This special exhibition focuses on rice bowls, created with the wish that you will "enjoy your rice even more" during autumn when the new rice is at its tastiest.

Please find your own "ultimate rice bowl"!

An evening spent alone, sipping your favorite drink and nibbling on snacks. A dinner table where you share the day's events with family. A gathering with friends where the conversation just keeps going. There are as many ways to enjoy drinks and snacks as there are people. Whether you drink or not, everyone can enjoy themselves at their own pace. With such a table in mind, FOOD FOR THOUGHT once again presents a lighthearted and sophisticated tableware collection.

This year marks the sixth “Bishu Kakou Exhibition.”
This special exhibition brings together fine sake and food pairings, glassware and tableware to enhance that experience, and other related items.

In addition to glasses, sake cups, and tokuri, you will find tableware and small bowls that complement your food. We hope you will look through these items not just as “sake accessories,” but as pieces that might fit into your own daily life.

Pieces that naturally find their way to your hand at the daily table, their quality felt with every use. The works of ceramic artist Atsuji Funakushi and metalworker Yuichi Takemata possess such undeniable appeal.

Those who begin with a single piece and gradually add more. Those who purchase the same items for their entire family. In working with the two artists’ pieces over many years, we have met many such customers. Becoming fully integrated into daily life and eventually becoming indispensable—that is surely why these pieces continue to be cherished for so long.

Not only can you enjoy the beauty of the tableware and cutlery individually, but their compatibility when brought together at the table is also exceptional. Plating the food, picking it up, and bringing it to your mouth. We invite you to explore the work of these two artists together, which thoughtfully enhances every step of this seamless experience.

This event will be held in April, when the flowers of Shinjuku Gyoen, right in front of the LAB, will surely be in full bloom.

I would be delighted if we could all fully enjoy the tastes of the season together.

Reservations required all day / Tickets are on sale at our ticket reservation site (foodforthoughtshop.net)!

Secure your favorite items early. We are introducing newly arrived works by artists.