In April 1982, US Vice President George Bush and the future first lady, Barbara Bush They visited Japan. During the reception of Emperor Hirohito in the Imperial Palace, and according to Barbara Bush in her memoirs, there was an event of the earth swallow me …
While the Bush couple awaited the arrival of the Emperor, Barbara contemplated the majesty of the Palace and wondered what that monster would be like. that he had ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor and that he had drawn the United States into the World War. When the doors opened and Hirohito appeared, he was surprised to find a short man with a weak appearance and slow movements. After the corresponding formal greetings, they sat down at the table. Barbara sat next to him and wanted to know more about that man who for years was considered a god to his people. Question after question, Barbara barely got a monosyllable and at best a thank you. . But she was not going to give up...
This palace is wonderful . I told him.
Thank you …again
Is it new? I insisted
Yes … there was no way
And the previous one? Did it fall off when old?
No. You bombed them
The former Imperial Palace was destroyed by bombing in World War II and rebuilt in the same style in 1968.
Japan Imperial Palace
Imperial Palace Gardens