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Kushikoma Main Store 串駒　本店 Otsuka, Tokyo Izakaya (Japanese tavern),Taverns / Basashi (horse meat sashimi) / Nabe (hot pot) / Sake

大林禎OBAYASHITEI

An Encounter with the Master of a LongStanding Sake Shop, a Journey to Discover the Choicest Sake

Born in 1955 in Kumamoto prefecture. At the age of 18 he bought a one-way ticket to Tokyo and began his live-in training to be a chef. He opened "Kushikoma", which was originally just a normal izakaya (Japanese-style bar), at around 25 years of age. After that, he discovered a new-born love of sake (Japanese rice wine) upon meeting Mr. Mitsuhisa Kodama of the legendary "Koshuya" bar in Ikebukuro. The foundations were then laid for the present incarnation of "Kushikoma", which he realized through subsequent pilgrimages to breweries all over Japan to gather up the very best sake.

大林禎OBAYASHITEI

Ginza Ibuki ぎんざ一二岐 Ginza, Tokyo Kaiseki (course menu),Japanese / General / Kaiseki (tea-ceremony dishes) / Sake

吉澤　定久YOSHIZAWA SADAHISA

A cornerstone of eight years of training in Kyoto

Sadahisa Yoshizawa was born in Tochigi Prefecture in 1977. At 19 years old, he set his sights on becoming a chef, and stepped into the world of Japanese cuisine. He devoted himself to training at three restaurants over eight years in Kyoto, and then passed through three more Japanese restaurants after returning to Tokyo. He opened Ginza Ibuki in August 2010. The restaurant has received stars from the Tokyo Michelin Guide three years in a row.

吉澤　定久YOSHIZAWA SADAHISA

Trattoria Siciliana Don Ciccio トラットリア　シチリアーナ・ドンチッチョ Shibuya East Exit/Miyamasuzaka, Tokyo Italian,Italian/French / Italian / Wine

石川　勉ISHIKAWA TSUTOMU

The Chef's Recommendations

His love of the film The Godfather brought him to Sicily

Tsutomu Ishikawa is a native of Iwate prefecture, born in 1961. After coming to Tokyo, he began down the path towards becoming a chef at the age of 19. Also a big fan of The Godfather, he headed to Palermo in Sicily. After that, he also spent 3 years training in Firenze and Bologna before returning to Japan. After working in restaurants such as Cucina Hirata and La Benzina, he became independent in 2000 at Trattoria da Tommasina. In 2006, that restaurant closed, and Chef Ishikawa opened Trattoria Siciliana Don Ciccio in the same year.

石川　勉ISHIKAWA TSUTOMU

La BOMBANCE ラ・ボンバンス　La　BOMBANCE Nishi-Azabu, Tokyo Japanese Sosaku (creative),Japanese / General / Sake

渡邊　直博WATANABE NAOHIRO

A meeting with Chef Okamoto at Fujidaya, here in the world of cuisine he's longed after since childhood

Born in 1978 and coming from Yamanashi, his father was a cook of Japanese cuisine and because of this he had an interest in food from an early age, leaping into the world of cuisine when he graduated from high school. Building up his skillset at small restaurants, hotels, Japanese restaurant inns, and the like, he then spent three and a half years at Fujidaya, meeting with owner Okamoto at that time. From the start-up of La BOMBANCE in 2004, he's been in the kitchen as head chef.

渡邊　直博WATANABE NAOHIRO

Libertin Libertin Shibuya East Exit/Miyamasuzaka, Tokyo French,Italian/French / French / Wine

紫藤　喜則SHITO YOSHINORI

The Chef's Recommendations

His feelings toward cuisine changing from an encounter with natural wines

Born 1975 and coming from Saitama, he began on the road of the chef at 24 and that of French cuisine at 28. Coming in contact with the charms of vin naturel at Le Cabaret in Yoyogi-Uehara, he found himself committed to natural wines. After training further at restaurants like the famed L'amitie in Takadanobaba, he opened Libertin in 2011. With the development of his career as chef and his knowledge of light natural wines, his feelings of something not additive but subtractive grow stronger, and his cookery transforms further into a simpler cuisine that better brings out the life of the ingredients.

紫藤　喜則SHITO YOSHINORI