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Looking good and staying dry are not mutually exclusive.
Love hotels, yakuza gangsters, hostess bars - the neon-lit district of Kabukicho has long revelled in its status as the colourful underbelly of Tokyo.
While Monocle's all for pedal power for a better environment and poolside calves, we also have room in our parking bay for a peppy little Honda Zoomer in army olive or safety-sign orange.
Wake-ari - literally "as is" - is the new catchphrase for thrifty Japanese shoppers.
Formerly a light bulb manufacturer, Shotoku began making hand-blown glassware in the 1950s.
"I love making paper," says Yoichi Fujimori, speaking from his firm's booth at Maison et Objet in Paris.