Since 2009 we’ve been reviewing and visiting the best places for eating, shopping and enjoying Japanese related things in London.
Shin Yoshiwara from a set Toto meisho zue, “Famous Places in the Eastern Capital.” The original Yoshiwara district was burned down in the great fire of Meireki in 1657 and rebuilt in the new location north of Asakusa. Fine impression, colour and condition. Signed Sadahide ga. Status: ...
Winter from a set of four triptychs: Edo meisho shiki-no nagame Sumidagawa setchu no zu, “Views of the Four Seasons at Famous Places in Edo, Snow on the Sumida River.” A famous print. Published by Marujin, 1848-9. Shows beauties and ferry boats on the river, a tea-house on the...
The world’s largest daikon ever harvested weighed exactly 69 pounds (31.3 kilograms)—more than three times the size of your average daikon. I blinked at the rubber, life-size model of the record-breaking radish through the display case in the museum—i
Toconoco is a made-up Japanese word meaning “Kids on the floor”. We are a kid-friendly cafe in East London, serving delicious home-cooked Japanese food.
Karma Tantric offers a range of erotic and sensual massages in London. Our masseuses are available for incalls and outcalls. Call 02078983212.
As Japanese law does not allow for the imposition of penalties or strict lockdowns (Okubo, 2020), the main form of infection control measures was government, administrator, and expert requests for public compliance in avoiding closed spaces, crowded places, and close-contact settings (Ministry of...
Commonplaces abound: the very visible influence of Japanese prints on impressionist and post-impressionist artists such as Manet and van Gogh; Frank Lloyd Wright’s wholsale plagiarism of Japanese style and construction in the early twentieth century… an influence that he never fully acknowledged. ...
“Famous Places in the Sixty-odd Provinces [of Japan]” published by Koshihei between 1853 and 1856, this being 1853. A red bridge spans a gorge with precipitous cliffs and a fast flowing river. Fantastic crags point upwards into the sky. In the distance is Mount Haruna – a sleeping ...
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