I found this weird, albeit unknown (at least to Western audiences) Shenmue-related thing while browsing through some Dreamcast Magazine Japan magazine scans, and thought you all might get a kick out of it:
http://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=Fil ... df&page=34
It's from the #1999-11 issue of the magazine, covering this exclusive Tokyo Game Show '99 Spring demo of Shenmue made, featuring a "Shenmue Shop" and a virtual Dreamcast booth/panel displaying the game and Dreamcast within the demo. Kinda reminds me of Second Life in a way...
EDIT: Huh. Looks like there was already a few threads about the "virtual tour" demo already: viewtopic.php?t=21138
EDIT 2: Here, some more of the Virtual Tour thing from later 1999 Dorimaga issues:
http://segaretro.org/index.php?title=Fi ... df&page=54
http://segaretro.org/index.php?title=Fi ... df&page=24