Garden party - Enyuukai

Japanese: 園遊会 - えんゆうかい

A reception held in a garden. It is a translation of the English garden party, and is said to have originated in the late 19th century. Guests are invited to the garden in the season of beautiful flowers and greenery, and are entertained with light meals and music. In Japan, the first Imperial Garden Party was held in 1883 by Shigenobu Okuma at his home in Waseda. The Imperial Garden Party is held twice a year, in spring and autumn, when the Emperor and Empress invite distinguished people from Japan and abroad to Akasaka Imperial Garden. It began in the autumn of 1880, when Emperor Meiji held a Chrysanthemum Viewing Party (which became the Spring Cherry Blossom Viewing Party the following year) at Akasaka Imperial Palace to entertain diplomats. It was suspended during the war, but was revived as a garden party in 1953. After the war, the Spring Cherry Blossom Viewing Party was sponsored by the government, but in 1965 it became sponsored by the Imperial Family. It is held twice a year, in spring and autumn, at Akasaka Imperial Garden in Tokyo. Around 2,000 people are invited each time.

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Japanese:

庭園で開く接待の宴。英国のガーデン・パーティの訳で，起源は19世紀後半といわれる。花と緑が美しい季節に庭に客を招き軽食と音楽でもてなす。日本では1883年，大隈重信が早稲田の自邸で催したものが最初とされる。天皇夫妻が春と秋の２回，内外の功労者などを赤坂御苑に招くのが皇室園遊会である。1880年の秋に，明治天皇が外交官接待のため，赤坂離宮で観菊会（翌年から春の観桜会）を催したのが始まりで，戦時中は中断されていたが，1953年より園遊会として復活。春の観桜会は戦後，政府主催であったが1965年より皇室の主催となった。毎年春と秋の２回，東京赤坂御苑で催される。招待されるのは毎回2000人前後。

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