Website design
A distinctive, mobile-first website with a readable menu, opening hours, photos, directions and clear ways to get in touch.
From Fukuoka, for Japanese restaurants abroad.
Websites with a taste of Japan.
I’m Ryo, born and raised in Fukuoka. Through Project UMACA, I create and care for websites for Japanese restaurants abroad — bringing out what makes your place special so local guests can understand, remember and choose it.
For independent Japanese restaurants
Your place, brought to life online.
Starting without a website? We can start with your menu, your photos and a conversation. The direction comes from your restaurant and the people you serve.
Your story, thoughtfully told
Japanese food knowledge translated for your local guests. Real details and owner-approved copy, without invented origins or a new identity forced on your restaurant.
Ongoing website care
Send a new menu, updated hours or replacement photos by email. Agreed changes are checked, backed up and published, with a previous version available for recovery.
No custom booking or payment systems. If you already use a booking or ordering service, we can link to it. Scope, care fees and the options at contract end are agreed in writing before work starts.
Explore the possibilities
Different places.
Different personalities.
Three fictional concepts showing how season, place and hospitality can shape a restaurant’s story. These are design explorations, not client projects.
SushiConcept
A counter that follows the edge of the season.
A fictional sushi room whose menu, language and pace are organized around seasonal transition rather than luxury clichés.
Explore sushiRamenConcept
Hakata rhythm, translated for a different night.
A fictional ramen room that borrows no facade, but learns from counter intimacy, speed and the personal ritual of the second noodle serving.
Explore ramenMatchaConcept
Tea craft before green decoration.
A fictional matcha bar built around preparation, host attention and the contrast between bitterness and seasonal sweetness.
Explore matchaAll three studies are fictional. They make no claim of an existing client, producer relationship, ingredient source or measured result.
Ryo from Japan
Born in Fukuoka.
Always thinking about food.
I grew up in Fukuoka, where “umaka” means “delicious.” It is the word behind Project UMACA.
For me, food is personal: what makes a bowl worth coming back for, how a small detail changes a meal, and why a place stays with you.
I bring that curiosity to Japanese restaurants abroad. Not to tell you how Japanese your restaurant should be, but to help what is special about it come through to your own guests.
Say hello to Ryo ↗From first conversation to ongoing care
A clear next step.
At every step.
- 01
Research the restaurant, its guests, local market and current evidence.
- 02
Bring one restaurant-specific premise to the owner and verify the facts, rights and commercial details together.
- 03
Design the website and opening content only after the owner approves the direction.
- 04
Prepare a tested preview and publish only after a separate final approval.
- 05
Maintain the live site through managed care, backups and reviewed change requests.