33 Ways To Improve Your Life, Japanese Style via Mr. Porter [Shared]

33 Ways To Improve Your Life, Japanese Style via Mr. Porter [Shared]

Tokyo is a city of extremes. The beating heart of Japan – at least since it took over from Kyoto as the country’s capital in 1868 – it is now the largest metropolis in the world, a forest of glassy skyscrapers, inner-city temples and hidden ramen shops, not to mention some of the best menswear on the planet. A short walk around Shibuya will leave even the most style-conscious man from elsewhere feeling entirely underdressed. Why else do you think MR PORTER stocks so many Japanese brands?

Still, to the uninitiated, Tokyo – and by extension Japan as a whole – can be an inscrutable place. How do so many people live on top of each other? Why is the food so good? And why are people so well-dressed? Here, a few of our favourite Japanese experts (and experts on Japan) divulge a few ideas on what we can learn from life in the Japanese capital, and beyond.

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