Rising star sushi restaurant "Sushi Musashi"

Photo Masahiro Goda
Text Chiharu Ono

Tokyo style sushi of finest ingredients

"Sushi Musashi" is located in a quiet residential area in Aoyama, Tokyo. Walk down the modern bare concrete walled building to suddenly be surrounded in Japanese atmosphere. Slide the tearoom-like door and enter. The master Hiroyuki Takezo smilingly greets you over the counter made of beautiful Japanese cypress. The refreshing wooden interior emits a clean feeling, and makes you want to sit up straight. The restaurant provides perfect atmosphere for eating sushi. Opened in December 2006, the restaurant celebrated its 2nd anniversary this month. The number of guests increased by word of mouth, and the discreet, backstreet restaurant turned into one for people in the know. Sushi Musashi received one Michelin star this fall and has become one of the sushi restaurants that represent Tokyo.

The Japanese cypress counter was especially chosen by the master. It was created and completed after 3 months work, starting from scratch with his architect friend.