Sukiya

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[edit] Traditional Japanese interior

The so-called 'sukiya style', that dates from seventeenth century Japan, is generally regarded as one of the culminations of Japanese architecture. Well known architects, as Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies van der Rohe, have been influenced by this style. Elements that one will find in a traditional room in sukiya style are shoji, fusuma, tatami and tokonoma.

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[edit] Fast food

Exterior of a Sukiya restaurant.

Sukiya (すき家, Sukiya^?) is a Japanese restaurant chain serving gyūdon. Its slogan (printed in romaji outside the restaurant) is "save time and money". According to the publicity printed in English on the walls of the restaurant, it originated in Yokohama. Unlike Yoshinoya, Sukiya has not stopped serving gyudon during the ban on American beef imports, instead switching to beef imported from Australia.

In response to Yoshinoya's butadon (pork bowl, a substitute for gyudon, "beef bowl"), Sukiya began serving its own version, tondon.