Shopping in Tokyo

Tetsuya Miura

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• . The handy guide includes a color palette, a list of materials (e.g., cotton, silk, and wool), and pertinent questions such as, “Can I try it on?” and “What do you think of this one?” And instead of struggling through transliterations, all you have to do is point to the paper.

  Opening Ceremony

  At precisely 10 every morning on Chuo-ku in the Ginza district, a bell rings as the doors swing wide at Matsuya, one of Tokyo’s venerable depato stores. Be one of the first inside, where the entire staff is lined up beside their counters to politely bow and greet customers for the day. Then walk down the block to rival Mitsukoshi and do it all over again at 10:30.

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