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I visited Akihabara a year or so ago and (compared with Shenzhen) was quite disappointed - mostly it's Manga glitz, not a lot of electronics at all, you had to
by Taniwha 7y ago
I visited Akihabara a year or so ago and (compared with Shenzhen) was quite disappointed - mostly it's Manga glitz, not a lot of electronics at all, you had to hunt to find it.
Huaqiangbei is changing, gentrifying a bit (especially SEG) starting to sell consumer drones rather than cables - partly it's because now that all the subway work in the street outside is done the on-street stores are all consumer electronics stuff which is creeping inwards. But a block over really nothing much has changed.
- seanmcdirmid 7y agoThe one thing you can find in Japan that you can’t really find in China is used stuff, old stuff, and somethingS that aren’t meant for mass production. Akhibara still has that advantage, plus they mix the electronic work stuff with the computer hardware (in China, these things usually exist in separate buildings, if not districts).
- jdc 7y agoInteresting.. whereabouts in Japan?
- seanmcdirmid 7y agoAkihabara is in Tokyo, and pretty well known.