Sushi Yoshitake is a tiny eight-seater joint tucked inside The Mercer, a boutique hotel in the Sheung Wan neighborhood.

BBC: Award-winning dining in Hong Kong

Though Chinese restaurants still make up the majority of included eateries, the new two-star options are pricey Japanese joints: Sushi Yoshitake and Ryu Gin.

BBC: Award-winning dining in Hong Kong

In addition, information tech projection Hitachi flat-screen TV has ever produced (President: Kenichi Yoshitake) is the production technology and techniques such as optical plastic substrate packaging technology developed in the manufacture of flat-screen televisions and other video equipment will continue to contract manufacturing products outside the Hitachi Group.

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In both cases, famous Tokyo-based chefs (Masahiro Yoshitake and Seiji Yamamoto, respectively) decided to branch out and open a second outlet outside of Japan, choosing Hong Kong as the sweet spot, partly because they can easily split their time between their two restaurants, but also because they can use the same fresh ingredients flown in daily.

BBC: Award-winning dining in Hong Kong