Decks Building In Odaiba (2005-04-25)
Decks building in Odaiba (
) has two distinctive shopping
areas to attract customers. The first is "Itchome Shopping
Street" on the first floor that is decorated like old-time Tokyo.
All the shops have a retro feel displaying old-fashioned signs and
dated design. Even the lift area is made to resemble a waiting
area of a train station of the Showa period (1950's?). Even if
you don't plan to do any shopping, it's quite fun to just browse the
shops and have a taste of what an old Tokyo shopping street looks like.Crossing over to the adjacent building via a short bridge, you'll
find "Small Hong Kong" on the fifth floor. There are many Chinese
restaurants and Oriental shops there. The decor of the floor is
made to look like a busy Hong Kong district. Bright neon shop
signs jutting high up from the walls will make you think you are
standing in
the middle of the well-known shopping paradise.
If you can stand the stodgy Chinese opera-like music playing
insipidly in the background, you will have no trouble browsing in Small
Hong Kong. And if you can really
stand the simulated ear-popping sound of a passing plane every fifteen
minutes-- supposedly the noise you would hear in Kowloon City from the
old Hong Kong KaiTak Airport-- you might actually enjoy shopping there.
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