An urban marriage of high tech and age-old customs makes Tokyo a fascinating destination, from teenagers playing "cos," or costume games, to adults taking dinner at tiny yakatori restaurants, where the kitchen is a small grill dedicated to cooking skewers of meat. He tours the city's massive wholesale fish market, Tsukiji Market, before dawn to watch the daily auction of massive torsos of tuna fish destined for sushi restaurants around the world. He checks out space-age toilets at the showroom of Toto as proof that cutting edge technology permeates every aspect of Japanese life. He shops in a department store with more than 100 shops catering to young Japanese women to whom fashion is all important. (12 of 13)
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