Fumihiko Sano Studio has created a cafe and shop for San Francisco chocolatier Dandelion Chocolate, which occupies a century-old house in Kyoto, Japan.
Dandelion Chocolate is a small-batch bean-to-bar craft chocolate maker from San Francisco that has cafes dotted across the US and Japan.
The brand's latest Kyoto branch is located on a quiet street in the city's Ichinenzaka neighbourhood.

Shortlisted in the restaurant and bar category of the 2019 Dezeen Awards, the 200-square-metre cafe is arranged over two floors of a 100-year-old timber-framed house.
It comprises a cacao bar where customers can order pairings of alcohol with chocolate desserts, a shop and a traditional Japanese courtyard garden.

The self-titled studio of Tokyo architect Fumihiko Sano, which was charged with developing the cafe's interiors, opted to use cedarwood as the main material for the project. "Considering the parallels between craft chocolate and cedar, both require authentic craftsmanship and carefully selected natural ingredients ? so I made the decision to place cedar at the centre of materials used for this project," said Sano, who began his career as a Sukiya-Daiku ? a carpenter for traditional teahouses.
"Cedarwood is also one of the main materials of Japanese architecture."

The interior of the building was completely renovated years ago, making it impossible for the studio to know exactly what it would have originally looked like. However, Sano's redesign features the ...