愛子さま、伊勢神宮参拝　卒業を報告、初の単独地方

　天皇、皇后両陛下の長女愛子さま（２２）は２６日、三重県入りし、伊勢神宮を参拝された。学習院大の卒業報告が目的で、単独での地方訪問は初めて。
　愛子さまは同日午後、近鉄鳥羽駅（同県鳥羽市）に到着後、伊勢市に移動。白い帽子とロングドレス姿で、外宮、内宮の順に参拝した。内宮では強い風が吹く中、集まった人々に笑顔で会釈しながら参道を進んだ後、正殿の門の前で玉串をささげ、拝礼した。
　翌２７日は斎宮歴史博物館（同県明和町）などを視察した後、奈良県に移動し、神武天皇陵（橿原市）を参拝。同日帰京する。
　愛子さまは４月から、日本赤十字社に嘱託職員として勤務する。（2024/03/26-18:05）

Princess Aiko, the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, visited Ise Jingu in Mie Prefecture on Tuesday to report her graduation from Gakushuin University, on her first solo trip outside of Tokyo.
   After arriving at Kintetsu Railway Co.'s Toba Station in the city of Toba in the western Japan prefecture, the 22-year-old princess moved to the Shinto shrine complex in the city of Ise.
   Wearing a white hat and a long dress, she visited the Geku outer and Naiku inner shrines. In the Naiku, she proceeded on the shrine approach while greeting onlookers despite strong winds. When she reached the main hall's gate, she offered "tamagushi" sacred tree branches and bowed.
   On Wednesday, the princess will visit, among others, the Saiku Historical Museum in the town of Meiwa, also in Mie, and the mausoleum of Emperor Jinmu in the city of Kashihara in the neighboring prefecture of Nara. She will return to Tokyo later the same day.
   She is set to work as a part-time employee at the Japanese Red Cross Society from April.