Architect Kengo Kuma oversees the store design
The Kubara Honke Group will open a new flagship store for Kayanoya, a brand developed by Kubara Honke Co., Ltd. Designed under the supervision of leading Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, this flagship store will promote the appeal of Japan's dashi culture both domestically and internationally, and will offer carefully selected dashi ingredients and high-quality gift items that are only available at Kayanoya stores nationwide.
About Kayanoya in Ginza, Tokyo
Kayanoya has continued to create products that connect Japanese food culture to the modern dining table, while cherishing the ingredients, including its flagship product, "Kayanoya Dashi." At the newly opened flagship store, "Tokyo Ginza Kayanoya," we will more carefully guide you through the profound world of "dashi" made from carefully selected ingredients, allowing you to experience its charm to your heart's content. We also offer high-quality gifts unique to the Ginza store, perfect for expressing your feelings to loved ones.
We will deliver the wonders of Japanese dashi and food culture to people both in Japan and overseas from this place where people from all over the world gather.
1st floor: A dedicated corner for dried foods from all over the country
The first floor embodies Kayanoya's commitment to ingredients, and in addition to its mainstay dashi products, the store will offer over 20 types of dried goods, the core of the store, available individually. The store offers a selection of products that allow you to experience Japanese food culture, including bonito flakes, kelp, charcoal-grilled flying fish, and dried flying fish, all carefully selected by Kayanoya from all over Japan.
We also offer five varieties of "Kayanoya Selected Ingredients Dried Food Kits" (Tokyo, Nagoya, Noto, Kyoto, Hakata), which combine regionally distinctive dried ingredients. We also offer recipes for regional cuisine. Experience Japan's rich dashi culture in the comfort of your own home.
We also have a wide range of other items available, including "Special Kayanoya Dashi" and "Dashi Chazuke Eel," which are only available at the Ginza store.
2nd floor: Dashi-inari, a gift exclusive to Ginza, Tokyo
The second floor, where you can enjoy leisurely shopping, offers a selection of carefully selected gift items. In addition to "Special Order Miyabi Dashi" and "Special Order Sansho Nama Shichimi," we also offer special items that can only be found here, such as special Kayanoya cookies from Régis d., a renowned French pastry shop in Ichijoji, Kyoto. We will also be selling "Tokyo Ginza Kayanoya Limited Edition Dashi Inari" as a souvenir.
Furthermore, the store will also offer beautiful tools related to Japanese food, as well as a gallery, providing a cultural experience.
"Tokyo Ginza Kayanoya" store overview
Location: 3-4-8 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Opening date: Friday, November 21, 2025
Business hours: 11:00-20:00 (planned)
Store area: 60 tsubo (1st floor: 30 tsubo, 2nd floor: 30 tsubo)
Design supervision: Kengo Kuma and Associates
[Experience Japanese food culture in a space designed by Kengo Kuma]
The store was designed by architect Kengo Kuma, who has also worked on the National Stadium.
The warm exterior, with its cedar lattice eaves reminiscent of a thatched roof, will breathe new life into the Ginza streetscape.
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Kengo Kuma
Born in 1954. Founded Kengo Kuma & Associates in 1990. After serving as a professor at Keio University and the University of Tokyo, he is currently a distinguished professor and professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo and a member of the Japan Art Academy. He has projects underway in over 50 countries. He proposes architecture that opens up new relationships between nature, technology, and humans. His major works include "Kengo Kuma's Onomatopoeia: The Grounding of Architecture" (Ex-Knowledge), "Japanese Architecture" (Iwanami Shinsho), "All Works" (Daiwa Shobo), "Points, Lines, and Planes" (Iwanami Shoten), "Losing Architecture" (Iwanami Shoten), "Natural Architecture," "Small Architecture" (Iwanami Shinsho), and many others.
[Major limited items]
*Quantity and price may be subject to change.
● Kayanoya carefully selected dried ingredients <br /> Charcoal-grilled flying fish, dried flying fish niboshi, dried bonito flakes (without blood), chicken flakes, Rishiri kelp, donko shiitake mushrooms, thick white oboro kelp, heso daikon radish, etc.
●Special Kayanoya Dashi <br /> Price: 3,564 yen (tax included) Contents: 160g (8g x 20 packets)
Gift Boxed Special Kayanoya Dashi <br /> Price: ¥4,320 (tax included) Contents: 160g (8g x 20 packets)
Kayanoya Select Ingredients Dried Food Kit (5 varieties) Tokyo/Nagoya/Noto/Kyoto/Hakata Price: From 3,780 yen each (tax included)
●Tokyo Ginza Kayanoya Limited Edition Dashi Inari <br /> Price: ・5 pieces: 1,620 yen (tax included) ・10 pieces: 3,240 yen (tax included) ・15 pieces: 4,860 yen (tax included)
"Oryori Kayanoya" is a restaurant that connects the Japanese culture from Kyushu to the future.
"Oryori Kayanoya" is the restaurant where the Kayanoya brand began.
While Kayanoya Dashi has become known throughout the country, what is surprisingly little known is that its roots lie in one restaurant. Kayanoya opened in 2005, deep in the countryside of Fukuoka's Hisayama Town. Here, chefs use local, seasonal ingredients to create dishes that cherish the natural flavors of the ingredients, as well as dishes that incorporate traditional wisdom. This is the brand's headquarters, embodying Kayanoya's vision of "passing on Japanese culture rooted in the local community to the future."
A spectacular thatched roof, one of the largest in western Japan
Just under an hour from central Fukuoka, a drive through the lush countryside brings to mind a magnificent thatched-roof building reminiscent of a Japanese folktale. Said to be the largest in western Japan, this impressive thatched roof was handcrafted by artisans from around the country, primarily from Hita, Oita. The desire to preserve the traditional techniques passed down through the generations for the future is also the driving force behind the creation of this place. In 2025, 20 years after opening, the roof was completely re-thatched for the first time.
About Kayanoya
[About Kayanoya]
Kayanoya is a food brand that sells seasonings and foods that bring out the best in ingredients, including Kayanoya Dashi, and preserves local ingredients and Japanese food culture. Originating from Kayanoya Cuisine in the countryside of Fukuoka, the brand delivers to customers through 33 stores nationwide, mail order, and the web. While valuing seasonal ingredients and seasonal customs, the brand also offers recipes and culinary ideas that allow you to enjoy the joy of food. https://www.kayanoya.com/
[About the Kubara Honke Group]
This comprehensive food manufacturer has its origins in a soy sauce brewery founded in 1893. It operates brands such as "Hakata Shobouan," which values the creation of flavors that are characteristic of Hakata; "Kayanoya," which sells seasonings and foods that bring out the best in ingredients; "Kubara," which offers the ago dashi series that makes the most of the umami flavor of flying fish dashi, and the umatare series; and "Hokkaido Kubara," "Hokkaido Shobouan," and "Hokkaido Food Warehouse," which promote Hokkaido ingredients and food culture. http://www.kubarahonke.com/
[Official SNS accounts]
Kayanoya Instagram (@kayanoya.official): https://www.instagram.com/kayanoya.official/
Kubara Honke X (@kubara_honke): https://X.com/kubara_honke
(The information contained in this news release is current as of the date of publication. Please note that it may differ from the latest information.)
[Kubara Honke Co., Ltd.] Press Release
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