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What is fusion?

Sometimes I use Japanese seasonings to make Ugandan dishes.

Or I cook Ugandan ingredients using Japanese cooking method.

Or use Japanese seasoning with Ugandan ingredients.

So the possibility are endless.

Welcome to the documentary in the studio from the BBC World Service.

I am Eric Mogaj and this is a series that gives you a front-row seat in the theatre

where the world's most inventive artists are at work.

Today, that theatre is at Yarmacin Restaurant, where creativity meets culture in unexpected ways.

It is a combination of Uganda and Japan.

From Uganda we get the black eye beans,

then from Japan we get miso.

You eat two at a go.

Yamacin is located in a place I know well.

Although I now live in London, I grew up right here.

In this part of town called Miyanga Tank Hill,

one of the seven hills that make up Uganda's capital, Kampala.

Now, on a trip back home, just 10 minutes from where I grew up, I saw something that made

me stop in my tracks, a unique structure, clean lines, sharp angles, and openness that invitedester invited admiration. This was Tankyo Park, a 2020 gold

price-winning commercial facility designed by Japanese architects, and right here within those

elegant walls is Yemason. One of the first restaurants in Kampala operated by a Japanese chef.

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