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‘Mini Venice’ shopping centre lies 2,500 miles from Italy | Travel News | Travel

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‘Mini Venice’ shopping centre lies 2,500 miles from Italy | Travel News | Travel

A travel enthusiast was left gobsmacked after discovering a ‘mini Venice’ inside a shopping centre thousands of miles away from Italy. Sabrina Samoria, a Leeds-based travel creator who dubs herself the ‘Queen of Holidays’ on TikTok, shared a video this week from her recent trip to Qatar. In the clip, she explores a shopping centre … Read more

Department store quitting shopping arcade a sign of the times in central Japan

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Department store quitting shopping arcade a sign of the times in central Japan

“I’ve always come to Yanagase because Takashimaya was here. If the store closes, it will be gloomy all around,” says part-time building cleaner Akira Hayashi, 77, on one weekday afternoon in May while standing in the sparsely populated street of closed storefronts. Hayashi fondly recalls his days of drinking at thriving taverns along the shopping … Read more