’s birthday,  Yasukuni Shrine, Meiji Shrine, and
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                    Embassy of Siam in Tokyo, respectively.


                            In the evening, His Majesty King Prajadhipok and Her Majesty
                    Queen Rambai Barni went for a dinner reception at Imperial Palace and
                    the Kabuki Theater in Ginza for the play in the theme of Ramayana.


                            On April 9 at 10.30 am, His Majesty King Prajadhipok and
                    Her Majesty Queen Rambai visited Kamakura. At Kotokuin Temple,

                    His Majesty King Prajadhipok and Her Majesty Queen Rambai pay homage
                    to a famous outdoor Buddha image, observed the pine trees planted
                    by His Majesty King Rama VI during his visit to Japan in 1902, and

                    planted two pine trees as commemoration of his visit before boarding
                    the Empress of Japan Ship to Canada.







                    8   According to the beliefs of Japanese Buddhists, Buddha’s birthday was April 8.
                    A ceremony was to bring a small Buddha image outside for people to worship.
                    The standing Buddha image was in the posture at birth with his right hand pointing
                    upwards (the heaven) and his left hand pointing downwards (the world) with no top and
                    a long cloth for a bottom.











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