Photos: Tokyo restaurant invites guests to dine in virtual reality

Tree by Naked, Yoyogi Park is a restaurant in the Japanese capital that has a feast for the senses awaiting patrons. A meal at its tables in Tokyo takes eight diners per sitting on a literal journey across the three floors of the restaurant, following the life cycle of a tree from a sprout to a mature tree with their six-course meal. The dining experience also incorporates virtual reality, projection mapping, and music to enhance diners' enjoyment of their food.

Updated on: Jul 21, 2018 9:53 AM IST

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A woman wears VR glasses while projection mapping is cast on a table and walls during a media preview at "Tree by Naked, Yoyogi Park" restaurant in Tokyo, Japan. This restaurant incorporates virtual reality, projection mapping, and music to enhance diners’ enjoyment of their food. (Kim Kyung-Hoon / REUTERS)

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A staff introduces a course from the menu while projection mapping is cast on a table and walls. The restaurant is the brainchild of Ryotaro Muramatsu, director of the design firm Naked Inc., known for its digital mapping projects across Japan. (Kim Kyung-Hoon / REUTERS)

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The immersive experience takes place across a three storey building equipped with Virtual Reality, project mapping, interactive lights and sound. A progression through the floors across various courses follows the “Scenes of Life” storyline in which a single tree grows from sprout to maturity. (Kim Kyung-Hoon / REUTERS)

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A course at the restaurant paired with its projection mapping. A meal at Tree by Naked is divided in to six courses, each paired with a phase of the tree’s life and its experience augmented with the immersive aids at hand. (Kim Kyung-Hoon / REUTERS)

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Food is served on a branch while the projection mapping is cast on table and walls. Hoff Restaurant and Bar, a Shibuya eatery known for its New York X Tokyo fusion plates, has developed the meal’s opening five courses. Two appetizers follow a fish course and a meat course, complemented with one “mystery” course. (Kim Kyung-Hoon / REUTERS)

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Dessert is an original creation by renowned Parisian patisserie and chocolatier Hugo & Victor. This course takes place in the “Forest Laboratory,” where diners can view the fully grown tree morphing through the four seasons before their eyes. (Kim Kyung-Hoon / REUTERS)

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For this elaborate meal laid out across three floors to remain uncluttered, the restaurant accommodates only two slots and serves eight people at most per sitting. A meal here, a simultaneous experience in art and fine dining is priced at 15,000 yen (Rs 9,200). (Kim Kyung-Hoon / REUTERS)