Royal festival cuisine is a must-eat New Year's dish in the first month of the RB New Year, and is also known as "New Year's cuisine".

Moreover, it is only eaten during the New Year, so it can be said to be a Japanese-style New Year's dish.

Because it is a cooking ingredient eaten at the beginning of the year, it is naturally very particular, not only with the color and flavor, but also with a very festive and auspicious meaning.

According to RB folklore, the purpose of the New Year is to call for the return of the god Inari (Uga no Soul God) who has returned to the mountains to return to the mortal world, and it is not suitable for the gods to make a fire to cook at the moment.

Therefore, the New Year's Royal Festival dishes are all cold dishes that have been prepared beforehand.

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Nobunaga Hato's rich variety of brightly colored cold cuts are delicately arranged in a square, lacquered color box, like a finely carved work of art.

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The beautiful lacquered boxes containing the dishes of the Imperial Festival are called "heavy boxes", and the "heavy boxes" stacked on top of each other have an auspicious meaning of piling up good fortune.

The traditional heavy box is made of delicate and noble lacquerware.

Yangquan Restaurant, the regular customers who book the imperial festival cuisine, are mainly salarymen, and the cost of using "lacquerware" as a "heavy box" for ingredients is too high.

The early customers of Yangquan Restaurant couldn't afford to spend it at all.

So, Nobunaga used paper, wood chips, or acrylic to make "heavy box" dishes. There are round, square, hexagonal, octagonal and even drawer shapes in shape, and there are various styles.

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The price of the imperial festival meal at Yangsen Restaurant is set at 10,000 yen.

At the high-end department stores in Yubari City, high-end Omatsu cuisine can be sold for 50,000 to 200,000 yen, which is quite expensive.

Mei said on the phone that some popular restaurants in Tokyo can be priced at 500,000 yen for reserved Otsuji cuisine.

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Yangquan Restaurant's Imperial Festival cuisine uses the traditional heavy box "Godanzhong".

Put vegetables from the 1st to the 4th floor.

The 5th floor is empty because it is a place dedicated to the blessings of the god of the year.

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Each floor has a different type of food and has a specific meaning.

It is very elaborate and complex to make, and there are usually more than 20 to 30 kinds of dishes. Generally, only odd-numbered dishes (5, 7, 9, 11) are placed on each floor, and RB people believe that "odd" has the meaning of "auspicious".

The custom of Goseji cuisine has been around since before the spread of refrigerators, so it is composed of ingredients that can be eaten at room temperature and can be stored for several days.

Also, most of them are stews. And every dish is associated with a mascot.

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The first layer is called "Ichishiyu", which is called 祝い計計 (congratulatory dish) and 口tori り (appetizer), and is generally made with ingredients that represent good luck and happiness, and is mainly an appetizer.

祝い食 (congratulatory dish) refers to a side dish that goes well with sake.

There are usually three types of fixation:

Herring roe, a symbol of the prosperity of children and grandchildren, the prosperity of the family;

Black beans, a symbol of health;

Dried sardine fish is a kind of fertilizer for rice fields, so it symbolizes fertile land and abundant grains.

The above three dishes are also called three-course dishes (三つ菜).

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Guttori (appetizer) is an appetizer that comes with tea and sake, and includes common dishes such as red and white kamabobo, date rolls, kelp rolls, and sweet chestnut dumplings.

Red and white kamaboko is made by mashing the body of the fish. Red represents warding off evil spirits, and white represents purity and sacredness.

Date rolls are grilled with eggs and mashed fish. Because the shape of the vortex resembles an ancient book, it means that there is a success in learning and a prosperous career.

Sweet chestnut dough is made of chestnut mashing, and the color is similar to gold, symbolizing prosperity and prosperity.

Kombumaki is also indispensable because the Japanese pronunciation is very similar to "喜ぶ" (喜喜), which means auspiciousness.

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The second layer is "二の重", grilled (焼き物) and pickled vinegar (酢の物):

Add more seafood barbecue delicacies with auspicious meanings and marinated vinegar dishes.

Grilled prawns are the most common, because the appearance of the shrimp's long beard and bent waist is very similar to the beard of a birthday boy and the arched back of an elderly person, so it means health and longevity, and good fortune.

Grilled sea bream, due to its similar Japanese pronunciation (たい) and congratulations (めでたい), expresses people's wishes for good luck in the New Year, so it is also a must-eat.

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The third and fourth layers, that is, "三の重" and "四の重", are mainly boiled materials (燉烧食食):

It is filled with boiled vegetables such as taro, lotus root, and bamboo shoots.

Lotus root (sorrel) because of the many round holes in the pass, express people's good wishes for being reasonable and insightful.

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In short, Gosetsu cuisine is not only a must-eat New Year's dish for RB people, but also contains blessings for health, prosperity, and happiness.

While the whole family is enjoying the delicious food, they choose their favorite auspicious food, and use the dishes to express their inner wishes and hearts, which can be said to be a very happy time together.

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In fact, according to the rank of Yosen Restaurant in Yubari City, the price is 200,000 yen, and there is no shortage of customers.

However, Nobunaga still chose to stick to the price of 10,000 yen.

In the face of hundreds of orders, fortunately, with the blessing of the [Yangquan Restaurant] system, and the [Ding! Steamed steamed buns: Restore physical strength], otherwise Nobunaga Hado would not be able to bear it at all.

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A series of beautifully packaged imperial dishes quickly filled the empty tables in the restaurant.

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"Nobunaga-kun, are you ready for the fifty servings of the Yosen's Restaurant Imperial Festival dishes I ordered?"

A familiar voice came from the doorway. Nobunaga didn't expect that someone would come in advance to get the festival dishes without watching the NHK Red and White Song Club and the RB Record Awards.

In 1979, the last diner came to Yangquan Restaurant......