Black Restaurant Explained

Black Restaurant known as Kurayami-gohan (a meal in the darkness) is an irregular event in which the non-profit organization SIEN (a cultural exchange group in Japan since 1997) and Higan-ji (a virtual Buddhist temple created by Japanese monks) cooperate at Ryokusen-ji, a temple in Asakusa. SIEN first introduced the concept of a “blind restaurant,” which has since spread abroad (Blinde Kuh ^[1]), and is now known in Japan as “Black Restaurant”.^[2]

Information

Higan-ji(彼岸寺)^[3] & SIEN(彩の国国際交流ネットーワーク) ^[4] 　■Location: Ryokusen-ji (緑泉寺), 1-8-5 Nishi-Asakusa, Taito ward, Tokyo.

See also

• Dans le Noir

Notes and References

1. Web site: Blindekuh . 2009-01-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090201120755/http://www.blindekuh.ch/indexe.html . 2009-02-01 .
2. Web site: ブラックレストラン Black Restaurant . 2009-01-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080926070814/http://sienjapan.com/blackrestaurant/ . 2008-09-26 .
3. Web site: 暗闇ごはん . 2009-01-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090129015645/http://higan.net/blog/kurayami/ . 2009-01-29 . dead .
4. Web site: SIEN 彩の国国際交流ネットワーク. sienjapan.web.fc2.com.