This is the design of the Italian restaurant's second store so popular that one cannot even make a reservation. The restaurant name “nishinakasu Takeshi Dorokawa” is, just as its name suggests, only made up of the newly selected land name and the chef’s real name. It does not bear the word Italian intentionally. The chef, Mr. Takeshi Dorokawa, carefully prepares the dishes using multiple essences of Japanese cuisines and natural ingredients from the earth, a unique cooking style with Italian cooking methods as a base. His method and garnishes are beautifully calm, just like a full course of Japanese cuisines. The design as a whole is like a dish; with an aim to fuse Italy and Japan, it is composed of delicate details that maximize natural materials and craftsmanship. The entrance approach is made from the Italian spoltedwood* “truffle beech” with a wainscot-like finish. The light and shadow of indirect light reflected on the Echizen handmade Japanese Washi paper* pasted on the wide arched ceiling, and the small door “Nijiriguchi ”, which is the original entrance of Japanese tea rooms, at the entrance to the customer seats create an atmosphere that features the “fusion of Italy and Japan”. We installed modern designed Japanese paper lanterns—lighting fixtures that use LEDs. Passing through the “Nijiriguchi ” from the narrow entrance passage is a sudden, leisure, and special space with only seven counter seats. The Chef's counter top is structured 5 cm above the customer counter, which consists of a counter made of Italian walnuts, so that every customer can see all of the chef's handiwork. It is designed so that all of the chef's calm and beautiful dishes, including the garnishes, can be seen. The lighting design presents the dishes on the counter beautifully and despite the seats being counter seats, it allows customers to focus on themselves and not mind the groups around them. Also, the background music flowing in the store is commissioned to a composer, and the sound of nature such as wind, rain, air, etc. is imagined and produced and used as original. *Echizen Handmade Japanese Washi Paper: We used the handmade Japanese paper from the chef's hometown of Echizen, Fukui Prefecture. We requested it from Taki Paper Manufacturing Co., Ltd., which has a particularly long history among the 1,500 years of Echizen Japanese paper history. The beautiful cloud-patterned Japanese paper becomes even clearer and highlights the restaurant space because of the indirect lighting.