http://www.japanfo.com/2009/10/22/kyoto-and-the-9-wonders-of-the-city/ Info all about Japan Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:22:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.japanfo.com/2009/10/22/kyoto-and-the-9-wonders-of-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Tokyo: a consumer capital | Japanfo Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:22:19 +0000 http://www.japanfo.com/?p=147#comment-4 [...] It may be ironic that one of the most expensive cities in the world also has one of the most rampant and flamboyant consumer cultures. Tourist attractions in Tokyo consist of many gargantuan shopping complexes in addition to the cultural favorites. The Ginza shopping district reigns supreme for ostentatious spending habits, with thousands of mega-stores, boutiques and an excessive array of non-functional novelty stores for the easily amused within us all. For a dose of New York in Tokyo, visit Shibuya, which is rife with higher-end shops, shrines, King-Kong-sized plasma TV screens and the busiest pedestrian street crossing in the world.  Very different to the “cultural capital” of Japan: Kyoto. [...] [...] It may be ironic that one of the most expensive cities in the world also has one of the most rampant and flamboyant consumer cultures. Tourist attractions in Tokyo consist of many gargantuan shopping complexes in addition to the cultural favorites. The Ginza shopping district reigns supreme for ostentatious spending habits, with thousands of mega-stores, boutiques and an excessive array of non-functional novelty stores for the easily amused within us all. For a dose of New York in Tokyo, visit Shibuya, which is rife with higher-end shops, shrines, King-Kong-sized plasma TV screens and the busiest pedestrian street crossing in the world.  Very different to the “cultural capital” of Japan: Kyoto. [...]

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