Japanese ambassador spends day as a Peaky Blinder in Dudley:
Hiroshi Suzuki visits the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, and dresses like Tommy Shelby.
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Ambassador Embraces British IconsVisited the Black Country Living Museum; Suzuki has been ambassador since 2024 and aims to encourage Japanese visitors to the region.
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- Japanese ambassador Hiroshi Suzuki visited the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley and donned a Tommy Shelby outfit while bringing a Paddington figure.
- The visit is intended to encourage his Japanese followers to travel to the region and followed earlier stops in Birmingham, including a visit to Birmingham City Football Club and the Bullring bull.
- Since appointment as ambassador to the UK in 2024, several of Suzuki's outings have gone viral, including a 'wee swally' before a Celtic match and a video of him singing the Welsh anthem in January 2025.
- During a recent Manchester stop he was presented with Boddingtons beer, which he drank while echoing the 1990s advert slogan 'By 'eck, it's gorgeous'.
Through him, I express my love and affection for British people and British culture because Japanese people love British culture.— Suzuki, the Japanese ambassador to the UK, said of Paddington, who he brought with him to the museum.
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