First lady in Kyoto

Updated March 21 2015 - 1:23pm, first published 12:21pm
US first lady Michelle Obama performs Taiko with the Akutagawa High School Taiko Club during her visit to Fushimi Inari Shinto Shrine in Kyoto, in western Japan, Friday, March 20, 2015. Taiko are a a broad range of Japanese percussion instruments, and have a mythological origin in Japanese folklore. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) Photo: Koji Sasahara
US first lady Michelle Obama performs Taiko with the Akutagawa High School Taiko Club during her visit to Fushimi Inari Shinto Shrine in Kyoto, in western Japan, Friday, March 20, 2015. Taiko are a a broad range of Japanese percussion instruments, and have a mythological origin in Japanese folklore. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) Photo: Koji Sasahara
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (C) beats a Japanese traditional taiko drum with members from Akutagawa High School Taiko Club in front of the main gate, as she visits Fushimi Inari Shinto Shrine in Kyoto, western Japan March 20, 2015. Michelle Obama flew in to Japan on Wednesday for a three-day visit as part of the Let Girls Learn international girls education initiative. REUTERS/Issei Kato            TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Photo: ISSEI KATO
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (C) beats a Japanese traditional taiko drum with members from Akutagawa High School Taiko Club in front of the main gate, as she visits Fushimi Inari Shinto Shrine in Kyoto, western Japan March 20, 2015. Michelle Obama flew in to Japan on Wednesday for a three-day visit as part of the Let Girls Learn international girls education initiative. REUTERS/Issei Kato TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Photo: ISSEI KATO
US first lady Michelle Obama performs Taiko with the Akutagawa High School Taiko Club during her visit to Fushimi Inari Shinto Shrine in Kyoto, in western Japan, Friday, March 20, 2015. Taiko are a a broad range of Japanese percussion instruments, and have a mythological origin in Japanese folklore. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) Photo: Koji Sasahara
US first lady Michelle Obama performs Taiko with the Akutagawa High School Taiko Club during her visit to Fushimi Inari Shinto Shrine in Kyoto, in western Japan, Friday, March 20, 2015. Taiko are a a broad range of Japanese percussion instruments, and have a mythological origin in Japanese folklore. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) Photo: Koji Sasahara
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (C) beats a Japanese traditional taiko drum with members from Akutagawa High School Taiko Club in front of the main gate, as she visits Fushimi Inari Shinto Shrine in Kyoto, western Japan March 20, 2015. Michelle Obama flew in to Japan on Wednesday for a three-day visit as part of the Let Girls Learn international girls education initiative. REUTERS/Issei Kato            TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Photo: ISSEI KATO
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (C) beats a Japanese traditional taiko drum with members from Akutagawa High School Taiko Club in front of the main gate, as she visits Fushimi Inari Shinto Shrine in Kyoto, western Japan March 20, 2015. Michelle Obama flew in to Japan on Wednesday for a three-day visit as part of the Let Girls Learn international girls education initiative. REUTERS/Issei Kato TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Photo: ISSEI KATO
US first lady Michelle Obama performs Taiko with the Akutagawa High School Taiko Club during her visit to Fushimi Inari Shinto Shrine in Kyoto, in western Japan, Friday, March 20, 2015. Taiko are a a broad range of Japanese percussion instruments, and have a mythological origin in Japanese folklore. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) Photo: Koji Sasahara
US first lady Michelle Obama performs Taiko with the Akutagawa High School Taiko Club during her visit to Fushimi Inari Shinto Shrine in Kyoto, in western Japan, Friday, March 20, 2015. Taiko are a a broad range of Japanese percussion instruments, and have a mythological origin in Japanese folklore. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) Photo: Koji Sasahara
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (C) beats a Japanese traditional taiko drum with members from Akutagawa High School Taiko Club in front of the main gate, as she visits Fushimi Inari Shinto Shrine in Kyoto, western Japan March 20, 2015. Michelle Obama flew in to Japan on Wednesday for a three-day visit as part of the Let Girls Learn international girls education initiative. REUTERS/Issei Kato            TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Photo: ISSEI KATO
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (C) beats a Japanese traditional taiko drum with members from Akutagawa High School Taiko Club in front of the main gate, as she visits Fushimi Inari Shinto Shrine in Kyoto, western Japan March 20, 2015. Michelle Obama flew in to Japan on Wednesday for a three-day visit as part of the Let Girls Learn international girls education initiative. REUTERS/Issei Kato TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Photo: ISSEI KATO
US first lady Michelle Obama performs Taiko with the Akutagawa High School Taiko Club during her visit to Fushimi Inari Shinto Shrine in Kyoto, in western Japan, Friday, March 20, 2015. Taiko are a a broad range of Japanese percussion instruments, and have a mythological origin in Japanese folklore. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) Photo: Koji Sasahara
US first lady Michelle Obama performs Taiko with the Akutagawa High School Taiko Club during her visit to Fushimi Inari Shinto Shrine in Kyoto, in western Japan, Friday, March 20, 2015. Taiko are a a broad range of Japanese percussion instruments, and have a mythological origin in Japanese folklore. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) Photo: Koji Sasahara
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (C) beats a Japanese traditional taiko drum with members from Akutagawa High School Taiko Club in front of the main gate, as she visits Fushimi Inari Shinto Shrine in Kyoto, western Japan March 20, 2015. Michelle Obama flew in to Japan on Wednesday for a three-day visit as part of the Let Girls Learn international girls education initiative. REUTERS/Issei Kato            TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Photo: ISSEI KATO
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (C) beats a Japanese traditional taiko drum with members from Akutagawa High School Taiko Club in front of the main gate, as she visits Fushimi Inari Shinto Shrine in Kyoto, western Japan March 20, 2015. Michelle Obama flew in to Japan on Wednesday for a three-day visit as part of the Let Girls Learn international girls education initiative. REUTERS/Issei Kato TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Photo: ISSEI KATO

US first lady Michelle Obama, centre, beats a Japanese traditional taiko drum with members of the Akutagawa High School Taiko Club in front of the main gate, as she visits Fushimi Inari Shinto Shrine in Kyoto. Mrs Obama flew to Japan on Wednesday for a three-day visit as part of the Let Girls Learn international girls education initiative. (Reuters)

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