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People: Fashion
Fashion in Tokyo can be strange. I found girls with kimonos, girls with school uniforms (and they didn't go to school), boys and girls dressed with cartoonish stuff and so on. I put on my multicolor socks; that was an opportunity to dress extravagant!

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People: Don't forget where you put your bike.
For some reason all bikes in Japan look the same and I hear they are as commonly stolen as umbrellas. I find that hard to believe however and choose to believe that - if anything people merely forget where they put their bikes and hence claim they are stolen.

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People: Golden Week
Narita Airport during Golden Week - Tokyo
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Golden Week may be the best, and worst time to see Tokyo. It comprises four holidays, and is one of the busiest times of the year for tourism. Most Japanese tend to get up and get outta town during this week. As a result, views from the Tokyo tower are better, and traffic is less congeted.

There is a downside though. Many of the local attractions and businesses are also closed. So whatever else is left to see, isn't going to be much. If it is open, and it is outside of town, you can even forget seeing it. Trying to get to Mt Fuji is going to be impossible.

If you have to travel to Japan, it is best NOT to travel during golden week. But if you are there already, try to enjoy what you can. In 2005, Golden week falls on April 29th, to May 5th. But this tends to spill over onto the weekends too.

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People: Dress well, Party Hard.
If you can not follow these simple instructions, please stay at home.

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People: Sleep on the Train
If you haven't been able to sleep well at home, take my advice and sleep on the train. My transportation tip on this subject might need referring to.

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People: Book to Read if You're Interested in Life in Tokyo
If you're interested to know what life is like in Tokyo for foreigners, there's a funny novel called Tokyo Stories which was featured in The Japan Times on March 6 and in the Tokyo Weekender on March 5. These publications have websites so you can check them out.

Information on Tokyo Stories is also available at www.tokyostories.net

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    People: How to meet girls in Tokyo~~
    It seems easy.. just walk up to a girl and talk and you might get a date with her... !! That's how Japanese guys date girls...

    It is really amazing to see how guys try to date girls on street... especially at night in Kabukicho, those guys would gang up and approach girls and ask them to go out and have a drink.. or have a date with them~ and its like some very normal practice that the girls would talk to them and actually go out with them or exchange phone numbers~~!

    If you want to keep those guys away from you, just reply in English and they will vanish away~~~~~

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    People: Japanese are very polite. But...
    Japanese are very polite. But they are quite scared to listen to English! That's why it's quite difficult to communicate.
    I had experience before.

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    People: Ask for direction
    Pick up a copy of the map in both English and Japanese, when ask for direction, Often you get better result by just point to the Japanese characters and speak English slowly. With the combination of sign language, as least you get the general direction of where you are going.

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    People: Popularity of peroxide
    Example of hair coloring - Tokyo
    Example of hair coloring
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    Some observations of the local Japanese: Business casual hasn't caught on here, most salarymen dress in conservative blue or gray suits. Women seem to have
    excessive downtime, the vast majority of shoppers in Ginza and Shinjuku are women and the stores reflect and cater to them...how many shoe stores does a city need? Cellphone penetration is extremely high, not
    unusual to have >2 mobiles.
    Catnaps on the train are common, heated cushioned seats and smooth rides make
    it all the more accomodating.
    Shoppers, especiallywomen love Louis
    Vuitton products--from handbags, umbrellas, hats, etc.

    I'll say over 90% of Tokyo women have some hair coloring done, while the number for men is alarmingly high as well. Was told that since hair coloring is seen as a rite of passage as it is prohibited when attending school. It is more uncommon to see a Japanese adult with his/her natural hair color.

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