A Japanese delegation in my garden

Today I was visited by a Japanese delegation from the city of Saitama (Omiya). Led by Hatsuji Kato , the son of Saburo Kato and owner of Mansei En in Omiya, they visited a few places in Europa and I had the great honor of being part of that. Most fortunately it was dry and we even had a little sunshine after hefty rainfall during the past 24 hours.