Nobu Downtown, the flagship restaurant of Chef Nobu Matsuhisa, is a collaboration between Nobu, actor Robert De Niro, producer Meir Teper and restaurateur Drew Nieporent. Nobu draws upon his classical training at sushi bars in Tokyo and his life abroad and around the world to create a new trend in Japanese cuisine at his Financial District restaurant. The dishes make Nobu an innovator of new style Japanese food. The design by architect David Rockwell evokes the beauty of the Japanese countryside with its natural textures, birch trees, wood floors and a wall made of river stones.