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...sense of what's next, Tsutsumi relies on advice from shop designers and sends staff members to Sapporo, Osaka and elsewhere for scouting reports on what the hippest of trendsetters are wearing. Tsutsumi himself does research in Shibuya, a Tokyo neighborhood popular with the teen crowd. By the time cutting-edge fashions appear in his shops, they're on their way to mass consumption...
...SAPPORO Take a comfort break on top of the city's highest building. Toilets at the JR Tower's observation room are 160 meters above street level and walled with glass. According to the designer, "one is supposed to do it as if one is taking a leak into a river from the top of a bridge...
...screen persona has made the 22-year-old poster girl of South Korean cinema's commercial renaissance a star. Despite having made just five films, Jun has become famous throughout much of Asia, smiling on magazine and TV ads from Sapporo to Singapore. Her TV campaign for Olympus digital cameras helped hike the company's brand recognition by more than 15%, according to advertising company LG Ad. My Sassy Girl was seen by more than 5 million people in South Korea and sat on top of the box office for two weeks in Hong Kong, where local films and Hollywood...
...After the season ended in October, he changed it several times. During an Athens Olympics qualifying tournament in Sapporo, he wavered on whether to go to the majors or stay in Japan and play in the 2004 Summer Games. A teammate who had participated in the Sydney Olympics in 2000 nearly sold him on staying. "He said nothing in baseball compared," Matsui says. "It was a tough, tough decision...
...Sapporo Ramen, Mami’s immediate neighbor, far surpasses the ramen of late-night snacking renown. Here, the traditional noodle soup is served in big clay bowls, aromatic and steaming. The chefs begin boiling a huge pot of meat-based broth at 6 a.m. each day. Then a flavoring is added: soy sauce ($5.75) or miso ($7.75). The noodles, which come packaged in dry chunks, are kept cooking in a large wok over an open flame, and are scooped out at serving time and ladled into the broth. The cook adds toppings from small plastic containers: mushrooms, scallions...