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# Holliers

15 cities you have to visit at least once, according to the experts

How many have you been to?

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Nov 1st 2015, 6:00 PM

# Toyko

Man sets himself alight on Japanese bullet train

Several other passengers had to be treated for smoke inhalation

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Jun 30th 2015, 9:07 AM

# get on the floor

Japan has overturned a 67-year-old law banning dancing after midnight

It was introduced to protect the country’s youth from the more liberal attitudes of US citizens.

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Jun 18th 2015, 6:15 AM

# pokey

These dilapidated capsule apartments were meant to be the future of housing

The Nakagin Capsule Tower was seen as the future of architecture when it was first built in 1972, with each 300-square-foot capsule acting a self-contained apartment. See them here.

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Oct 6th 2013, 9:45 AM