Kyoto-based American artist Daniel Kelly (right) poses with Heinrich Grafe, general manager of Conrad Tokyo, at the opening April 27 of
Kyoto-based American artist Daniel Kelly (right) poses with Heinrich Grafe, general manager of Conrad Tokyo, at the opening April 27 of "Daniel Kelly's Golden Touch," an exhibition of prints and paintings being held at the hotel until May 8 with the help of The Tolman Collection art gallery. | YOSHIAKI MIURA

South African Ambassador Beryl Rose Sisulu (right) raises a glass with Ichiro Aisawa (left), chairman of the Japan-Africa Union Parliamentary Friendship League, and the South Africa sightseeing goodwill ambassador, actress Hitomi Takahashi (center), during a reception to celabrate the country's National Day at the official residence of the Republic of South Africa in Tokyo on April 27. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
South African Ambassador Beryl Rose Sisulu (right) raises a glass with Ichiro Aisawa (left), chairman of the Japan-Africa Union Parliamentary Friendship League, and the South Africa sightseeing goodwill ambassador, actress Hitomi Takahashi (center), during a reception to celabrate the country's National Day at the official residence of the Republic of South Africa in Tokyo on April 27. | YOSHIAKI MIURA

Zaib Malik (left), wife of Shehzad Ahmed Khan, commercial counsellor of the Pakistan Embassy, receives a bouquet from Haruko Komura, president of the Asia-Pacific Ladies Friendship Society (ALFS), on April 28, during the society's Spring Cultural Event 2016 at the Pakistan Embassy. Standing to the left of Komura is Farukh Amil, ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
Zaib Malik (left), wife of Shehzad Ahmed Khan, commercial counsellor of the Pakistan Embassy, receives a bouquet from Haruko Komura, president of the Asia-Pacific Ladies Friendship Society (ALFS), on April 28, during the society's Spring Cultural Event 2016 at the Pakistan Embassy. Standing to the left of Komura is Farukh Amil, ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. | YOSHIAKI MIURA

(From left) Malena Mandiola de Gardella, wife of the Argentine chief of mission, poses with ambassadors wives Lise Frederiksen (Denmark); Elizabeth Von Werthern (Germany); Gudrun Margret Solonsdottir (Iceland); South African Ambassador Beryl Rose Sisulu; Princess Takamado; Momoe Fritz (Micronesia); Liisa Viratamo (Finland); Katerina Mathioudaki (Greece); and Vidya Chinoy (India) at the opening ceremony of the 16th Annual World Gardening Fair in Hotel Okura on May 3. The fair runs through May 7. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
(From left) Malena Mandiola de Gardella, wife of the Argentine chief of mission, poses with ambassadors wives Lise Frederiksen (Denmark); Elizabeth Von Werthern (Germany); Gudrun Margret Solonsdottir (Iceland); South African Ambassador Beryl Rose Sisulu; Princess Takamado; Momoe Fritz (Micronesia); Liisa Viratamo (Finland); Katerina Mathioudaki (Greece); and Vidya Chinoy (India) at the opening ceremony of the 16th Annual World Gardening Fair in Hotel Okura on May 3. The fair runs through May 7. | YOSHIAKI MIURA