Japanese restaurants
Open Studio designs izakaya-style restaurant with “half-dipped dumpling” lamp
Islyn Studio evokes “neo-noir urbanism” at Uchi DC restaurant
Joanna Laajisto uses reclaimed oak for everything at Helsinki restaurant Shii
Islyn Studio combines raw and refined materials in Miami Beach restaurant
Laurence Bonnel creates tactile restaurant interior informed by Japanese archipelago
ORA utilises LA’s fallen street trees inside Uchi West Hollywood restaurant
Lanterns dangle through hole between floors in “UK’s most expensive steak” restaurant
Stingray-shaped roof crowns Maldives restaurant by Atelier Nomadic
Bird feathers and burls inform New York restaurant by Polonsky & Friends
Space tourism informs design of Ichi Station sushi restaurant in Milan
Junya Ishigami hides mud-covered house and restaurant below ground level in Japan
Frank Architecture creates intimate setting for Calgary’s Lonely Mouth noodle bar
Keiji Ashizawa envisions Loca Niru restaurant as “a dialogue across time”
Kelly Wearstler wants diners to “feel completely present” at low-lit fusion restaurant
Kengo Kuma designs London sushi restaurant with undulating wooden bench
Future Simple Studio creates “brutalist and serene” sushi restaurant in Canada
Rudy Guénaire draws on American modernism for Matsuri restaurant interior
Pirajean Lees draws on Japanese and Spanish design for Kioku restaurant and bar
Soba restaurant Kawamichiya takes over century-old townhouse in Kyoto
Café Kitsuné Los Angeles features Parisian-style interiors with “Japanese twist”
Hello Sunshine features “unlikely juxtaposition” of Japanese psychedelia and cabins
VSHD Design creates “intriguing and mysterious” interior for sushi restaurant Origami
Rockwell Group takes maximalist approach to Japanese design at Katsuya NYC restaurant