With the new year comes the season of shopping extravaganzas.
Shoppers in Tokyo were lining up Wednesday to pounce on "fukubukuro" (lucky bags) as soon as the stores opened.
Customarily, all manner of shops from department stores, grocers, electronics retailers to supermarkets, sell lucky bags on their first day of business in the new year.
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