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Besides visiting outdoor cherry blossom spots, a bar in Tokyo’s Shinjuku offers an alternative indoor cherry blossom experience. RICCA Bar is a flower-viewing (hanami)-themed bar that incorporates this elegant activity into its space design, creating a vibrant pink floral sea indoors to preserve the beauty of cherry blossoms within the bar.
RICCA Bar offers an alternative indoor cherry blossom experience (Photo / Roito, Nacasa & Partners Inc., the same below)
A Dreamy Bar Inspired by Hanami (Cherry Blossom Viewing)
Cherry blossoms bloom for a short period, reaching their most beautiful peak for just a few days before falling without hesitation. Echoing the spirit revered in Japanese bushido, the Japanese design team Roito inherited this sentiment and designed the bar inspired by hanami.
The Japanese design team Roito inherited this sentiment and designed the bar inspired by hanami
The design team transplanted the traditional beauty of cherry blossoms, with petal motifs rendered in modern resin materials. Various semi-transparent resin film petals intertwine across the ceiling to form a colorful floral sea, which, under the play of light, blooms into an everlasting cherry blossom scene.
Petal motifs rendered in modern resin materials
RICCA Bar is located in Kagurazaka, which, along with Shinbashi (Ginza), Akasaka, Higashi (Nihonbashi Ningyōchō), Mukōjima, and Asakusa, is known as one of Tokyo’s six major hanamachi (cherry blossom entertainment districts). The area features old streets from Japan’s Meiji and Showa eras, interspersed with Western-style cottage architecture, blending ancient and modern vibes for a uniquely retro and fashionable charm.
RICCA Bar is located in Kagurazaka
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