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and two

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. Throughout the year, a variety of events brought the fair into the real world.

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set up banners and parties in the

Harajuku is a district in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Harajuku is the common name given to a geographic area spreading from Harajuku Station to Omotesando, corresponding on official maps of Shibuya ward as Jingūmae 1 chōme to 4 chōme. In popular refer ...

district of

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opened public computers in 100 locations, and the

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brought the fair to street festivals. At the end of the year, a closing ceremony was held in Tokyo, where the fair archives were archived to CD-ROM, blessed by a

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, and put in a

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