THE EVENT: Hosted by Ambassador Ryozo Kato and his wife Hanayo, the gathering celebrated the key artists and benefactors from the Kennedy Center’s two-week exposition of Japanese art forms. THE SCENE: Performers and artists who had traveled from Japan got a taste of home cooking via the best Japanese food in Washington as they met with top brass from the Kennedy Center, sponsors Morgan Stanley and ANA, and many of Japan’s leading local diplomatic and business fi gures. THE GUESTS: The Kennedy Center’s Michael Kaiser and Alicia Adams; Helen Henderson, Jonathan Kindred, and Yoshi Ogawa; artists Mimi Oka and Joe Kanamori; and fashion icon Junko Koshino.