Makoto Onishi, the winner of the title of best pizza maker at the annual Naples pizza festival in 2003, busied himself kneading dough and topping pizzas with tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese.
Then he welcomed hundreds of pizza lovers to Omotesando Hills, Tokyo's newest commercial-residential complex.
An estimated 71,000 people flooded the complex for its grand opening Feb. 11, and many shops were jammed with people. The Italian restaurant Trattoria & Pizzeria Zazza on the third floor, where 30-year-old Onishi works, was no exception.