Japanese antique textiles taking over life and home

[Hachiko]

For any enthusiast keen to know the state of the Japanese antique textile market in the U.K., Marilyn Ratcliffe knows more than most. When we talk -- her already soft Cheshire burr blurred by hay fever ("they just mowed the grass in fields nearby") -- she has just the day before returned from a vintage clothes and textiles fair in Hammersmith, West London.
"People down south are only just beginning to know I'm here. I tend to do better up here in the north because that's where I began the business, and friends and friends of friends have all become collectors."

Japan Times