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At the start of October, Aeon Laketown opened at the Koshigaya Laketown (on the JR Musashino-line).  Its not too far from my home (in fact, I think I could walk there), so I decided to check it out on Monday.  Here’s the stats –

Number of Stores:  566
Space:  about 220,000 square meters
Length:  End to end, about 1 kilometer
Floors:  3
Cost:  85 billion yen

As you can probably guess, it’s all shiny!  There weren’t many people there on Monday, and I spent about 5 hours wandering around.  The variety of stores is pretty good for young people, lots of fashion, restaurants, and a cinema (which has a Men’s Day!  For all those guys who felt discriminated against by Ladies Day).  And as far as I could find – 4 Starbucks (I’m not joking).  Certainly not much reason for me to go into Tokyo for shopping now with a Zara and Gap nearby.

Check out their website – http://www.aeon-laketown.jp/index.html

Pick-ups:  Found an interesting CD in Village Vanguard – Pia-no-Jac