But away from the usual images of the World Cup, another hidden life was taking place for those who followed the roadshow thousands of miles around Japan.

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Highlights include a 19th-century mantel clock that shows a magician who moves a cup to reveal various hidden objects and a Victorian brass skeleton clock built to look like Westminster Abbey.

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The kitchen was out of sight, hidden around the corner, and customers poured water from an urn into a single, communal metal cup.

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