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Tag Archives: Far East South Asia and Australasia

Vietnamese food at Banh Banh on Peckham Rye, London

Delicious Vietnamese restaurant in Peckham, South London

Posted byimogenglad23rd Mar 2023Posted infoodTags: Banh Banh, drinking, eating, Far East South Asia and Australasia, food, meal, menu, Peckham, Peckham Rye, vietnam, Vietnamese food2 Comments on Vietnamese food at Banh Banh on Peckham Rye, London

TV series Squid Game (South Korea)

Review of ‘event TV’ from 2021

Posted byimogenglad13th Mar 2023Posted intelevisionTags: dystopia, Far East South Asia and Australasia, popular, republic of korea, South Korea, Squid Game, trend, tv show2 Comments on TV series Squid Game (South Korea)

TV review: Drama series The Newsreader (Australia)

Excellent Australian series set in an ’80s newsroom

Posted byimogenglad17th Feb 2023Posted intelevisionTags: australia, Far East South Asia and Australasia, LGBT, LGBTQ, prize-winners, television, The Newsreader, tv seriesLeave a comment on TV review: Drama series The Newsreader (Australia)

Japanese Music

A brief foray into Japanese music

Posted byimogenglad3rd Feb 2022Posted inmusic, UncategorizedTags: Far East South Asia and Australasia, Hatsune Miku, japan, Japan month, Japanese music, Japanuary, Shintaro Sakamoto, Yellow Magic OrchestraLeave a comment on Japanese Music

Japanese TV series Aggretsuko

Cute, funny and relatable Japanese anime

Posted byimogenglad1st Feb 20221st Feb 2022Posted intelevisionTags: Aggretsuko, animation, anime, Far East South Asia and Australasia, japan, Japan month, Japanuary, Retsuku, television4 Comments on Japanese TV series Aggretsuko

Drive My Car – Japanese film

Japan’s entry for the 2021 Academy Awards is a dialogue-heavy meditation on grief, betrayal and art.

Posted byimogenglad29th Jan 202230th Jan 2022Posted infilmTags: Drive My Car, Far East South Asia and Australasia, film, Hamaguchi Ryusuke, japan, Japan month, Japanuary, movie3 Comments on Drive My Car – Japanese film

A Japanese Meal at Yama Momo, London

A Japanese meal for Japanuary

Posted byimogenglad25th Jan 202225th Jan 2022Posted infoodTags: eating out, Far East South Asia and Australasia, food, japan, japanese food, Japanuary, London restaurants, Yama Momo7 Comments on A Japanese Meal at Yama Momo, London

Territory of Light by Yuko Tsushima (Japan)

A single mother carves out a new life with her toddler in 1970s Tokyo

Posted byimogenglad14th Jan 202214th Jan 2022Posted inbookTags: books, Far East South Asia and Australasia, female writers, fiction, japan, Japan month, Japanuary, translated literature, Yuko Tsushima7 Comments on Territory of Light by Yuko Tsushima (Japan)

The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa (Japan)

An International Booker Prize-shortlisted dystopian novel

Posted byimogenglad12th Jan 202212th Jan 2022Posted inbookTags: booker international, books, dystopia, Far East South Asia and Australasia, female writers, fiction, International Man Booker, japan, Japan month, japan. far east, Japanuary, The Memory Police, translated literature, Yoko Ogawa7 Comments on The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa (Japan)

The Art of Yayoi Kusama (Japan)

I went to see Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Rooms at the Tate, plus an overview of her life and work

Posted byimogenglad8th Jan 20229th Jan 2022Posted inartTags: art, art exhibitions, Far East South Asia and Australasia, female artists, japan, Japan month, japan. far east, Japanuary, Tate, Yayoi Kusama3 Comments on The Art of Yayoi Kusama (Japan)

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