Several weeks ago, Piccadilly's Japan Centre moved its entire food section over to new site over on Regent Street, leaving its books and homewares department at the previous address. As a long-time regular at the Japan Centre, I was bowled over by the shiny new premises. It was only a few years ago that the Centre was merely a cramped basement room located below the bustling Toku restaurant, where shoppers barely managed to squeeze past each other and queues snaked around and back up the stairs from which you would descend.
Cartoon character buns at Japan Centre - © Charmaine Mok
