It is the first time since 1981 that a pope visited japan which is why japanese catholics prepared a special gift for pope francis a traditional japanese coat called happi with an anime version of his face on the back.

Pope francis anime coat. The 82 year old religious leader accepted the gift in tokyo s st. Veuer s tony spitz. This is his second visit to japan and this time he stayed for four days starting saturday nov 23rd. Pope francis was there to talk nuclear proliferation but all he got was this sweet anime coat.

According to mainichi it has been 38 years since a pontiff had visited nagasaki and hiroshima making pope francis the first after nearly four decades. The coats have a varied history but now they signify symbolic cultural references. Known for always taking a less formal approach to the papacy. Whilst greeting catholics and media on monday at tokyo s cathedral of holy mary francis used to be proficient a pink and blue conventional coat referred to as a happi by means of younger jap attendees.

Pope francis was there to talk nuclear proliferation but all he got was this sweet anime coat. Pope francis waves upon his arrival for a holy mass at the tokyo dome stadium in tokyo on november 25. And you know what that means. Pope francis isn t afraid to try out new styles.

Pope francis now has the power of god and anime on his side. Pope francis gifted anime pope coat while in japan. Pope francis received a coat designed with an anime style figure of himself as a gift on his japan trip on monday. While greeting catholics and media on monday at tokyo s cathedral of holy mary francis was gifted a pink and blue traditional coat called a.

Pope dons traditional coat with anime image of his face to greet the japanese. Pope francis face gets anime treatment on special japanese coat pope francis isn t afraid to check out out new kinds.

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