Safe trip

I wish they'd break protocol for once and hug their parents when seeing them off. I wonder if they have ever hugged each other.

Good to see Crown Princess Masako looking so well !

So pre programmed, it all is sad

Hugging in public is not Japanese custom. Used to be public kissers and huggers were arrested as perverts. .

Sad to have to wave off family members on a foreign trip. If all families did this there would be chaos at the airport. Why bother? Just go. Other royal families don't do this.

Do they have to fly over china?