Kanizushi Kato Restoran Sushi by Takahiro Todoroki

Kanizushi Kato Restoran Sushi by Takahiro Todoroki is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Gangsa in Interior Competition Category.

GangsaInterior· 2024

Kanizushi Kato Restoran Sushi

by Takahiro Todoroki

Client: Kitagunikaranookurimono Inc.

A' Design Award Gangsa Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About Kanizushi Kato Restoran Sushi

Kanizushi Kato adolah sabuah restoran sushi di Niseko, Hokkaido, Jepang. Restoran ko manyajian sushi, kepiting, sarato masakan Jepang untuak pangunjuang manco nagara di sabuah resor salju. Desain iko basandar pado corak Ainu, kuil-kuil Jepang, sarato bantuak Gunuang Yotei. Kayu lokal dipakai di sadonyo bagian, jo struktur langik-langik dari kayu cemara lokal sarato meja kaunter dari kayu cypress Jepang nan solid, dikarajokan jo tehnik pertukangan kayu tradisional ala kuil. Selasar nan diplester mangana-ngana pondok salju kamakura, sadangkan daun ameh malapisi langik-langik sarato partisi ruangan pribadi. Sabuah bar di pintu masuak mambuek tamu bisa manikmati minuman samantaro manunggu.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Gangsa

Kanizushi Kato Restoran Sushi adolah pamenang A' Design Award Gangsa, sabuah pangakuan nan sangaik bapresti nan dibarikan ka rancangan nan cemerlang nan dicirikan dek kreativitas, kacerdikan jo kabijaksanaan. Pamenang Gangsa adolah karya nan cukuik mahir jo kreatif sacaro mangesankan nan mamastikan pangalaman nan luas, imajinasi jo kacerdikan parancangnyo. Kanizushi Kato Restoran Sushi dipaokan manjadi bando nan sangaik dihormati, dikagumi jo disayangi, nan profesional jo inovatif sacaro nampak. Rancangan nan manang Gangsa iko mamuek praktik tabaik dalam seni, ilimu, rancangan jo teknologi jo cemerlang dalam parhatian ka rincian. Kanizushi Kato Restoran Sushi mamanuhi kaparluan jo elok, manyantuah karinduan, mamikaik parasaan jo manarik raso ingin tahu.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: We were asked to design a restaurant in Niseko, Hokkaido, now a world-class snow resort, where international visitors could enjoy authentic sushi, crab, and Japanese cuisine during their stay. We knew that all of the dishes would be of great character, so we designed a restaurant that would allow visitors to enjoy a taste of Japan and Hokkaido, with stylistic design elements throughout the space.
Dimensions & Packaging: The walls of the BAR are painted with traditional Ainu tribal patterns. The wooden structure of the ceiling of the sushi counter is made of local cedar wood, and the counter is made of solid Japanese cypress. The walls are plastered. In the private room, gold leaf paper is used for the folded-up ceiling and partitions. The tables are also coated with Japanese paper with urethane.
Tags: sushi,restaurant,Hokkaido
Production Technology: We aimed for local production for local consumption by using all local lumber. The wood used for the counter tops is traditional Japanese woodworking used in shrines. The passageway tunnel, which resembles a kamakura, a traditional Japanese snow hut built to bivouac during snowstorms, is finished with Japanese plaster. The ceiling and partitions are covered with traditional gold leaf.
Design Challenge: Unlike a typical Japanese sushi restaurant layout, the concept of this sushi restaurant at a snow resort was to have customers enjoy drinks such as Japanese sake and Japanese whiskey. Therefore, we designed a layout with a waiting bar at the entrance where customers can enjoy only drinks. It was also difficult to integrate the sushi counter, private rooms, and other spaces with their own unique characteristics.
Inspiration: Our design is inspired by the rich tapestry of Hokkaido's indigenous Ainu culture, the spiritual serenity of Japanese shrines and temples, and the majestic presence of Mount Yotei, known as Niseko's Mt FUJI. The aim of this fusion is to create a space where international visitors can immerse themselves in the essence of Japanese architecture, culture, and cuisine during their short stay.
Project Duration: The project period is from August 19, 2022 to November 30, 2022.Located in Niseko, Hokkaido, Japan
Image Credits: Photographer: Katsumi Hirabayashi