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...reason we make such an effort to create something innovative," says Endoh, 42, one of Japan's most gifted home designers. Case in point: his mysterious-looking Natural Ellipse, a white egg of a building that looms unexpectedly over neon-sign-speckled love hotels in Tokyo's trendy Shibuya district...
...SILVER CYLINDRICAL EDIFICE OF Shibuya 109 (Ichi-maru-kyu in Japanese) shines like a beacon to Japan's teen fashionistas, who journey here every day like the faithful to a holy site. An eight-story, freewheeling, techno-pumping madhouse of 110 boutiques selling clothing, shoes and accessories, Maru Kyu, as it's popularly known, is the one-stop fashion mecca for Tokyo's high-school-girl hipsters, who not only pump billions into Japan's economy each year but also drive trends in hemlines, hair color and heel height from Singapore to Shanghai and beyond. In less than a decade...
...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...
...born in 1863) playing Mozart, but most of the vinyl costs between $7 and $120. Tel: (43-1) 586 2133. TOKYO The city is in the grip of a vinyl revival, so you'll easily satisfy your wax cravings here. Head to Udagawa-cho, a five-minute walk from Shibuya train station. The area is crammed with LP stores, ranging from the hip-hop specialist Dance Music Record (www.dmr.co.jp) to purveyors of the unusual, such as Yellow Pop (www.yellowpop.jp) whose stocks include decades-old Japanese Rakugo (spoken-comedy records) and sporting-event pressings. ROME Goody Music is Rome's best...
...TOKYO The city is in the grip of a vinyl revival, so you'll find it easy to satisfy your wax-cravings here. Head to Udagawa-cho, a five-minute walk from Shibuya train station. The area is crammed with dozens of vinyl stores, ranging from hip-hop specialists like Dance Music Record to purveyors of the unusual such as Yellow Pop, whose stocks include decades-old Japanese Rakugo-spoken-comedy records-and pressings of sporting events...