Oriental City was a shopping centre at 399 Edgware Road in Colindale, North London, England.

After Yaohan's bankruptcy in 1997, it became a lower-end mall offering foods, other goods and services to the East Asian community.

Honda formed a partnership with British Leyland in 1979 and Nissan opened its first European factory in Sunderland in 1986.

Yaohan Plaza, London opened as a high-end Japanese shopping centre on 28 August 1993[4] with the slogan: "All Japan under one roof.

[6] Yaohan Plaza featured a grand entrance hall with wooden frame supporting a ceremonial banner and knot, below a traditional tile roof.

[4] Prices were considered high relative to Japan due to import costs,[7] but 10-20 per cent lower than smaller Japanese shops in central London.

[4] Yaohan's sushi kitchen operated 24 hours a day and supplied Waitrose, Selfridges, and Harvey Nichols.

[9] The main hall hosted fairs for products such as imported antiques as well as car promotions and cultural displays such as kimono.

Services included a hairdresser specialising in Asian hair, travel agency, estate agent, cram school and dental practice.

They had reduced spending power during a time of recession and were unwilling to pay a premium for imported goods.

Yaohan renamed their shopping centre Oriental City and sought to attract Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and Malaysian communities.

[11] Yaohan's expansion across Asia left it vulnerable to the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, and the business filed for bankruptcy that year.

[12][13] Some of the more expensive to maintain Japanese architectural elements had been removed or neglected; the grand entrance decor was reduced to a pair of Chinese guardian lions.

[14] Original okonomiyaki restaurant, Abeno, went on to earn a Michelin star after relocating to central London.

[17] In February 2007, the Chinese Consul General wrote to Ken Livingstone to express his "deep concern" about the project, calling for the proposal to be modified.

It closed permanently at 7:00 pm on Sunday 1 June 2008, with thousands of people flocking to Oriental City for the last time.

[25] Oriental City was the single location used for the 2012 TV film of a Royal Shakespeare Company production of Julius Caesar, directed by Gregory Doran.

The centre was used for the music video Bittersweet Memories by Welsh metalcore band Bullet For My Valentine.