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Did Chiba and Akihabara have their respective reputations in the early 1980s, though? It's a little silly to compare the modern state of a city with a 40-year-o
by duskwuff 5y ago
Did Chiba and Akihabara have their respective reputations in the early 1980s, though? It's a little silly to compare the modern state of a city with a 40-year-old projection.
- thematrixturtle 5y agoYes, nothing about Chiba has fundamentally changed since the 1980s. Akihabara has shifted from electronics to anime/gaming, but that's a fairly natural progression and it's still very geeky/otaku, just in a different way.
- rasz 5y agohttps://sabukaru.online/articles/ghosts-of-1980s-japan-by-johny-pitts https://sabukaru.online/articles/ghosts-of-1980s-japan-by-jo... http://stereo2go.com/forums/threads/1983-akihabara-japan-cassette2go-aka-james-pierce-took-pics-of-stuff-he-could-not-afford.7106/ http://stereo2go.com/forums/threads/1983-akihabara-japan-cas... 昭和６１年の秋葉原（※別に高画質版あります） Akihabara 1986 (240p Low quality version) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6zmIe0tJxE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6zmIe0tJxE Fun To See What Was For Sale In 1993 Tokyo Electronics District https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNoVD-ljVBM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNoVD-ljVBM Gibson made stuff up as any sf writer does. He never used a computer before writing Neuromancer, and he visited Japan for the first time in 1988, 4 years after first novel release.