A lifetime of photos for Japan's royal ‘superfan’
KAWASAKI, Japan - Wherever Japan’s royals go, there too goes Fumiko Shirataki: in summer heat and winter cold, to the ocean and to the mountains.
Shirataki’s passion for “okkake,” as the pursuit is known in Japan, began in 1993, when she followed then-Masako Owada after her engagement to Crown Prince Naruhito but couldn’t get good photos. “They know our faces by now, so when we raise the cameras I guess they think ‘here they are’ and they face towards us and wave,” said Shirataki, who always wears sneakers and trousers for ease of movement while she’s on the hunt.
Though she’s cagey about how much her hobby costs, she spends at least 50,000 yen annually just on photos.
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