“INFLORESCENCE”, which creates a design between food and plants, is what Kyoto aims for
Cafe Restaurant & Bar, which enjoy the healing power of plants " Hyssop(Hyssop) ". Here is that plenty of incorporating the elements of the Botanical in store design and menu building, GOOD NATURE STATION 4th floor, appeared to hotel entrance floor. Such Hyssop The theme of "Flowers and a plant landscape" of deals with, is Haruki Ms. Yuka Mr. and Mrs. Hirota of which engaged in the creation of between food and plant "INFLORESCENCE (Anfu Rore' Sanz)". Hyssop In the wake of the opening of Kyoto The two of you that immigration also played to the brand and that INFLORESCENCE, becomes a challenge for them "Hyssop The deployment of "Kyoto I heard a story such as immigration reasons.
What is the beginning of INFLORESCENCE?
My husband, Haruki, who worked as a service and sommelier in a gastronomy restaurant for 15 years before starting "INFLORESCENCE".
While developing a non-alcohol pairing course at the store, he worked on the interior decoration of the store using plants and the arrangement of flowers (and surprises such as hiding a ring in the arrangement!). She gained a reputation and worked as a freelance creator.
Haruki: “Before I worked at a restaurant, I studied flower arrangements in France, so I thought I could do something by crossing flowers with a restaurant or restaurant. However, as I expanded my activities, I had the opportunity to pass through an examination when I applied for an art contest, and at that time I exhibited with an approach of design between food and plants. When I made that work, I realized the future direction of expressing plants and taste as hands-on art and decided to launch INFLORESCENCE. ''
Married to Yuka who has worked in the Web industry for a long time with the launch of the brand. INFLORESCENCE has started with the creation of a landscape with flowers and plants, with a husband and husband who are both creators and a wife taking on management and PR.
Total production of the first store & menu
Since the launch of the brand, I have been involved in projects such as menu development, store production, and space decoration, including drinks from overseas restaurants and Tokyo cafe consulting, using flowers and plants.
Haruki: “In this brand name, one means“ small flowers are gathering ”like hydrangea, and the other is inflorescence (kajo), which shows the pattern of botanically flowering. INFLORESCENCE refers to inflorescences in French, plants, wine selections, cocktail creations, store space creations, and a wide range of content from us. That's what the brand name says. ''
While continuing activities based in Tokyo, I met the new project GOOD NATURE STATION.
Haruki: “In fact, the chef, who was working on GOOD NATURE MARKET, was a regular customer at the restaurant I worked for. However, they seemed to like the ones they gave me and asked if they would join GOOD NATURE STATION. ''
Tomoka: “It was originally a supervision of a recipe for a small botanical bar on the first floor… In the process of developing the concept of the facility, the botanical bar was moved to the fourth floor in a place where domestic and foreign customers come and go. The 4th floor is also the entrance floor of the hotel, so if you develop a store there, if you make it a store that can be used from morning to evening, a more unified botanical The idea of Hyssop was to make it possible for customers to enjoy the world view.It will be the first challenge for INFLORESCENCE to handle everything from stores to menus. "
Kyoto is a new source of inspiration
Hyssop begins with breakfast with plenty of wild grasses and herbs, and has a variety of menus to help you heal and purify plants, including plate lunches, desserts, tea, and alcohol-free cocktails using alcohol and Haruki's specialty plants. Can be incorporated into the body. Such
Mr. and Mrs. Hirota grew out of spending every day focusing on total production of restaurants and bars, a new challenge, and the idea of moving their activity base from Tokyo to Kyoto.
Haruki: “So far, I have been thinking about creating the“ likeness ”of each project that I have spoken to, but I feel more sensitive than ever in raising Hyssop. I decided to move to Kyoto because I started to want to refine and learn technology. ''
Yuka: “I've been thinking about migrating for about a year and a half before I went to Kyoto. Kyoto has many temples, so it's attractive to learn about history and culture, and to learn pottery. I thought Kyoto was the best way to improve myself by touching new things, so I was able to move my base without hesitation. ''
Haruki: “I'm going to the botanical garden, but now I want to go into the mountains and touch the plants and flowers to expand my ideas. The space production and menu that we work on feels like making a garden. I want to look around a lot of gardens because I love it, and I think that if I put the inspiration I gained in Kyoto into the store and menu, I can reflect the color of Kyoto. ''
Yuka: “After all, it feels different from Tokyo because you can feel the air and nature. And after I moved here, I bought a dryer, so I bought some vegetables that I could only meet in Kyoto, dried them, It has become possible to create works using them, and to create materials for works that could not be done before, depending on what we meet in Kyoto, the menu of Hyssop changes more and more. I think we will continue. ''
Food and drinks that reflect everything that Haruki and Yuka live and feel in Kyoto. Hyssop is a cafe restaurant and bar where you can feel the vitality and healing of the plants there with your eyes and your tongue. The beginning is coming soon.
Haruki Hirota
After studying in France, he started his career as a restaurant serviceman sommelier. When working at a French restaurant, in addition to space decoration and coordination using flowers and plants, so as to create drinks. In 2016, he became independent as INFLORESCENCE.
Yuka Hirota
After founding a “restaurant online reservation site” as a founding member, he started a new business and a new department at a Web company. At that time, I met Haruki-san and got married with independence as INFLORESCENCE. Currently working on management and PR while supporting her husband's creation.
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