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Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks returns, with an improved layout overlooking the scramble crossing.
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Tokyo won’t give you a permit to film on the Scramble Crossing? Don’t worry, because now there’s an alternate site!
Well, that’s one way to social distance in Tokyo.
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