New wave of Japanese restaurants hits Singapore shores

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Portrait of chefs Andrew Lin (left), 44, and Naoya Nakamura (right), 45, who will be fronting a new restaurant at Carlton Hotel, on March 10, 2025.

Chefs Andrew Lin (left) and Naoya Nakamura will lead the team at Keijo, which takes the space at Carlton Hotel to be vacated by Shinji by Kanesaka, on March 31.

ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM

SINGAPORE – Like the famous Hokusai woodblock print The Great Wave Off Kanagawa, the wave of Japanese restaurants opening in Singapore is great and never-ending.

Never mind that people here flock to Japan every chance they get. Never mind that the Japanese restaurant scene here has had its share of closures.

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