12 Jun, 2013 @ 12:23
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A JAPANESE prince is set to visit a small Andalucian town as it celebrates its 400-year relationship with samurai culture.

Tiny Coria del Rio, near Sevilla, will host Crown Prince Naruhito, 53, as he begins a week long tour of Spain next Monday.

Naruhito, who will also meet the Spanish royal family on his trip, will honour the samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga who led Japanโ€™s first diplomatic mission of Europe in 1613.

Although Tsunenaga left the town in 1620, a number of his Japanese colleagues are believed to have settled in the town and hundreds of residents now carry the surname โ€˜Japonโ€™.

The prince will also visit a bronze statue of Tsunenaga while visiting the town before attending a string of cultural events.

While in Madrid, Naruhito is set to see a collection of 17th century Japanese prints currently on display atย  the Museo del Prado.

An exhibition about Tsunenagaโ€™s diplomatic mission will also be held at Sevillaโ€™s Archivo de Indias.

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