Last winter people queued outside a Knightsbridge shop for Totoro, Jiji and Calcifer. This year Maison Ghibli sets up near Oxford Circus instead.
The virtual pet that beeped through 90s school days is turning 30, and its first UK shop of its own sells shells you can..
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SPYAIR last played London in 2018, in a Camden basement, with a different singer. In November they close a European tour..
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A Dalston kimono dealer started a market for Japanese makers in 2019. It returns on 7 November with a one-weekend sale, ..
Why would a composer write fingerings into a score, then demonstrate them to the shamisen master who taught him? Dai Fuj..
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He walked past the camera as an extra in Seven Samurai and ended up carrying Ran. Eleven films for Kobayashi, five for Kurosawa, and the school he lef...
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A ten year old, a travelling scam and a country getting richer by the day. Ōshima's 1969 film watches Japan's new prosperity from the roadside....
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