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A Japanese social house

toki OPIUM

Tokyo, by way of Santa Monica. 時

Third Street Promenade · Dinner · Listening Room
The gold lounge - low light, layered textiles
The room
The listening lounge - vinyl, velvet, lamplight
The listening lounge
One room, one tonema - the space between

Enter early.
Stay late.
Return often.

A single, continuous environment built on atmosphere, restraint, and emotional pull. The room moves from day into night without hard resets: precision over spectacle, design in service of conversation. Natural woods, soft light, matte surfaces, lived-in finishes - Tokyo meets Santa Monica.

The oni mural - a horned warrior against a red sun
The room in daylight - guests, warm light, the bar beyond
A woven pendant lamp glowing against the dark
Daylightcha - tea

Tea, matcha, coffee.
A slow start.

Days open quietly: Japanese tea service, matcha, coffee, and a light lunch. Calm, tactile, unhurried - a room for lingering, not turning.

Eveningutage - the banquet

Dinner, by Chef
Hiroo Nagahara.

Modern Japanese cuisine - approachable luxury, refined yet accessible. Small plates built to move, grounded in originality.

Glazed black cod on a dark plate
Sesame-crusted dumplings under teal light
The ritualhi - fire
The teapot,
reimagined.

Large-format cocktails served in stoneware teapots - tactile, shareable, made for the table. By day it pours tea. By night, ceremony. A beautiful alternative to bottle service.

The clay teapot at a candlelit table, mid-pour
By day, tea. By night, ceremony.

stay
late.The room holds you

After darkoto - sound

Music builds energy,
not volume.

As the evening deepens, the tone shifts - not the concept. A listening-led late-night room: sound as part of the architecture, tuned for warmth and precision. Disciplined, mature energy designed to hold people.

No cover No bottle service No hard resets
A guest in amber light, holding a rose-colored cocktail

The tone shifts.
The concept doesn't.

A crane crossing a red sun - ukiyo-e style artwork
First servicehajime - begin

The room is coming.
The list is open.

North end of the Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica. First tables, first teapots, first nights - the list hears everything before anyone else.