About the Owner

Yoshitsugu "Kaysan' Nishikawa was born on a small farm just outside of Tokyo, Japan. Kaysan was raised by a traditional Japanese family that never taught him to know what life was like outside his small village. From early childhood, he was forced to carry buckets of water and rice to and from his house and a nearby village in order to make ends meet.  At the age of 18, Kaysan made the pilgrimage to Tokyo in hopes of making a better life for his family.

While living in Tokyo, Kaysan worked as an assistant to a sushi chef and saw first hand how traditional Japanese sushi was prepared and individually hand carved. Kaysan knew that he had found his calling in life and decided to enroll in the local culinary school. After years of hard work Kaysan realized that living and  working in Tokyo was limiting his true potential, so he set out to expand his education overseas. Kaysan's travels took him as far east as Europe, where he learned the ways of tapas and wine, and then Argentina, where he taught young children how to fish. He worked and studied across the world for many years, becoming the culinary master you know and adore today.

Aside from the typical restaurant owner, Kaysan is fluent in 4 languages, including English, Spanish, Portuguese and his native tongue, Japanese. He is also know to throw lavish parties, and usually welcomes all members of the community.