Central Japan International Airport, Ise Bay, Japan

This is the country’s third-largest airport, and like most new-build projects in the land-squeezed country, it was created on a D-shaped artificial island. The two-year-old enterprise is clean and efficient, of course, but what makes it especially notable is its jaw-dropping fourth-floor Sky Town shopping center, which features 61 shops and restaurants organized into a pair of streets. There are top-notch noodle canteens, superlative sushi bars and full-out restaurants that are so popular with locals that waits of up to an hour are not unheard of. There’s also an equally impressive duty-free area airside.

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