Apr. 26, 1993: What Love Is TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993 Apr. 26, 1993 The Truth about Dinosaurs
Time Magazine PEOPLE, Page 73 What Love Is

By GINIA BELLAFANTE

A diamond may last forever, but nothing says eternal devotion like 31 lbs. of fish and an ample supply of stiff drink. In a three-minute ceremony held in her parents' Tokyo home, Japan's high-powered future Princess MASAKO OWADA slipped into a traditional silk kimono to receive the two sea bream (a male and a female), six bottles of sake and five bolts of silk that served as a formal marriage pledge from Crown Prince Naruhito. Following the offering, the Prince visited ancient shrines to inform the gods of his engagement.