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Harajuku: Tokyo's best people watching

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| By Wendy Yanagihara, Lonely Planet Magazine

Harajuku Visit the neighbourhood whose name has become synonymous with images of kids dressed up in outrageous fashions. It is an amazingly creative reaction against the rigidity of Japanese society. Read more…

Shibuya: Tokyo's best night out

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| By Wendy Yanagihara, Lonely Planet Magazine

Himonoya restaurant The towering department stores, music venues, dance clubs and all-you-can-eat dessert cafés cater to the city’s twenty-somethings. Read more…

Lonely Planet's top 10 dream business destinations

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| By Amelia Thomas, Lonely Planet

Infinity pool, Maldives If location is not important to your business trip, go somewhere for that hard bout of negotiation where there is little except the natural world to distract you from really getting down to business. Read more…

Tsukiji Market: Tokyo's famous seafood market

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| By Wendy Yanagihara, Lonely Planet

Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo After it has been fished from the sea and before it turns up on a sashimi platter, most of Tokyo’s seafood transits through the market where acres and acres of fish and fish products pass hands. Read more…

Tokyo: The allure of Akihabara

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| By Matthew Firestone, Lonely Planet

Manga comics for sale in Akihabara From multi-storied computer stores and back-alley discount camera shops to anime-themed cafes and the latest in costume-play fashions, Akihabara is Tokyo's thriving epicentre for electronic goods and otaku (geek) culture alike. Read more…

A selection of these Tokyo articles were originally published on Lonely Planet.

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