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The project focuses on an iconic feature of the restaurant. wagamama’s benches has aided conversation and connected people since it opened its doors in 1992. So, while UK diners aren’t yet allowed to meet their loved ones on the famous benches in restaurant, wagamama has brought the benches to them.

Since the government’s roadmap specifically allows two people to meet, socially distanced, on a bench, wagamama placed iconic Japanese benches in key university cities: Brighton, Bristol and Manchester — serving up free cups of fresh Green Tea and encouraging people to take a moment to sit at the bench and open up with one another about how they are really feeling.