Driven by the Soil

[ad_1] Photography: Nahoko Koide; courtesy: Yamazaki Kentaro Design Workshop . Itoman Gyomin Shokudo is touted as a ‘locally-sourced’ restaurant catering to the promotion of local tradition and culture through its cuisine...   Located in Itoman, Okinawa, Japan, and literally culled from its very nature – that of fishing and Ryuku limestone, native to Itoman, the restaurant is a masonry-workshop-based result, where locals were encouraged to participate in the building exercise using the traditional "Nozura-Zatsuzumi".   . The nozura-zumi style of architecture is one in which stones of all shapes and sizes are piled on top of each other; the large […]