He became acquainted with Ms. Michiko SHODA (the present Empress Michiko) on August 19, 1957 in a tennis tournament held at Karuizawa, where he had been visiting to escape the heat.
昭和32年（1957年）8月19日、避暑で訪れた軽井沢のテニストーナメントで皇后美智子と出会う。