- How I met the first in Shibuya of the city it is about time.

I was born in Kansai, now come in hobbling play in Tokyo at the end of the 10's. Sites to play at that time was the Shibuya. Music fashion even in Shibuya those not in Osaka, especially Shibuya of information also in Tokyo had been entered most. And acquaintance increases while you are coming to play in doing so, was by chance invited to anyone who wants to put a store in Tokyo. Location is was the Roppongi, but in the store feel that club and lounge is stuck, it was just space, such as their play. So, first is the feeling that "wonder if play is good for the temple?", Is why've been moved to Tokyo. It is the time of about 22 and 23 years old.

- How did you start the renovation planning?

Then, but I was the help of the planning and design of the stores in the acquaintance of the company, a certain time, the company was bankrupt. In its timing, because there was quite a job that had various gimmicks, we have created a company on their own them together. So it was with the Let's Make office, happened to the office property is gotten a story that "I is good for light food and drink" ... (laughs). Because it was originally out of a lot of company, or bar of the, or a cafe that's, become a Let create a hangout, it is that made at the time of the 29-year-old at the opportunity, it is the first of the "Conceal Cafe" that was in Sakuragaoka. Because it was the shop of about 20 seats in the facility area of ​​less than 10 square meters, but it was felt that "whether called a cafe?", We Welcome the audience than I expected to. Because it was such a beginning, subsequent flow also, thankfully, is the feeling that went was ... to increase because the audience was overflowing.

- With the image of what kind of cafe, Will advanced space development?

Because only wanted to make my place, is a space called "If creating a cozy space, this happens." We also did so, but still live in a small room a lot of people of the studio in Tokyo. So, Toka gather call friends, you do not have the room that can be such a thing. Or that a young child, I thought that be nice if there is a "my room" like a hangout for the kind of people including yourself.

- The concept of renovation from the time?

When the one store eyes there was no sense of renovation. After that, it is "Roger Cafe" in Ebisu, it was in Harajuku to the timing of the same about the "concealment Cafe Harajuku" can "Shinemapiesu". Harajuku of property was the house of a private house that has been decided is dismantling after half a year. From people you started to launch a Cat Street, received a talk that it might be used to something that houses half a year, just think that not interesting in the cafe, has proposed that the form (Cinema Cafe). Since Roger cafe was also originally mah-jongg parlor, I began to realize that "the interesting things in space that you play" is just from the neighborhood. After all, both to a location where newly built property is not Kenta quite, because it we do not budget. I want to create a store that he wants to use, financially with the feeling that I do not want to give pressure to the audience, as a result, we end up in the form of "be renovated by themselves."

- Will does it mean to "not give the financial pressure on the audience?"

As much as possible low price, we would like you to use cozy - is that. The company was in the front, with the really big money, had made a clean shop to big property. Then, it looks like that the audience is entered, actually Toka finally amortized, these shops were a lot. So, if the pains do on your own, and I want to do it a little different. Those days, because it was still a cafe properties in the renovation less, but did not think until the odds that the customer enters, rather than a business, well good at Chara, I was feeling that.

- To finish the space was renovated by themselves to those of the image as is a very?

It may not be subjected to'd like to make a more hands, to be or had to give up there of course. Just You are also things like meet precisely because do on their own "people" and "things", rest is experience. By 1 hotels we ask them to study.

- 2004, I was in a cafe and renovation strip theater of Dogenzaka?

Went after the strip theater "conceal" and "dub" is, quite tenant for a reason was the properties that do not fit. And There are acquaintances in the real estate division of a company, heard that "no more impenetrable 's leading but has attracted the tenant", I think, "What a waste of property", who put it in there, I feel that . The course such properties, is what luck is certainly risk. However, you can not only the same thing when I was the same thing with people. It does not mean there is money to start, because you do not have necessarily a highly educated and high income, all or rather reluctantly (laughs), it only did not have a choice. As a result, strongly prefer the freshness, it seems that guests amused. The first of the concealing, in the area just in furniture that was in the house, was also something like started in there dishes and pot in the house (laughs). It's not determined the name to open date is of course, the fact that "what is not enough," was the norm. Properties that are currently also involved, ostensibly is that there is a situation may look ordinary are many. None It is projects such as hard to bring the leading food and beverage industry.

- Gallery Con seal, it has art become a center for eateries.

It was made the style of the gallery conceal the first is a gallery of Ginza, Ginza, though there is a studio only that, young child does not put quite. So, I started to want to make a place such that the entrance of the Art for young people. Gallery Con seal in the now of Shibuya also, not being curated by yourself, all left to the field, I try to "entrance is wide, free space". As wide if entrance is wide, making hand side, It is especially young people who are likely to come in, also thought likely to born new ones. Areas such as art, music, and fashion, I think that it is a positive alpha of on going still alive. For example, only certain one is painting the house, because there I can be a little or a good feeling in the morning .... If going to the same live, I think, I must not have'm happy person who was important to live that kind of plus alpha. On the other hand, I think that should I get used also in place to grow the young writer and his friends. Also to Emma lounge, Ginza galleries and, also is put a lot of work was entrusted from Shibuya gallery Con seal.