Photographer: Pete Marovich/Bloomberg Photos: Obama Gives Japan’s Abe an Impromptu Tour of Lincoln Memorial

President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sprung a surprise on tourists in Washington Monday with an unannounced trip to the Lincoln Memorial, Bloomberg's Angela Greiling Keane reports. Shortly after Abe arrived in the capital, the two leaders jumped into a motorcade for the short trip from the White House to the memorial to the 16th U.S. president, Abraham Lincoln, which sits on the western end of the National Mall, adjacent to the Potomac River.

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   Walk and talk

   President Barack Obama, right, and Shinzo Abe, Japan's prime minister, speak while walking to visit the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on April 27, 2015.
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   Face time

   President Barack Obama, left, and Shinzo Abe, Japan's prime minister, speak while visiting the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on April 27, 2015.
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   Up close

   President Barack Obama, left, and Shinzo Abe, Japan's prime minister, speak while visiting the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on April 27, 2015.
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   Steps of history

   President Barack Obama, left, and Shinzo Abe, Japan's prime minister, speak while visiting the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on April 27, 2015.
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   Washington Monument

   President Barack Obama, left, and Shinzo Abe, Japan's prime minister, speak while visiting the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on April 27, 2015.
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   Parks and rec

   President Barack Obama, right, and Shinzo Abe, Japan's prime minister, speak with U.S. Park Rangers while visiting the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on April 27, 2015.