Located on the farthest end of Japan, Shiretoko Peninsula, the town of Rausu is known as a world heritage site as well as a treasure trove of food. Ezora serves fresh seafood and seasonal vegetables delivered from Rausu by ‘Robata’ style - grilling over hot charcoal.
The restaurant is in ‘TOKYO TORCH,’ a newly opened commercial complex directly connected to Tokyo Station. For the interior of the restaurant, salmon boxes are used on the pillars, ceiling, and countertops bringing the powerful atmosphere of Rausu to the center of Tokyo. A total of 300 salmon boxes were modified into small items, to large furniture: menu boards, uniforms, hygienic protection screens, stackable stools at the entrance, and movable Horigotatsu (a table with a recessed floor) on the terrace.

D&DEPARTMENT aims to deal in life-long design. To give some variety to the store with many industrial products, the cashier counter was renovated with cut pieces of salmon boxes, overlapping them like fish scales.
They also installed a fitting room, reusing industrial display furniture. To be easily dismantled and build by anyone, the wooden plates, which are made by combining pieces of salmon boxes, are divided into a few parts. This simple process is taught in a workshop.

Gotenzan Tea Lab is a small coffee stand furnished with reused wooden materials and donated furniture.
It features a coffee dripper stand, display shelves, and a doghouse. Applying the boxes’ original function as a carrier, the boxes are stacked as shelves. They are light and easy to handle, suitable as a stall counter for an event.

Located on the same site as ARAMAKI BASE is a treehouse decorated with salmon boxes. Young elementary school children also joined this project. The salmon box pieces were used all over on the exterior wall, inside floor, bed, and counter. It is like a small showroom. The view from a big window is breathtaking each season. You can sleep over in the house with Wi-Fi and power outlets.