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It is a massive 1,174km from Tokyo to Hakata Station in Fukuoka but in a new N700 bullet train you’ll get there in just five hours. So hang up your Moncler jacket, dig out the iPod Touch and get acquainted with the window.
Photographer: Seishi Shirakawa Fashion editor: Akio Hasegawa
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