First lady Melania Trump and Japanese first lady Akie Abe enjoy a nature-oriented cultural experience during the Trumps' four-day visit to Japan.
Monday at Akasaka Palace, where she learned that bamboo trunks can create music and also serve as flower vases.
The bamboo installation then turned into a set of vases as flower artist Kumiko Kato built a sculpture out of it, decorating the vases with curved oak branches, maple leaves, blue hydrangea flowers and other plants, while the flutist played background music that included"Amazing Grace." Children performing Japanese dance put a smile on Mrs. Trump at the end of the highly stylized and educational program. A little boy in traditional Japanese hakama presented a bouquet to the first lady, but he had to be dragged out of the room as he apparently wanted to spend more time with the guests.
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