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... you knew this was coming, right? The (in)famous Japanese toilet.

This futuristic piece of bathroom technology allows the user to choose between a light sprinkle and a heavy-duty squirt of water to cleanse their nether-regions, naturally both in the exact temperature of their choice.

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Nightlife in Shibuya.

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Billboards, somewhere in Shibuya.

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The shamisen (三味線) is a three-stringed fretless musical instrument which is played with a large plectrum called a bachi (撥). It is a very traditional instrument, dating back to the 16th century, and is probably best known to us gaijin as one of the instruments which maiko (舞子) learn as part of their training to become geiko (芸子) — or geisha (芸者).

I was pleasantly surprised to find this talented young man playing rock tunes on his shamisen at one of the exits of Shibuya station!

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An underpass near Shibuya station. Right behind that tree in the middle is the statue of the famous dog, chūken Hachikō (忠犬ハチ公, "the faithful Hachiko").

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...And one more!

It's the last one, I promise!

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... And another one.

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Another view from my window.

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The spectacular Tokyo skyline as seen from my Shibuya hotel room one August evening.

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A view of Tokyo's rooftops from the Shibuya Excel Hotel Tokyu, a gorgeous hotel where we spent three nights during our stay in the city.

The hotel occupies the top floors of the Shibuya Māku Shitī (渋谷マークシティ, Shibuya Mark City Building), a 99.67 mt tall building located right in front of Shibuya-eki (渋谷駅, Shibuya Station), the fourth-busiest rail station in the whole of Japan, with an average of 2.4 million passengers daily.