Melania Trump colours fish with kids at Japan digital museum
Melania Trump was perfectly cool Sunday at an air-conditioned interactive digital museum in Tokyo alongside her host and counterpart, Japanese First Lady Akie Abe, while their husbands played golf under the scorching sun.
The US First Lady, who was also joined by dozens of schoolchildren, drew a purple fish and had it projected on a digital aquarium on the wall.
Mrs. Trump drew the fish for a girl named Julia and wrote underneath it: "Julia, Best Wishes, Melania Tump."
Melania Trump visited a digital museum in Tokyo AAP
The US First Lady was joined by her host and counterpart, Japanese First Lady Akie Abe (back left) AAP
Her autograph became popular, prompting children to line up. The First Lady signed on the back of each student's artwork, along with a message "Be Best!" — her children's initiative.
The 30 children -- third to sixth graders at a Tokyo elementary school -- were a bit shy at first when Mrs Trump, wearing a stylish navy-colour jumpsuit, first walked in, escorted by Akie Abe.
But, one-by-one they came over to her, and then in groups.
Thirty children between the third and sixth grade at a Tokyo elementary school got Melania to sign their work AAP
The first lady helped the kids colour in AAP
"Nice to meet you. Can you show me what you drew?" Melania Trump asked a boy with a name sticker on his chest saying 'Aoi'.
He showed her a green turtle with yellow feet, which then they projected on the wall and watched it move around.
Akie Abe coloured her turtle in pink, with three little red hearts on the back, and signed "Peace" as well as the new imperial era name "Reiwa" that started this month.
The two first ladies also toured other exhibits that included the crystal room and the lamp room where they stopped for photo sprays.
The two first ladies visited the lamp room in the museum AAP
Mrs. Trump arrived Saturday in Tokyo with President Donald Trump for a four-day state visit that is largely ceremonial and aimed at deepening personal ties between the two leaders.
Trump and Abe played 16 holes at the Mobara golf course outside Tokyo, where temperature rose as high as 32 degrees Celsius, in a "cozy atmosphere", Japan's Foreign Ministry said.
Later Sunday, the first ladies were joined by their husbands for a double date in downtown Tokyo for dinner.
They later joined their husbands, who had been playing golf earlier, for a dinner double date AAP
