"Ryotei Kawabun Digital Art Kaiseki 2024" produced by HITOHATA,INC. was held at Ryotei Kawabun (Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture) from January 11 (Thu.) to 12 (Fri.), 2024. （The event was held at Ryotei Kawabun (Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture) from January 11 to 12, 2024.

This event was a special limited-time dinner program combining Japanese kaiseki cuisine and table projection mapping at Kawabun, Nagoya's oldest ryotei restaurant with a 400-year history.

Kawabun is Nagoya's oldest active and well-established ryotei restaurant, founded around the time of the construction of Nagoya Castle in the Edo period (1603-1868). Since the Meiji period, it has been visited by a number of Japanese and foreign dignitaries, including successive prime ministers such as Hirobumi Ito, Shigeru Yoshida, and Kakuei Tanaka, and former French President Mitterrand, and in November 2019, the dinner hosted by the foreign minister of the "G20 Aichi and Nagoya Foreign Ministers' Meeting" was held at the restaurant In November 2019, a dinner hosted by the foreign ministers of the G20 Aichi and Nagoya Foreign Ministers' Meeting was held. The main building of the ryotei restaurant and other buildings are registered as a Tangible Cultural Property of Japan.

While enjoying Nagoya's best 12-course Japanese kaiseki dinner, digital art images using projection mapping were projected onto the plates and tables in accordance with the menu.

Outline of the event

[Name] Ryotei Kawabun Digital Art Dinner 2024 (Registered Tangible Cultural Property)

[Dates] January 11 (Thu.) & 12 (Fri.), 2024

Doors open: 17:30 Course begins: 18:00 Course ends: 19:30

[Venue] Ryotei Kawabun Shinyotei (2-12-19 Marunouchi, Naka-ku, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture)

[Program Contents] This is a special dinner program for a limited time only, combining Japanese kaiseki cuisine and table projection mapping at Kawabun, Nagoya's oldest ryotei restaurant with a 400-year history. While enjoying Nagoya's best 12-course Japanese kaiseki cuisine, digital art images were projected on the plates and tables in accordance with the menu.

[Price] 22,000 yen per person (tax included, drinks included), minimum 2 persons and maximum 4 persons per couple

*The price includes kaiseki cuisine (12 dishes), drinks (alcoholic and soft), and digital art direction.

[Organizer,Planning and Production] HITOHATA,INC.

[Cooperation] Ryotei Kawabun

What is Ryotei Kawabun?

Kawabun is the oldest established ryotei restaurant in Nagoya, founded by Kawachiya Bunzaemon as a fishmonger around the time of the construction of Nagoya Castle in the Edo period. After the Meiji era, the restaurant became a guesthouse and was visited by many important people from Japan and abroad, including prime ministers such as Hirobumi Ito, Shigeru Yoshida, and Kakuei Tanaka, as well as former French President François Mitterrand. Aichi and Nagoya Foreign Ministers' Meeting" was held in November 2019.