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A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Clues you are zeroing in, if somewhat erratically, on Tokyo’s hipster neighborhood (in order of apperance):
- More variously colored bikes
- No skateboarding sign
- Rusting industrial buildings
- Messenger bags in bike baskets, on pedestrians
- Skateboarding pair in skinny jeans and plaid
- Guy in red Converse sneakers
- Christmas lights
- Group of 20-somethings boasting skinny ties, polka-dot dresses, and open tallboys
Ways to strike up conversation with a 20-something, polka-dotted woman wearing a particle mask:
- Can’t be done
Products that would take Tokyo’s hipster neighborhood by storm and probably make you a buck or two, though you’ll need more money than that to get by in Japan:
- Brightly patterned particle masks
