His father, Hirohito, was until 1946 considered a divinity, the living descendant of the gods that created Japan (or ancient Yamato, as it is more evocatively known).
Hirohito was once considered to be the descendant of the gods.
It was a lovely seaside town, the first French settlement on Martinique, and, by early 1902, so culturally and economically thriving that it was nicknamed the Paris of the West Indies.