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PLACES—TOKYO

A Thousand Delights in the World’s Gourmet Capital

“Tokyo the destroyed and reconstructed is an octopus with f exible tentacles.” So atmosphere seems crystallized at the times of geishas and samurais. On the other
it was def ned by Jean Cocteau, the great French artist, poet and f lm director who hand there is the pulsing engine of a relentless machine, driven by the innovation
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was bedazzled at the beginning of the 20 century. Even today, this is the Japanese boost, by the constant upgrading of all that represents and def nes contemporary
capital city able to fall and rise, a multifaceted body that changes all the time, reach- trends. Tokyo always has an eye on the past yet anticipates all the other cities. Try-
ing out to look for inspirations every time new. On the one hand there are thou- ing to keep up with it is impossible, it runs faster than Shinkansen, the very fast
sands of years of history, which one can still breathe while leisurely walking among train connecting the whole country. At the same time, it is very easy to have a break,
temples immersed in zen gardens and wandering through old boroughs, whose stopping at one of the many corners of the city. The immense gastronomic culture

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Tokyo Tower is a 333-meter-tall communications tower, and it is among
the thirty tallest buildings in the world. Its structure is inspired by the
Eif el Tower but its color is orange. It was inaugurated in 1958.

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