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simple” is about the materials like wood-
en table and mortar floor, which seem to
be built with the same substance. Talking
about design, we only used straight lines
and no curves; most of the lines are
horizontal and vertical. Also, keeping in
mind traditional Japanese architecture,
we used a perfect shape of a circle. Our
logo means Tokyo Saryo, as I turned the
Kanji characters into geometric design.
As you can see all the lines are straight
and horizontal or vertical.”
“For Japanese people, green tea is
seen as two different drinks: tea for cer-
emonies and bottled tea. People like green
tea but they still do not quite understand
it. One of the reasons of it is that nothing
is suitable for witty modern Japanese
culture. We wanted to change it; Sangen-
jaya is the best place to open our first
store, ‘Jaya’ means teahouse so this place
somehow has ‘tea roots’ and the atmo-
sphere around the shop is really nice and
cozy, it is kind of fusion between old and
new, and I am not talking about its age
only.” said Mikito.

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