Authenticity blends into your daily life
日常に溶け込むオーセンティック
Delicately designed and crafted, its birthplace is the most natural place for it to be.But once it crosses the sea, when the light hits from another angle, new value is added to it.It changes to suit your lifestyle and eventually it becomes a part of everyday life.
It's authentic , but at the same time it breaks with stereotypes Abroad, it is bound to be loved for a long time...
Japanese restaurants
Create "Little Japan" in Europe
I produce a place where you can feel Japan from food and service.
Japanese products
Tradition and inheritance
I introduce to Europe the traditional Japanese techniques that want to be inherited 100 years from now.
European products
Jewelry and fashion item
I plan and operate pop-up stores all over Japan to convey European fashion to Japanese women.
Kanako Tanimoto
Founder / Director
Kanako Tanimoto was born in Wakayama, Japan.
She studied abroad in Germany on two separate occasions while attending Japanese high school and university. After graduating from Ritsumeikan university in Kyoto, she joined Recruit Co., Ltd. where she engaged in restaurant consulting & marketing for 8 years. In 2012, she launched "Schatz", an imported jewelry shop with the desire to encourage Japanese women to foster their individuality.
Kanako moved to the Netherlands in 2016.
The following year, she opened "Don-Kounosuke", an izakaya-style restaurant based around the Japanese rice bowl dish, with the concept of "an authentic Japanese restaurant abroad, that can be enjoyed on a daily basis". Two months after the opening, it was selected as Restaurant of the Year by the local newspaper Frisse Mosterd. Don-Kounosuke has been published in the gourmet guide Gault et Millau every year since its opening, and has been featured in many other magazines such as VOGUE, ELLE, and LINDA.
In 2020, a second restaurant, "Japanese Udon dining Kakunosuke", was opened. There, Kanako stands as Okami, the hostess, in kimono.
Currently, Kanako is preparing a collaboration product between an indigo dyer from Tokushima prefecture.Working in a wide range of industries including fashion and restaurants, Kanako engages in activities that cultivate exotic passion across the sea...
