For a privately booked banquet, party, wedding, corporate anniversary or group event, the New Otani Hotels group of hotels — specifically, hotel branches in Tokyo, Makuhari in Chiba Prefecture, and Osaka — present a sumptuous Reiwa menu featuring the same dishes that were served at a banquet Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hosted at Hotel New Otani Tokyo following the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Naruhito in October.
The banquet is priced from ¥23,000 per person, plus tax and service charge, and is available from April 1 until March 31, 2021.
Drawing upon concepts of "perfect serenity," dishes are served on famed Arita tableware. A visually striking array of appetizers starts proceedings, followed by premium dashi, the simplicity of its execution masking a surprising complexity of umami and flavor. A lamb and black truffle pie is next, accompanied by a Japanese millet risotto.