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Doki Japanese Tableware Reopens Next Month

How I hope the new Doki will look - this shop is actually in Tokyo LATEST on Doki-watch - after a brief sojourn at Pacific Plaza, the not very successful successor to Oriental City, it seems Doki the beloved Japanese tableware shop is moving to Harrow Weald in August. Tetote Factory , its sister bakery, will also re-open in South Ealing next month. Doki will also be at HyperJapan - a massive event celebrating all things Japanese from today till Sunday at Olympia Two, London. HyperJapan's site tells us : "Doki was established in 1978 as Masyu Artware, and was then re-named Utsuwa-no-Yakata, before becoming Doki as it is known today.The Doki shop is moving now to a new premises in Harrow Weald in August. At HYPER JAPAN 2011 it will be presenting a selection of ceramics and pottery imported directly from Japan. Doki is written as 土器 in Japanese kanji characters, and means earthenware. It is the term used to describe ancient Japanese earthenware, and Doki today provides people ...