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A ~20-seat farm-to-table wine bar and restaurant at 7 Elizabeth Street in Picton, run by chef Myles Harrison. Short seasonal menu of about eight items, supplied in part by his own market garden; the wine list leans European and Australian. Open Thursday to Sunday, 5 to 10 PM; reservations recommended. (437) 429-6487.

#picton, #prince edward county, #wine bar, #farm to table, #date night

Link: https://www.wearetheia.ca

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A Kyoto bass-lure specialist with more than two decades in the local scene, particularly strong in hard-to-find JDM brands such as DRT, deps and OBASSLIVE, Kansai and Lake Biwa makers, and its own handmade big baits developed and tested around Lake Biwa.

#jdm bass fishing, #bass lures, #drt, #deps, #obasslive, #lake biwa, #kyoto

Link: https://nushi2001.com/en/pages/abo…

JIKKO's Sakai headquarters combines an open production floor with a showroom of more than 100 knives, making the manufacturing process visible rather than treating the knife only as retail.

#craft, #knives, #sakai, #open factory, #metalwork

Link: https://www.jikko.jp/c/shop/sakai

A large tackle shop beside Osaka Station with broad freshwater lure and bass sections, including current and used Japanese tackle.

#bass fishing, #jdm tackle, #lures, #fishing shop, #osaka

Link: https://bunbun-fishing.com/store/u…

Shimano's Osaka gallery and cultural space for fishing and cycling, with displays of historic and current products, technology and fishing culture.

#fishing, #shimano, #jdm, #product design, #osaka

Link: https://www.shimanosquare.com/

A Kyoto shop devoted to kyo-kanaami metal-wire craft, with individually handmade tools such as tea strainers, coffee drippers and grills that translate a centuries-old technique into durable everyday objects.

#kyo-kanaami, #wire craft, #metal craft, #kyoto

Link: https://kanaamitsuji.net/

The preserved home and workshop of potter Kawai Kanjiro, bringing together his ceramics, furniture and domestic environment with the Mingei idea of beauty in everyday craft.

#ceramics, #mingei, #craft, #kyoto, #material culture

Link: http://www.kanjiro.jp

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Kyoto’s long-established maker of hand-fitted tea caddies, whose copper, brass and tin canisters are built through many precise hand processes and develop a distinctive patina with use.

#tea caddies, #metal craft, #kyoto, #handmade

Link: https://www.kaikado.jp/information…

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A Kyoto studio and gallery specialising in pewter, silver and other metal crafts, with utilitarian and decorative work that makes traditional metalworking legible at object scale.

#metal craft, #pewter, #silver, #kyoto, #design

Link: https://www.seikado.jp/access-en

HOSOO’s five-floor Kyoto flagship presents contemporary applications of Nishijin textile craft through its store, lounge and gallery, connecting traditional weaving with furniture, interiors, art and design.

#nishijin textile, #craft, #design, #interiors, #kyoto

Link: https://www.hosoo.co.jp/en/showroo…

Sakai’s traditional-craft centre, including the Sakai Knife Museum CUT, with production tools and techniques plus other local crafts such as textiles, incense and food traditions.

#sakai, #traditional craft, #knives, #museum

Link: https://www.sakaidensan.jp/en/

A specialist Japanese-knife shop near Tsutenkaku with hundreds of knives, hands-on test cutting, multilingual staff, engraving, sharpening services and a short maintenance lesson available on request.

#japanese knives, #craft, #cutlery, #osaka

Link: https://www.towerknives.com/en/sho…

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Grand Seiko’s large Shinsaibashi boutique, with boutique-exclusive and limited models in a dedicated space for seeing the brand’s finishing, dial work and case design at close range.

#watches, #grand seiko, #japanese watchmaking, #osaka

Link: https://www.grand-seiko.com/jp-ja/…

Link: https://franklloydwright.org/talie…

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Set within the former Geffrye almshouses on Kingsland Road, the Museum of the Home explores how people have made, used and understood domestic space. Its Rooms Through Time trace four centuries of home life through furnished interiors, while the Home Galleries, period gardens and restored Almshouse 14 connect furniture and objects to changing rituals, technologies and social histories.

