If sophisticated aesthetics are your taste, then Takashimaya is your store. This luxury Japanese department store sells exclusive product lines in everything from skincare to luggage, clothes to furniture. The inlaid marble floors, new age music, and well-mannered staff make for a sublime shopping experience. It's worthwhile to buy something here just to take home one of their unusual trapezoidal-shaped shopping bags with tassel handles--though we doubt that will be an issue the minute you feast your eyes upon the inventory. Don't miss the garden shop on the first floor for abundant displays of flora and fauna or the temple to tea on the basement level with its 39 different varieties.