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Coming tomorrow: Tokyo Akihibara Electric Town tour
Tomorrow we’ll continue our tour of Tokyo hacker spaces and places with a trip to Akihibara Electric Town. Akihabara is a winding maze with electronic components, test tools, (retro) video games,...
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Tokyo Akihabara Electric Town tour
Today we continue our tour of Tokyo hacker spaces and places with a trip to Akihabara Electric Town. Akihabara is a winding maze with electronic components, test tools, (retro) video games, comic...
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Part shops in the maze on the Akihibara Electric Town tour
Our first stop on the Akihibara tour was a maze of stores with electronic components, mainly through hold stuff. These specific shops are slated to be torn down soon, and the stands will move to a new...
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LED shops on Akihabara Electric Town tour
We were amazed by the number of dedicated LED shops at Akihabara Electric town. On our short tour we encountered 6 or more shops dedicated to selling only LEDs – who’s supporting them all? This sign...
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Tool and equipment shops at Akihibara Electric Town tour
Akihibara has a great selection of tools and equipment too. Our favorite PCB drill press was widely available. More photos below the fold. This shop has new and used test equipment. They had some...
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Retro gaming on Akihabara Electric Town tour
In an ode to Sjaak’s experience hacking retro games, Tayken took us on a wild tour of Super Potato. This store is 4+ floors of retro consoles, games, and more. Just about every system and game...
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Parts shops on the street on Akihabara Electric Town tour
After we hit the electronic part stands in the maze, we headed for the street. These were like shops and markets anywhere, except you find giant solar panels and Nixie tubes sitting along the...
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Strange and unclassified on Akihabara Electric Town tour
Many shops in Akihabara don’t fit into any specific category, but were too strange or wonderful to leave out. This shop, for example, has nothing but DIY guitar building supplies. More photos below...
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Akihabara Electric Town tour roundup
Akihabara Electric Town tour roundup: Tokyo Akihabara Electric Town tour Our score from the Akihabara Electric Town tour Tool and equipment shops at Akihabara Electric Town tour Part shops in the maze...
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