Chinese Cuisine Guotai Hotel

Kokutai Hanten, a Chinese restaurant that has long been a beloved tenant in the Kyobashi Dai-ichi Seimei Building in Chuo Ward, Tokyo, has relocated to the Kyobashi Soseikan building across the intersection following the building's reconstruction and has reopened in a newly renovated location.
Located facing the Kyobashi intersection and just a short walk from Kyobashi Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line, this Chinese restaurant enjoys high recognition and remains a beloved local establishment, used for both everyday meals and business entertaining, just as it was before its relocation.


[Social Issues / Customer Issues / Requests]
Since the relocation was due to the rebuilding of the existing store building, the customer requested that we maintain the layout of the kitchen, the number of private rooms, and the number of seats, given the high demand for banquets at the store.


[Solution]
While referencing the layout of existing stores, we created a layout plan tailored to the new store space, and made improvements to enhance usability to meet customer requests.
In addition, the relocation changed the store from one with only the entrance facing the street to a street-level store with two glass sides facing the road. To make it instantly recognizable as a Chinese restaurant, we effectively used Chinese lattice work, increasing recognition among more customers, improving visibility inside the store, and creating an inviting concept design.
Furthermore, the privacy of the individual rooms is also addressed by effectively utilizing lattice doors, providing a solution to the conflicting objectives of maintaining both visibility from the outside and privacy.


<Our project members>
[Sales & Project Management] Haruyasu Niinuma, Keisuke Ogata, Hidehiko Sugihara
[design, layout] Toshiyuki Taya
[Production and construction] Miyuki Nakamura, Shota Chizaki