The weight of expectation is always heavy at the Tokyo Auto Salon. What new trends will emerge this year? What amazing or eyes earingly bad products will greet you once you start walking around? However, the problem with expectation is the possibility of disappointment, and there's no doubt new trends or mind-blowing products were perhaps thin on the ground in 2017 compared with previous years.
This story is from the March 2017 edition of Banzai.
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The weight of expectation is always heavy at the Tokyo Auto Salon. What new trends will emerge this year? What amazing or eyes earingly bad products will greet you once you start walking around? However, the problem with expectation is the possibility of disappointment, and there's no doubt new trends or mind-blowing products were perhaps thin on the ground in 2017 compared with previous years.