Maestro is a flower store and cafe run by Takeshi Kaseya, a floral artist. I think flower shops are hard to get into," says Kaseya. That's why we added a café so that it is easy to enter," says Kaseya, who has created an impressive café space with a large counter table on the left side of the store.

Mr. Kaseya's motto is "The store belongs to everyone. I used to be in charge of arranging flowers at department stores, but last year, all regular work stopped due to the Corona Disaster. I thought about what I could do to protect the employment of my staff, and decided to open a store," says Kaseya, who has been working to protect his staff in the wake of the Corona disaster.
This warm and chic feeling is reflected in the store's products and the original quarterly magazine distributed in the store. He says enthusiastically, "If you can't decorate a place with flowers, you can put up pictures of flowers from the magazine like posters. I just want to express something, and I want the people who see it to find it interesting," he says with passion. The popular Orchid Soft serve at the café is also decorated with flowers in different designs on each plate, and the store's passion for expression and people can be felt everywhere. It is sure to become a new Kyoto landmark overflowing with gentleness.

First photo: Orchid soft serve ice cream, 600 yen. This light green soft serve ice cream with beautiful petals scattered on the plate is a mysterious dish with the flavor of orchid flowers!