"Intimacy was non-negotiable" for Kelly Wearstler when interior designing Kappo Kappo, a charred-wood-clad French and Japanese restaurant at the Austin Proper Hotel in Texas. More about Kelly Wearstler wants diners to "feel completely present" at low-lit fusion restaurant
Rustic oak from a 300-year-old wine press was used to craft the interior of Shii, a tiny Japanese restaurant in Helsinki designed by local designer Joanna Laajisto. More about Joanna Laajisto uses reclaimed oak for everything at Helsinki restaurant Shii
New York-based Islyn Studio look to a nearby Miami Beach marina when designing the interiors of a Japanese restaurant, blending "tropical brutalism with the elegance of Japanese deco". More about Islyn Studio combines raw and refined materials in Miami Beach restaurant
Japanese studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has refurbished the interiors of the Endo at the Rotunda sushi restaurant at the former BBC Television Centre in London. More about Kengo Kuma designs London sushi restaurant with undulating wooden bench
Montreal-based architecture office Future Simple Studio has designed minimalist interiors with white oak and textured concrete for a sushi restaurant in Quebec City. More about Future Simple Studio creates "brutalist and serene" sushi restaurant in Canada
Artworks are dotted throughout the interior of restaurant L'Abysse Monte Carlo in Monaco, for which its designers Laurence Bonnel and Rowin Atelier took cues from the Seto Inland Sea archipelago. More about Laurence Bonnel creates tactile restaurant interior informed by Japanese archipelago
Vertical fins of live-edge wood, which was sourced from fallen street trees, divide spaces at this Japanese restaurant in Los Angeles by local studio ORA. More about ORA utilises LA's fallen street trees inside Uchi West Hollywood restaurant
French designer Rudy Guénaire has created the interiors of Japanese restaurant Matsuri in Paris, combining wooden furniture covered in lacquer with pastel-coloured domes informed by Frank Lloyd Wright. More about Rudy Guénaire draws on American modernism for Matsuri restaurant interior
Studio Pirajean Lees paired oxblood tiles with intricate wooden joinery at the Kioku sushi restaurant and sake bar, within central London's OWO hotel, to reference the head chef 's travels. More about Pirajean Lees draws on Japanese and Spanish design for Kioku restaurant and bar
Interiors studio Rosendale Design used paper pendants to illuminate hand-painted red-and-gold walls in the first overseas outpost of Japanese steakhouse Aragawa in London. More about Lanterns dangle through hole between floors in "UK's most expensive steak" restaurant
A bamboo canopy modelled on stingrays tops Overwater Restaurant, which architecture studio Atelier Nomadic has added to a lagoon in the Maldives. More about Stingray-shaped roof crowns Maldives restaurant by Atelier Nomadic
Japanese studios Td-Atelier and Endo Shorijo Design have transformed a townhouse in Kyoto into a noodle restaurant that combines traditional residential details with modern geometric interventions. More about Soba restaurant Kawamichiya takes over century-old townhouse in Kyoto
Paris-based lifestyle brand Kitsuné has opened a cafe next to its boutique in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, both with minimalist interiors featuring white oak and stainless steel. More about Café Kitsuné Los Angeles features Parisian-style interiors with "Japanese twist"
New York design studio Polonsky & Friends has lined this tiny New York omakase restaurant with burl wood veneer panels, while its counters and cabinetry are coloured to resemble bird feathers. More about Bird feathers and burls inform New York restaurant by Polonsky & Friends
Valencian design studio Masquespacio has completed a dine-in restaurant for takeaway sushi chain Ichi Station in Milan, with interiors designed to resemble a futuristic spaceship. More about Space tourism informs design of Ichi Station sushi restaurant in Milan
A "psychedelic inverted cabin" provided Canadian studio Frank Architecture with the design narrative for this Japanese casual bar and restaurant in Banff, Alberta. More about Hello Sunshine features "unlikely juxtaposition" of Japanese psychedelia and cabins
Emirati studio VSHD Design has completed a dark and dramatic interior for a restaurant in The Dubai Mall, featuring a pared-back palette of natural materials chosen to reflect Japanese minimalism. More about VSHD Design creates "intriguing and mysterious" interior for sushi restaurant Origami
A Japanese house and restaurant are contained within this mud-covered building by architect Junya Ishigami, which was crafted by pouring concrete into holes in the ground. More about Junya Ishigami hides mud-covered house and restaurant below ground level in Japan
Canadian studio Frank Architecture has designed a Japanese restaurant in Calgary where wood panelling, low lighting and corduroy-upholstered chairs all contribute to a cosy atmosphere. More about Frank Architecture creates intimate setting for Calgary's Lonely Mouth noodle bar
Elements of traditional Japanese architecture and design are combined and given a contemporary spin by New York studio Rockwell Group at this sushi restaurant in Manhattan. More about Rockwell Group takes maximalist approach to Japanese design at Katsuya NYC restaurant