Princess Mako on Oct. 12 visited the graves of her great grandparents, Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako, to inform them of her upcoming marriage to her college sweetheart later this month.
Princess Mako visited the graves of her great-grandparents in Tokyo on Tuesday to offer prayers ahead of her marriage to boyfriend Kei Komuro later this month.
Traditionally on Mother's Day in the United States, flowers are being delivered and online orders are being placed as people scramble to get last-minute gifts to show mom how much they love her.
Mother s Day looks different around the world
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Mother’s Day around the world
Here are how some countries outside of the U.S. normally celebrate their own versions of Mother s Day:
Traditionally on Mother s Day in the United States, flowers are being delivered and online orders are being placed as people scramble to get last-minute gifts to show mom how much they love her.
While the holiday has become a commercialized spectacle where people are expected to spend $843 million on greeting cards in the U.S. this year alone, other countries around the world have been honoring their moms with public displays of reverence and unique traditions of their own on various days of the year.