Akira at Japan House London: hail to the chef

An omakase menu is an invitation for the kitchen to serve up whatever is best and freshest

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On a wet evening, as buses and cars honk their way through roadworks, and pedestrians weave around scaffolding poles, Japan House offers sanctuary from the tribulations of Kensington High Street.

Sanctuary and radiance: its white walls are bathed in bright light, the better to exhibit a tasteful collection of Japanoiserie offered up to the twin gods of culture and commerce. Although it may look like the most minimalist of museums, the fabrics and books and utensils are all up for sale.

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Holden Frith is The Week’s digital director. He also makes regular appearances on “The Week Unwrapped”, speaking about subjects as diverse as vaccine development and bionic bomb-sniffing locusts. He joined The Week in 2013, spending five years editing the magazine’s website. Before that, he was deputy digital editor at The Sunday Times. He has also been TheTimes.co.uk’s technology editor and the launch editor of Wired magazine’s UK website. Holden has worked in journalism for nearly two decades, having started his professional career while completing an English literature degree at Cambridge University. He followed that with a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University in Chicago. A keen photographer, he also writes travel features whenever he gets the chance.