INNOVATIVE
VEGAN RAMEN UZU TOKYO
Vegan Ramen UZU Tokyo (UZU), in collaboration with the art collective, TeamLab, opened in October 2021 at TeamLab Planets TOKYO DMM in Toyosu. Visitors can taste gourmet vegan ramen while experiencing digital art. MORI BUILDING DIGITAL ART MUSEUM TEAMLAB BORDERLESS (ODAIBA) UZU, which had opened its first restaurant in Kyoto, has now opened its Tokyo branch in an annex in front of a digital...
HARAJUKU
KIMONO BY NADESHIKO
A long-established kimonomaker, Yamato, has opened the first roadside store of its brand, Kimono by Nadeshiko, in Harajuku. This brand carries stylish daily wear kimonos. The new store aims to introduce young people to the style value of kimonos and familiarize them with wearing them. Kimono by Nadeshiko is a kimono brand for women in their twenties and thirties. This brand offers kimonos in...
GOTEMBA
MAISON KEI
Three-Michelin-starred chef Kei Kobayashi of the Restaurant Kei and Toraya, a famous maker of wagashi (traditional Japanese confections), have teamed up to open a restaurant, Maison Kei, in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture. Chef Kobayashi was the first Japanese chef to win three Michelin stars in Paris in 2020. Although it is not easy even for a French chef to obtain three stars, the Japanese did....