Travel: Lost in a Land of Contrasts ; the Land of the Rising Sun has Held a Fascination for Years. As Laura May Discovers, It Lives Up to the Mystique

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Gazing across the Tokyo skyline from the dizzying vantage point of the ritzy Park Hyatt hotel, sake cocktail in hand, I felt more than a little like Scarlett Johansson.

I had to admit that drinking in the bar she haunted with co-star Bill Murray was pretty good fun but all the same I feared that Japan was going to be Lost in Translation.

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Travel: Lost in a Land of Contrasts ; the Land of the Rising Sun has Held a Fascination for Years. As Laura May Discovers, It Lives Up to the Mystique

Neon trimmed skyscrapers were winking red lights at passing aeroplanes and the business districts bustled with busy salary men and office ladies.

And yet just below the canopy of the concrete forest lie ancient royal gardens wreathed in wisteria, hushed tea houses where a simple cuppa takes half an hour and above all a determined adheren...

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