Download or read book Hip Dining Japan written by Ellen Nepilly and published by Page One Pub. This book was released on 2008 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hip Dining Japan showcases the most contemporary and hip restaurant designs in Japan. Reinterpreting the traditional spatial requirements of the Japanese dining space, the designers have created new ways to address constraints as features. Often injected with a twist, some of the featured projects expound the private dining concept as fantasy structures integrated into the dining space, to create a sensational experience for the guests. Others mastered the art of applying uber modern lighting in contrast with their Zen design sensibility, to enhance the encounter and dramatize the ambience. Creating extraordinary interior expressions that are unique to the dining scene in Japan, the restaurants featured reflect a hip dining experience that is visually psychedelic and stylistically flamboyant. Breaking away from the stereotypical conventions of Japanese rural styles of Inns and Ryokans, contemporary Japanese restaurants continue to influence cross-cultural trends, by striking out to redefine what it is to be hip and funky with a cutting-edge perspective that is Japanese in its roots, without compromising its position as an international trendsetter. Curated for the trendy designer and the hip restaurant proprietor seeking inspiration for restaurant concepts that are unique, sophisticated and exceptional, Hip Dining Japan sets itself out as the advocator of visual dining experiences.