In Tokyo's chic shopping district of Omotesando, they were up by 40%.

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The most popular neighbourhoods for expats are Omotesando in the Shibuya ward, Azabu, Hiroo and Roppongi in the Minato ward and Daikanyama and Nakameguro in the Meguro ward.

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They tell him what people just like them are wearing in the right places, like the glitzy walk along Omotesando in Harajuku, so his buyers can snare the right deals.

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