The story of the Daruma couple in Takakura-dori, Kyoto. The story of a couple, Dharma and their husband and wife, who are trying out different types of sushi. The event will be held from June 1 (Sun.) to July 31 (Thu.)!

Fun International Inc. (Head office: Chuo-ku, Osaka; Representative Director: Ryuji Fukuda; hereinafter "the Company"), which operates restaurants such as "Kushiyaki Manten" and "Komefuku" mainly in Kyoto and Osaka, is holding a fair "Sumi-Roman" and "Sushi-Roman" in the Karasuma area of Kyoto, which are located across Takakura-dori from each other. The fair will be held from June 1 (Sun.) to July 31 (Thu.) for a limited time, with characters from each restaurant introducing their limited menus, which use "meat" and "fish," which are each restaurant's specialties.

Exterior view of Sumi-Roman

Exterior view of Sushi-Roman

Colorful Kyo Hako-zushi "Kanpachi Gozen" and "Miyako Gozen"

■Incorporating stories into restaurants to build new store development

　Fun International Co.

Founded in 1997, we are engaged in a wide range of restaurant design and design, production, and marketing businesses, in addition to managing our own restaurant brands, under the banner of creating dining spaces that bring life to food and beverage brands. In the food and beverage business, we are building a new brand involving stories, and have begun developing the "Ro-Man" series, the first of its kind, mainly in historic Kyoto machiya properties in the Karasuma area of Kyoto.

Opening in May 2023, "Nishiki Agaru Sumi-Roman" is a retro space in a renovated 90-year-old Kyoto machiya that has gained a reputation on SNS for looking like a Ghibli movie and is crowded with inbound and Japanese tourists every day. The live atmosphere of the restaurant, which offers a colorful menu including such specialties as Robatayaki (grilled meat), creates a unique atmosphere with the Daruma character "Kanpachi" designed throughout the restaurant.

Across the street from "Nishiki Agaru Sumi-Roman" is "Sushi and Robata Sushi-Roman," a "married couple" restaurant that opened on January 31, 2025, run by "Miyako," the wife of "Kanpachi" of "Nishiki Agaru Sumi-Roman. Under the common concept of "a special Robata time to be enjoyed in a quaint Kyoto townhouse," their specialties are fish grilled aromatically over an open hearth and cute, Kyoto-style tama-zushi (sushi balls).

In addition to these two restaurants, the "Ro-man" series is scheduled to be launched in the future in the area of "Yoinomachi Komachi", which is dotted with 100-year-old machiya houses, where the characters of each restaurant will come to life, and where the story of machiya houses will continue to expand through culinary culture.

Yoi no Machi Komachi" is dotted with 100-year-old machiya houses.

■"Sumi-Roman" and "Sushi-Roman" couple will be performing a taste contest together, the first theme being "Kyo Hako-zushi".

To help visitors feel the stories of both restaurants, a limited menu will be offered simultaneously from June 1 (Sun.) to July 31 (Thu.) under the theme of "Sumi-Roman" and "Sushi-Roman" #Married Couple Taste Competition. This is a fair where you can taste "Kyo Hako-zushi," a type of sushi that makes the most of the ingredients and cooking methods of each chef.

At the "Sumi-Roman" and "Sushi-Roman" #Couple Taste Test, both restaurants will offer a limited quantity of "Kyo Hako-zushi". The "Kyo-Hako zushi" is a small box filled with a variety of different dishes, and is designed to be visually appealing and exciting when the lid of the box is opened. Also of note is the story that unfolds between "Kanpachi and Miyako," two beloved characters from "Nishiki Agaru Sumi-Roman" and "Sushi and Robata Sushi-Roman. We are proposing a new way of creating a restaurant that takes advantage of the characters and the location.

As professionals in the field of food space creation and restaurant management, we will continue to develop new business models based on superior space creation and new ideas, and continue to provide restaurants with a high level of customer satisfaction.

■Outline of the Fair

Fair title: "Sumi-Roman" and "Sushi Roman" #Taste Comparison for Couples.

Fair Period: June 1, 2025 (Sun) - July 31, 2025 (Thu)

Details: "Kyo Hako-zushi Kanpachi Gozen Colored Small Box" at "Nishiki Kamigamiru Sumirou Roman" and "Sushi and Robata Sushi" at "Nishiki Agaru Sumi-Roman",

Sushi and Robata Sushi Roboroman Sushi Robata" and "Kyo Hako-zushi Miyako Gozen Colored Small Box" at "Sushi and Robata Sushi-Roman" respectively.

Restaurants: "Nishiki Agaru Sumi-Roman" and "Sushi and Robata Sushi Roman".

