Photography by Luis Beltran
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A year ago Mireia contacted Masquespacio. Valencian, almost converted in Brazilian and passionate surfer she had the dream to open the first tropical sushi restaurant in her native city. This way Kaikaya was born, a project clearly inspired by Mireia’s lifestyle and that mixes elements from Japan and Brazilian tropicalismo.
一年前米丽娅联系了马斯克帕西奥。瓦伦西恩，几乎皈依巴西人和激情冲浪者，她梦想着在她的家乡开设第一家热带寿司餐厅。凯卡亚就是这样诞生的，这个项目显然受到米丽亚生活方式的启发，它融合了来自日本和巴西热带地区的元素。

In the beginning of the twentieth century the first Japanese arrived to Brazil with the aim to work in the coffee plantations, although, the Japanese nutrition was totally different to the Brazilian for which they were obliged to adapt to the local ingredients. Seeking their own flavors, a new nikkei Nipo-Brazilian gastronomy flourished with a strong identity that after more than one century with its unique flavors and fusions reached international fame. Kaikaya, is the result of this history, bringing the fusion of traditional and methodic Japan with the tropical and exotic, contemporary Brazil to the center of Valencia. A representation showed both through its kitchen as well as through its design as described afterwards.
20世纪初，第一批日本人来到巴西，目的是在咖啡种植园工作，尽管日本人的营养与巴西人完全不同，他们不得不适应当地的配料。寻找自己的口味，一个新的日经尼波-巴西美食繁荣与强大的身份，经过一个多世纪，其独特的口味和融合达到国际声誉。凯卡亚，是这一历史的产物，将传统和方法的日本与热带和异国情调的巴西融合到巴伦西亚的中心。表象既通过厨房展示，也通过后来描述的设计表现出来。

Starting from an emblematic venue with vaults, metallic beams and original bricks the first conclusion for the aesthetics was to maintain the existing elements in its actual state, highlighting the beauty of its imperfections left by time.
从一个具有拱顶、金属梁和原始砖的象征性场地开始，美学的第一个结论是将现有元素保持在其实际状态，突出显示它在时间上留下的缺陷的美。

Above, the design needed to contain a strong splash of color, together with an eclectic style that could mix the 2 concepts of Japan   Brazil without being conventional. Thereby, in first case we can recognize the use of materials that remind to Japan like wood and raffia, together with elements that bring in the tropicalismo from the samba country with its colorful patterns made of mosaic tiles, parrots and an overwhelming incorporation of plants.
在上面，设计需要包含强烈的色彩泼洒，加上一种折中的风格，可以把巴西的2个概念结合起来，而不像传统的那样。因此，在第一种情况下，我们可以认识到使用提醒日本的材料，如木材和拉夫拉，以及使来自桑巴国家热带泽泻的元素与由镶嵌瓷砖、鹦鹉和大量植物组成的彩色图案一起使用。

Immediately when entering the restaurant, you can acknowledge the raffia circles that represent the hats used during the rice collection in the country of the rising sun and that are here merged in an explosive way with the colorful mosaic tiles and tropical plants. Once reaching the bar, again we encounter the mix between Japan and Brazil through the tradition Japanese wooden pattern on the bar itself and the colored patterns inspired by the Brazilian Seventies.
在进入餐厅时，您可以确认Raffia圆圈代表升起的太阳所在国家的赖斯收集过程中使用的帽子，这里与彩色马赛克瓷砖和热带植物以爆炸的方式合并在这里。在到达酒吧后，我们再次遇到了日本和巴西之间通过传统的日本木制模式在酒吧本身上的混合，以及巴西70年代灵感的彩色模式。

Also, here we can find the parrot lamps with a palm leaf that as all the other decorative lamps were specifically designed for the project.
此外，我们还可以找到带有棕榈叶的鹦鹉灯，因为所有其他的装饰灯都是专门为该项目设计的。

On the upper floor on the other hand anew we find a combination of the original heritage from the space, fusioned with tropical and Japanese elements; A look that clearly can be recognized through the round seating corners which are half inspired by Brazil and half inspired by Japan.
另一方面，在另一方面，我们发现了原始遗产与空间的结合，对热带和日本元素的影响；一个清晰的外观可以通过圆形的座位来识别，这些角落是巴西的一半，一半是日本的灵感。