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Our Architectural Works #4

Izakaya in TOKYO

A ground-floor izakaya in Tokyo, where solid timber, earthen walls and a small inner garden bring the calm of a tea house to an evening of food and local sake.

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

On the ground floor of a Tokyo building, this izakaya was designed by Kuniji Tsubaki to carry the quiet of a tea house into a lively dining room.
Solid cedar posts, a live-edge oak counter and earthen walls — one inlaid with maple leaves — set a calm, seasonal tone.
Above the counter, a fan-shaped lattice of rafters lifts the low space, while an oval ceiling cove is finished in gold-leaf karakami paper.
Sunken private rooms sit behind movable screens, a round window and a small garden with a stone basin mark the entry, and rows of local sake line the windows above a counter open to the cooking.

A chef's counter beside a corridor under a radial slatted ceiling, a refined Japanese interior.

A fan of timber over the counter

Above the live-edge counter, a slatted ceiling spreads like an open fan.

It turns the low ceiling height to advantage, giving depth and tension to the upward gaze.

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

Maple leaves in an earthen wall

Maple leaves are set into the curve of a plaster wall by the plasterer's hand.

Not open decoration, but a season noticed in passing, placed within the wall itself.

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

A quiet sunken private room

A private room with a sunken floor where you can lower your legs.

Red cushions and a small ornament in an alcove give the relaxed setting its quiet focal point.

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

A round window at the entry

A round window and a small interior garden mark the entry.

In the few steps from the busy street to your seat, the city quietly recedes.

  • 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.

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