Akihabara. Not as much neon as you might think - that is found in other city areas. This is more about the manga, anime and electrical goods.
Small tinker shops with EVERY electrical thing. You know how most homes have a box or something with all the spare cords, wires, adapters, extension leads, plugs etc? This is that, but a shop and times by a million.
You can get something as crazy as a USB to headphone to casette to airplane plugs.
Other shops all sell Manga & anime collectables. From cards to figurines, to anything else they're selling. This industry is massive in Japan.
The SEGA shop had toilets which tracked your urine stream and produced a game. This reporter talked and as you peed it got windier and made her dress ride up haha. It then told you how embarrassed she was and how much urine you deposited. LOL!
Floors and floors of anime and games and comics
Games everywhere! Lots of retro stuff too which is coming back.
More figurines! Bordering into the realms of the Hentai series which is animated Japanese pornography.
Entire shops of vending games!
Anime display building showed some famous artists.
More at the display building
As far as the eye can see. Every level. Of Every shop. Some random figurines, of some random series.
So from what I found out. Basically this cartoon culture has been in Japan ever since they started wooden block printing. Now you have bajillions of different series which release new editions every week. Either magazines as a classic comic book, or as full blown comic novels. Some are tv series, and some are all of the above. The Japanese people really don't have that much spare time. Comics are actually a great way to experience a very indepth story line at a fast pace and with numerous cliffhangers and endless possibilities for storylines. Harry Potter series was rated comparatively low in Japan because it was "too slow". Interesting!
