Our Architectural Works #4

東京の和の居酒屋

東京の下町にある居酒屋。無垢の木と土壁、小さな坪庭が、茶室のような静けさを、料理と地酒の時間に添えています。

Symmetrical private room with red floor cushions and an arched niche, an intimate izakaya space in Tokyo.
A chef's counter beside a corridor under a radial slatted ceiling, a refined Japanese interior.

カウンターの上に、扇の天井

Detail of an ochre earthen plaster wall inlaid with maple-leaf motifs beneath a slatted ceiling, a refined Japanese interior.

土壁に、散る紅葉

Symmetrical private room with red floor cushions and an arched niche, an intimate izakaya space in Tokyo.

掘りごたつの、静かな個室

Round paper window and a small interior garden at the threshold, looking toward the counter, Japanese architecture.

丸窓と、入口の坪庭

  • Close-up of slatted cedar ceiling beams with a maker's mark burned into the wood, a detail of Japanese architecture.
  • Corridor detail with a charcoal-finish post and a budding branch in a bamboo vase, a quiet Japanese interior.
  • Corridor with a circular gold-leaf ceiling cove leading to a chef's counter, contemporary Japanese architecture.
  • Counter view with a framed calligraphy panel and hanging menu tags in a Japanese izakaya.
  • A chef's counter beside a corridor under a radial slatted ceiling, a refined Japanese interior.
  • Chef's counter facing an open kitchen with a calligraphy curtain and a red accent wall.
  • Live-edge wood counter beneath a fan-shaped slatted ceiling, expressive Japanese architecture in a Tokyo izakaya.
  • Close view of a live-edge counter with a basket of seasonal vegetables, a warm Japanese interior.
  • Warmly lit restaurant facade at dusk with a white noren curtain and potted branches.
  • Street facade of a Japanese restaurant with a white noren curtain and a stone lantern at the entrance.
  • Facade detail with a noren curtain and a window display of seasonal dolls at a Japanese restaurant.
  • Small interior garden with stones, ferns and a potted flowering branch below a calligraphy work, a Japanese interior.
  • Detail of an ochre earthen plaster wall inlaid with maple-leaf motifs beneath a slatted ceiling, a refined Japanese interior.
  • Symmetrical private room with red floor cushions and an arched niche, an intimate izakaya space in Tokyo.
  • Side view of a private tatami dining room with a raised wooden surround and sliding paper screens.
  • Private dining room with a live-edge table over a sunken floor, red cushions and an arched alcove, a warm Japanese interior.
  • Reception nook with a framed work and a slatted screen to a small garden under a gold ceiling cove.
  • Round paper window and a small interior garden at the threshold, looking toward the counter, Japanese architecture.
  • Table seating with checkered plaster walls and woven pendant lights in a Japanese izakaya.
  • Window-side table seating below a row of local sake bottles, lit warmly in the evening.