悠仁さま、伊勢神宮参拝　単独で初、美術館も訪問

　秋篠宮ご夫妻の長男悠仁さま（１６）は１日、三重県伊勢市を訪れ、伊勢神宮を参拝された。参拝はご夫妻や次女佳子さまと訪れた２０１３年３月以来２回目で、単独では初めて。
　筑波大付属高校（東京都文京区）１年の悠仁さまは、学校の休みを利用して私的に訪問。午後２時すぎ、スーツ姿で参道を歩いて進み、外宮を参拝した。
　続いて、内宮を参拝した後、伊勢市の神宮美術館で開催中の特別展「生きる正倉院―伊勢神宮と正倉院が紡ぐもの―」を鑑賞。琴の展示では『（弦は）切れないものなんですか』と尋ねていた。
　宮内庁によると、高校生になった悠仁さまに特別展を見ていただきたいと、伊勢神宮側から案内があった。（2022/10/01-22:42）

Prince Hisahito, the son of Japan's Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, visited Ise Jingu, a major Shinto shrine complex in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, on Saturday.
   This was the 16-year-old prince's second visit to the shrine in the city of Ise and the first without any member of his family. In March 2013, Prince Hisahito visited Ise Jingu with his parents and Princess Kako, the second daughter of the couple.
   During the private visit to Ise Jingu on Saturday, Prince Hisahito, wearing a suit, worshipped at the Geku outer shrine shortly after 2 p.m. (5 a.m. GMT) and then at the Naiku inner shrine.
   Prince Hisahito, a first-grader at the University of Tsukuba's Senior High School at Otsuka in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward, then visited the Jingu Museum in Ise and viewed a special exhibition there about Ise Jingu and the Shosoin temple in the western Japan city of Nara. He asked museum staff about a Japanese harp on display, among other things.
   According to the Imperial Household Agency, the Ise Jingu side invited Prince Hisahito to visit and see the special exhibition as he is now a high school student.