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Akihabara

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20060125(000).jpg	On arrival at Akihabara. The sun was still up. We couldn't quite figure out how the "Duty Free" sign on some of the shops worked. This particular street was mobile phone territory.
20060125(001).jpg	This was an impressively sharp high-definition LCD TV. The effect is somewhat spoiled by my unsteady grasp of the camera, which almost obscures the label on the top left of the screen stating its 1920x1080 resolution.
20060125(002).jpg	Perhaps the most distinctive place in Akihabara is the indoor electronics market where rows of small stalls selling various components are packed in almost underneath the train station. This one was LEDs. You can also see a row of bright ones being demoed (which my camera didn't like very much).
20060125(003).jpg	Also on sale were CCTV systems and 'spy cameras' ranging down to the size of sugar cubes.
20060125(004).jpg	This seems to be every possible size of computer fan from 120mm down to 15mm in small increments. I probably should have put my finger there to show just how small those ones at the front really are!
20060125(005).jpg	The impressive thing about some shops was the comprehensiveness in the range of components available. This entire price list is hard disks.
20060125(006).jpg	Every CPU in existence! You have to go down into a basement to find this shop.
20060125(007).jpg	This is the... well, you can read can't you?
20060125(008).jpg	ANOTHER hard disk price list, this one notable because of the new 500GB size being listed.
20060125(009).jpg	You have to walk a little way before coming to a 'normal' shop. In search of a coffee shop (not to mention somewhere to sit down after a couple of hours), we eventually settled on the very traditional "Mister Donut". From the window I could see this nice matrix of lights in the office building towering above us on the opposite side of the street.
20060125(010).jpg	As night falls, the lights switch on. This block was particularly illuminated.
20060125(011).jpg	Nope, whichever way I put my camera, I still can't get all of it in!
20060125(012).jpg	Lights, the main street and the railway line crossing it.
20060125(013).jpg	The presence of neon lights, ramps and the Sega logo makes this photograph remind me of a Sonic the Hedgehog level.
20060125(014).jpg	Stealth spy cams, disguised as screw heads.

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20060125(000).jpg

On arrival at Akihabara. The sun was still up. We couldn't quite figure out how the "Duty Free" sign on some of the shops worked. This particular street was mobile phone territory.

20060125(001).jpg

This was an impressively sharp high-definition LCD TV. The effect is somewhat spoiled by my unsteady grasp of the camera, which almost obscures the label on the top left of the screen stating its 1920x1080 resolution.

20060125(002).jpg

Perhaps the most distinctive place in Akihabara is the indoor electronics market where rows of small stalls selling various components are packed in almost underneath the train station. This one was LEDs. You can also see a row of bright ones being demoed (which my camera didn't like very much).

20060125(003).jpg

Also on sale were CCTV systems and 'spy cameras' ranging down to the size of sugar cubes.

20060125(004).jpg

This seems to be every possible size of computer fan from 120mm down to 15mm in small increments. I probably should have put my finger there to show just how small those ones at the front really are!

20060125(005).jpg

The impressive thing about some shops was the comprehensiveness in the range of components available. This entire price list is hard disks.

20060125(006).jpg

Every CPU in existence! You have to go down into a basement to find this shop.

20060125(007).jpg

This is the... well, you can read can't you?

20060125(008).jpg

ANOTHER hard disk price list, this one notable because of the new 500GB size being listed.

20060125(009).jpg

You have to walk a little way before coming to a 'normal' shop. In search of a coffee shop (not to mention somewhere to sit down after a couple of hours), we eventually settled on the very traditional "Mister Donut". From the window I could see this nice matrix of lights in the office building towering above us on the opposite side of the street.

20060125(010).jpg