Seagrave: Hirohito buried with Mickey Mouse watch

 

Emperor Hirohito was a lifelong fan of Mickey Mouse and other Disney characters. As a child he called his hobby horse Snow White (the Imperial Household Agency told outsiders it was called White Snow). When he made a state visit to America in 1975, Hirohito insisted on visiting Disneyland in California, where he signed Mickey's guestbook and purchased a Mickey Mouse watch, which he wore for the rest of his life. Hirohito died in 1989 and was buried with his Mickey Mouse watch still on his wrist.

--The Yamato Dynasty (2000), caption on photo, by Sterling and Peggy Seagrave

Comments

[Drew]

The movie "Snow White" came out in 1937 and was the first feature length Disney film. Hirohito was born in 1901. There's no way his horse, "Shirayuki" or white-snow, was named after the Disney character.

[skr]

it was a real horse Shirayuki he had as an adult.

[Jefe]

Cool