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(1)Chanel opens Ginza boutique

(1)Chanel opens Ginza boutique

TOKYO, Japan - About 200 fans of Chanel products line up as Chanel launches its boutique on Chuo Avenue in Tokyo's Ginza, Japan's ritziest shopping street, on Dec. 4. They were apparently intent on snapping up designer items sold nowhere else and called ''Ephemere de Ginza,'' connoting transitoriness, to commemorate the opening.

(2)Chanel opens Ginza boutique, 200 line up

(2)Chanel opens Ginza boutique, 200 line up

TOKYO, Japan - Chanel launched its boutique on Chuo Avenue in Tokyo's Ginza, Japan's ritziest shopping street, on Dec. 4 with 200 fans of Chanel products lining up before the doors opened at 11 a.m. The morning surge in the number of customers prompted Chanel Ginza to open the entrance of the 10-story building earlier than scheduled. It has one of the global boutique chain's largest shopping areas, consisting of three floors of designer goods.

(1)Chanel opens Ginza boutique

(1)Chanel opens Ginza boutique

TOKYO, Japan - About 200 fans of Chanel products line up as Chanel launches its boutique on Chuo Avenue in Tokyo's Ginza, Japan's ritziest shopping street, on Dec. 4. They were apparently intent on snapping up designer items sold nowhere else and called ''Ephemere de Ginza,'' connoting transitoriness, to commemorate the opening. (Kyodo)

(2)Chanel opens Ginza boutique, 200 line up

(2)Chanel opens Ginza boutique, 200 line up

TOKYO, Japan - Chanel launched its boutique on Chuo Avenue in Tokyo's Ginza, Japan's ritziest shopping street, on Dec. 4 with 200 fans of Chanel products lining up before the doors opened at 11 a.m. The morning surge in the number of customers prompted Chanel Ginza to open the entrance of the 10-story building earlier than scheduled. It has one of the global boutique chain's largest shopping areas, consisting of three floors of designer goods. (Kyodo)