Even though it's been six years since we opened, this building has been here for more than 100 years and has long been a ryokan. Toshiyuki Sakai More Quotes by Toshiyuki Sakai More Quotes From Toshiyuki Sakai This place has always been unique and a place for hospitality, what we are trying to do here is try to carry on this hospitality, take something from tradition but add modern comforts to it. Toshiyuki Sakai travel We are trying to modernize Japanese' washoku,' it has a long history but it is actually a very logical way of cooking food, so we take this philosophy of washoku but use the modern ingredients and techniques. From that we try to create new, modern Japanese food. Toshiyuki Sakai travel Twisting, we need the knowledge, that's why I went to France and London. the dishes have to evolve -- just doing something completely new is not the way. Toshiyuki Sakai travel What differentiates us from other ryokan and hotels is what this experience is, including feeling, and what sort of message we want to give them. Toshiyuki Sakai travel
