by Motoko Jitsukawa

The challenge of contemporary restaurant designers in Japan is to introduce innovative and exciting solutions to designing dining spaces, through expressing the fundamentals of Japanese architecture and design in new ways that suit today's restaurant goers.

With evocative texts accompanying stunning photographs, Contemporary Japanese Restaurant Design features 28 of the most cutting-edge dining spaces by the country's leading restaurant designers.

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Contents

1. Introduction
2. Contemporary Restaurant Design in Japan
3. Contemporary Classics
   • Xex
   • Torafuku
   • Chokyaku Yowa
   • Bou's
   • Hana Noren
   • Kuruma
   • Koomon

4. Tradition Redefined
   • The River Oriental
   • Kan
   • Tamasaka
   • Jiyugaoka Grill
   • Zabo
   • Togetsusou Kinryu
   • Chashitsu San-an
   • Hika
   • Negiya Heikichi
   • Scorpione
   • Kushi no Bo
   • Kichiri

5. Cultural Cohesion
   • Ken's Dining
   • Murata Mitsui
   • Niu
   • Africa
   • Tile
   • Daidaiya Ginza
   • Lee Nang Ha
   • Futong Mandarin
   • Kamonka

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