■Fair menu:

Nishiki Agaru Sumi-Roman

Kyo Hako-zushi Kanpachi Gozen Colored Small Box 

2,200 yen (2,420 yen including tax)

1st Box: Beef tongue on rice

The savory salted tongue, which is roasted over a charcoal fire and packed with flavor, goes great with white rice.

2nd box: Snacks

Charcoal-grilled tender beef ribs with early summer pickles for color.

3rd Box: Meat Sushi

Awa black beef that melts in your mouth is made into meat sushi. A small treat for the whole family.

Sushi and Robata Sushi-Roman

Kyo-Hako zushi Miyako gozen colorful small box" 

2,200 yen (2,420 yen including tax)

1st Box: Chirashi Sushi

Chirashi Sushi with salmon, shrimp, tobiko, egg, snap peas, etc.

The chirashi-zushi is so gorgeous that it will make you scream the moment you open the lid.

2nd Box: Nibbles

Gindara (cod), which is popular on the Irori grill, is grilled to a savory flavor and served with colorful early summer pickles.

3rd Box:TAMAZUSHI

Popular ingredients such as salmon, tuna, sea bream, yellowtail, and prawns are rounded into cute ball-shaped sushi.

Colorful "Kanpachi Gozen" and "Miyako Gozen" Kyo Bako Zushi

■Store Character

One of the features of "Nishiki Agaru Sumi-Roman" and "Sushi and Robata Sushi-Roman" is that each restaurant has its own character. The characters are a couple of Daruma dolls who used to live near Nishiki Market, and the two restaurants are positioned as husband and wife restaurants.

The character of "Nishiki Agaru Sumi-Roman" is Kanpachi. The "Kan" in Kanpachi represents a man's belief in his own strength and his desire to support the pillars of Sumirouman. The character of "Sushi and Robata Sushi-Roman" is Miyako. The name "Miyako" is based on the wish for a "bustling city where people gather" while inheriting the traditions of Kyoto. Not only do KANPACHI and MIYAKO adorn their respective stores, but also the fair bears their names.

The characters Kanpachi and Miyako interact with each other as husband and wife.

■Store Information

Store name ： Nishiki Agaru Sumi-Roman

Location ： 561 Kaiya-cho, Nishiki-koji-agaru, Takakura-dori, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto

Business Hours ： Monday-Friday 17:00-23:30(L.O. 23:00)

　　　　　　 Sat, Sun, Holidays 16:00-23:30(L.O. 23:00)

Telephone number : 075-746-7999

Holidays ： None

Store size ： 64 tsubo/92 seats (44 seats on 1st floor, 48 seats on 2nd floor)

Opening Date ： May 26, 2023

Instagram ： https://www.instagram.com/sumi.roman/

Appearance of Sumiroman

Name ： Sushi and Robata Sushi-Roman

Location ： 562-2 Kaiya-cho, Nishiki-koji-agaru, Takakura-dori, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto

Business Hours： Monday-Friday 17:00-23:30 (L.O. 23:00)

　　　　　　 Sat, Sun, Holidays 16:00-23:30(L.O. 23:00)

Telephone number : 075-754-8601

Holidays ： None

Store size ： 42 tsubo/57 seats

Opening Date ： January 20, 2025

Instagram ： https://www.instagram.com/sushi_roman_/

Exterior view of Sushi Ro-Man

■About Fun International Co.

Established in 1997. As a group of professionals who create dining spaces, we create restaurants (creative business), operate restaurants (food and beverage business), and make restaurants prosper (design and marketing business), realizing one-stop business development of all these elements necessary for restaurants. By utilizing the know-how cultivated through the operation of our own directly managed stores in store development, we are able to provide highly accurate store development in all aspects at a low cost. In the restaurant business, we currently operate seven brands: "Kushiyaki Manten," "Tempura Sushi Kaisen Komefuku," "Nishiki Agaru Sumi-Roman," "Sushi and Robata Sushi-Roman," "SUMI TERRACE," "Taishu-sukiyaki Hokuto," and "Odenya Takeshi". We continue to introduce new business models based on superior space creation and new ideas, and embody the ability to create restaurants that sell and continue to sell with a high level of customer satisfaction.

(As of May 28, 2025)

Company Profile

Company name : FUN INTERNATIONAL Inc.

Establishment ： July 1997

Head Office: 3-6-1 Hiranomachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka

　　　　　 Head Office : 3-6-1 Hiranomachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka City, Osaka, Japan

Representative ： Representative Director Ryuji Fukuda

Business activities: Design and construction, graphic design, processing of old wood and manufacture of store fixtures,

　　　　　 Food and beverage business, production and marketing business,

　　　　　 Meat processing and food sales business

URL ： https://fun-no1.com