Right after graduated from a university in Kyoto, Japan, Hiro Tawara started his career as an apprentice in one of the famous “Kaiseki” restaurant called "Kyoyamato". Also, he worked for several Japanese restaurants for about 10 years to improve his cooking skills, and then became an executive chef and general manager in 2002. 

Back in 2005, he made a big decision to move to Seattle.  He had worked for “I Love Sushi”, “Shiro’s” and “Sushi Kappo Tamura” since then.   While he worked for those restaurants, he always wanted to introduce more variety of Japanese Food, not only “Sushi” but also “Kaiseki” to the people in Seattle.

In 2015, he started up his own business, “WA’S Kitchen” and is doing monthly events, "The Beauty of Kaiseki" to introduce Kaiseki culture.  He is also doing some private dinners, collaboration “Kaiseki” events, and party caterings.