This beautiful creation is a goza bune, a type of pleasure ship owned by Japan’s rich and powerful officials during the Edo period of the Tokugawa shogunate, from the early 1600s to the late 1800s. But we all know about that.

This writer thought it looks rather like the giant ‘Jumbo’ floating Chinese restaurant that resided in Aberdeen Harbour, Hong Kong. He ordered the crispy Peking duck amongst many other things.

Which yes, does mean he’s conflated a 17th century Japanese ship with a barge-based restaurant from an entirely different culture built in the 1970s…

Anyway, with apologies to our Japanese readers, there’s more to see of this superbly detailed Chinese restu… Edo era goza bune courtesy of previous bloggee Markus Ronge, including the stunning detail within. Order your Chinese meal via the link above.