#museum, #interiors, #design, #material culture

Link: https://museumofthehome.org.uk/

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Tomos Parry’s first-floor Shoreditch restaurant channels the wood-fired cooking of Spain’s Basque coast through British produce and a distinctly convivial room. The whole turbot cooked in a cage over flame is the signature, but the deeper appeal is a menu of smoky breads, grilled seafood, vegetables and meat designed to arrive generously for the table.

#restaurant, #basque, #live fire, #shoreditch

Link: https://bratrestaurant.co.uk/redch…

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The Soho outpost of Noble Rot occupies 2 Greek Street, the storied former home of the Gay Hussar. It combines the curiosity and authority of the Noble Rot wine magazine with compact French-British cooking, an unusually deep list and opportunities to drink mature or hard-to-find bottles without the stiffness of a conventional fine-wine dining room.

#restaurant, #wine, #soho, #french british

Link: https://noblerot.co.uk/restaurant/…

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A St James’s institution whose lineage begins with George William Wilton’s shellfish-monger near Haymarket in 1742. Still presenting itself as the London home of oysters, it pairs impeccably sourced seafood with seasonal game, formal service, an oyster bar and the old-fashioned theatre of a carving trolley—continuity expressed through food rather than nostalgia alone.

#restaurant, #seafood, #game, #st james's, #heritage

Link: https://wiltons.co.uk/

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A basement Shoreditch cocktail bar from Mr Lyan and team, built around stripped-back analogue forms, natural variation and the visible maker’s touch. The frequently changing drinks use fermentation, savoury ingredients and precise technique without becoming theatrical; vinyl-led weekend sessions extend the same hand-made sensibility into the room and music.

#cocktail bar, #shoreditch, #drinks

Link: https://www.seedlibraryshoreditch.…

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A Grade II-listed Georgian house transformed by American artist Dennis Severs, who lived here from 1979 until 1999. Across ten rooms, candlelight, smells, sounds, unmade beds and half-finished meals conjure the fictional Jervis family of Huguenot silk weavers—as though its occupants have just slipped away. It is a theatrical still-life drama rather than a conventional period-house reconstruction.

#historic house, #interiors, #spitalfields, #immersive

Link: https://dennissevershouse.co.uk/

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Leila McAlister’s compact Calvert Avenue food shop is built around close relationships with growers, makers and importers rather than the breadth of a conventional grocer. Seasonal produce, good bread, farmhouse cheeses, olive oils, preserves and hard-to-source pantry goods form a selection that feels personal, ingredient-led and intended for people who cook.

#food shop, #provisions, #shoreditch, #specialist retail

Link: https://leilasgeneralstore.com/

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St. John’s Spitalfields dining room applies Fergus Henderson’s nose-to-tail philosophy in a relaxed, flexible format originally conceived around bread, wine and the market. Daily-changing menus move from confidently simple vegetables and cold dishes to offal, lesser-used cuts and traditional British puddings, with cooking that relies on season, proportion and flavour rather than decoration.

#restaurant, #british, #nose-to-tail, #spitalfields

Link: https://stjohnrestaurant.com/a/res…

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A tightly edited shop founded around the conviction that quality and utility should be intrinsic to design. New and vintage hardware, enamelware, brushes, linens, kitchen tools, workwear and stationery are chosen as durable everyday archetypes—objects able to sit in traditional or contemporary rooms, improve through use and mellow rather than date.

#homewares, #tools, #design, #specialist retail

Link: https://labourandwait.co.uk/

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A quiet boutique hotel within Chiang Mai’s old city, built around shaded courtyards, tropical gardens and a central swimming pool. Its traditional Lanna-influenced design offers a calm retreat within walking distance of the historic centre.

#boutique hotel, #chiang mai, #old city, #thailand, #honeymoon

Link: https://bodhiserene.com/

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An open-air restaurant set above the Sayan gorge, pairing Japanese techniques and flavours with Latin American influences. Its garden setting and sweeping valley views make it especially suited to a leisurely sunset dinner.

#restaurant, #japanese-latin, #ubud, #bali, #sayan

Link: https://www.thesayanhouse.com/

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