There’s a whole other world hidden among Tokyo’s architecture, and it’s only accessible by doing something counterintuitive in a bustling urban center: going up. Once you do, you’ll discover Tokyo’s rooftops, which, in the competitive real estate market of Japan’s capital, have been utilized to t...
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Ocon was sidelined ahead of last Sunday's Mexico City Grand Prix for unspecified reasons and was replaced by Japanese reserve Ryo Hirakawa.
