Design Ground 55 designed a soba noodle restaurant ‘Shuhari Kuromon’ four years after Shuhari Dojima (2014). The restaurant locates near local historical Kuromon Market in Osaka. Collaborating with an architect, they reinforced the old Tatami mat shop and converted it into a Japanese restaurant.
       For the interior, the designer Kumamoto left the clay walls above the beams by keeping them clean, due to their policy of using original materials as much as possible. Besides, they kept using the original ceiling panel after repair and cleaning. They create a small room for making soba noodle in the restaurant as he did in the Dojima store. For the seating area, there is a long counter near the entrance and salon-like area with sofas in the back. From the cozy sofa seat, customer can take in views of the small moss garden. Also, the garden can be seen from the toilet.