Japan House São Paulo

This guide to Japan House São Paulo follows chef Telma Shiraishi's restaurant Aizome, built not for tourists on Avenida Paulista but for homesick members of the city's Japanese community, inside architect Kengo Kuma's cypress-wood building. It traces the two rules Shiraishi cooks by, one built on the flavor of a mother's home cooking and one on how a plate looks, and how Kuma's filtered light echoes them. Stand at the entrance and notice how the wooden screen filters the avenue's glare.