TOKYO - Dignitaries sat down for a banquet of traditional Japanese "washoku" delicacies Tuesday evening at the Imperial Palace following Emperor Naruhito's enthronement ceremony, with special dishes for guests with particular dietary requirements.The menu for the around 450 guests including foreign dignitaries in the palace's Homei-Den state banquet hall features grilled young seabream, salt steamed abalone, and a soup of Japanese spiny lobster and "matsutake" mushrooms."We want our guests to enjoy Japanese delicacies from mountains and the sea," a senior official of the Imperial Household …READ FULL ARTICLE
