uoyaki Launches Store Design Competition for Its 6th Branch
uoyaki, a natural wine and fish restaurant, is holding a design competition for its new Sakuragawa branch, targeting creators under 30. The brand seeks innovative spatial ideas that embody its concept of "pairing."
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## 1. Overview
akinau Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: 4-9-8 Tenjinbashi, Kita-ku, Osaka; CEO: Shinya Taniguchi) is pleased to announce a store design competition for "uoyaki Sakuragawa," the 6th branch of the natural wine and fish restaurant "uoyaki."
This project invites innovative design ideas that embody uoyaki's concept of "pairing" from young creators and students under the age of 30 (U30), who will lead the next generation of spatial design. Selected plans will be brought to life as an actual store.
## 2. About uoyaki - What We Value
uoyaki is a restaurant that expresses "pairing" through cuisine, drinks, and space. We aim to be a place where guests can enjoy charcoal-grilled ash-dried fish and natural wine, spending a rich time as if participating in an entertaining performance.
Official Website: https://uoyaki.jp/#concept
## 3. Why We Seek Young Talent
In our existing stores, we have renovated 100-year-old sheds, preserving the history of mud walls and roof frames to create spaces where one can enjoy "nature as it is."
However, we do not intend to repeat the same thing.
The reason for the U30 requirement is not because we simply want "youth," but because we want free ideas untainted by industry "common sense." We look forward to ideas that break down assumptions like "this is how it should be" or "this is the norm."
akinau Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: 4-9-8 Tenjinbashi, Kita-ku, Osaka; CEO: Shinya Taniguchi) is pleased to announce a store design competition for "uoyaki Sakuragawa," the 6th branch of the natural wine and fish restaurant "uoyaki."
This project invites innovative design ideas that embody uoyaki's concept of "pairing" from young creators and students under the age of 30 (U30), who will lead the next generation of spatial design. Selected plans will be brought to life as an actual store.
## 2. About uoyaki - What We Value
uoyaki is a restaurant that expresses "pairing" through cuisine, drinks, and space. We aim to be a place where guests can enjoy charcoal-grilled ash-dried fish and natural wine, spending a rich time as if participating in an entertaining performance.
Official Website: https://uoyaki.jp/#concept
## 3. Why We Seek Young Talent
In our existing stores, we have renovated 100-year-old sheds, preserving the history of mud walls and roof frames to create spaces where one can enjoy "nature as it is."
However, we do not intend to repeat the same thing.
The reason for the U30 requirement is not because we simply want "youth," but because we want free ideas untainted by industry "common sense." We look forward to ideas that break down assumptions like "this is how it should be" or "this is the norm."