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| The Japanese capital is a heaving metropolis with a mix of old and new, fashionable and funky, with world-class hotels, trendy boutiques and traditional restaurants, as well as art galleries, museums and nightclubs. Tokyo constantly defies the imagination. It competes with Manhattan for iconic buildings and sheer buzz: restaurants, bars, shops and clubs have reached sci-fi states of sophistication, and Louis Vuitton carrier bags are as common as their Tesco counterparts in London. The Aoyama district is home to Yohji Yamamoto, Comme des Garçons, Issey Miyake and the headquarters for Tod's, designed by Toyo Ito. At night, there's the neon blaze of Shinjuku and Shibuya. |
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