Kako and Mako are working behind the scenes on the “Houston Plan” to reunite for the first time in two years after her official visit to Peru in November.

Kako, the second daughter of the Akishino family, will make an official visit to Peru in November. The detailed itinerary has been announced, but why is so much attention being paid to its content?

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Peru, and the Peruvian government has “nominated” Kako to visit Peru.

In 2002, the 140th anniversary of diplomatic relations was celebrated with a visit by Prince and Princess Akishino, and in 2007, the 120th anniversary of Japanese immigration was celebrated with a visit by Mako Komuro, who was still a member of the royal family at the time. Peru is a country with particularly strong ties to the Akishino family.

Kako, who will travel to Peru for 10 days starting November 1 after a Cabinet meeting, previously toured Austria and Hungary in 2007 as her first official visit to a foreign country.

However, the “difficulty level” of this visit to Peru is said to be quite different from that of four years ago.

During his first official visit to Europe, he had few opportunities to make official speeches and visited many places for general sightseeing, such as palaces associated with the Habsburgs and porcelain workshops.

On the other hand, in Peru this time, there were also events such as a courtesy visit to the president, a speech at the 150th anniversary ceremony, a meeting with Japanese Americans, and a flower offering at a monument dedicated to a hero. There will be a lot of traveling, and unlike his visits to Europe, it will obviously be hectic, and he may give more than 10 speeches, as he did during Mako’s visit to Peru.

In anticipation of her visit to Peru, which is likely to be a hard workload, Kako will naturally be relying heavily on her older sister Mako.