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Smartphones
Although there are plenty of brands to choose from in Japan, the iPhone remains the most popular smartphone for young women.
Design allows owners to mix and match upper body art, and also has a practical purpose.
Even in a country that values following the rules, many say cutting off lines of communication following disaster is going too far.
Contents are actually an ironic jab at Japan’s holier-than-though critics of digital media consumption.
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The modern Japanese art of fake food samples has given birth to this stand which beautifully merges the heights of both elegance and kitsch.
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