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Havana shirt
Canvas tote
Monocle magazine May 2024
Konfekt - Issue 14
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Visal jacket
Rachel long sleeve T-shirt
Ripstop cap
Windbreaker
Nizyū Kanō rucksack
Holdall bag
Shoulder bag
Equinox Light U Carry-on suitcase 34 L
Waan Nozo bowl
AL30 alarm flip clock
Meigallo cobalt vase
Lou stool
Small A6 hardcover pocket notepad
Large B5 hardcover linen notebook
Drehgriffel pen
Wallet notebook
Candle One: Hinoki
Scent Three: Sugi
Calavria roll-on fragrance
Welsh Lavender foot cream
Porter
Comme des Garçons
Leuchtturm1917
Japan Collection
Darumas
London
Zürich
Tokyo
Hong Kong Airport
January 2015
p.110-111
01 of 10Takashi Kobari
02 of 10Otemachi Tower
03 of 10Basement floor in Otemachi Tower
04 of 10Model of Marunouchi
05 of 10Marunouchi Building event space
06 of 10Gyoko-dori underground gallery
07 of 10Otemachi Tower
08 of 10Shin Marunouchi Building entrance
09 of 10Marunouchi and Shin Marunouchi Buildings
10 of 10Matsuzakaya site
Vertical retail fails in most countries (who wants to eat in a basement and traipse up 10 floors?) but in Japan it’s done with success. As other cities densify, what can team Tokyo teach us?
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