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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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Our score from the Akihabara Electric Town tour
Akihabara had every imaginable electronic part, so we had to be careful about what we packed. These are the most interesting parts we brought home. Front and center are 6 tiny VFD tubes, maybe...
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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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Sjaak’s shop-a-holic trip to Akihabara Electric Town
Sjaak stayed a little bit longer in Tokyo and had more time to score some nice parts. As we already said the big plus of shopping in Akihabara is you can actually touch the stuff, but it also has a...
View ArticleHOW-TO VIDEO #09: Visit Akihabara Electric Town
Akihabara is a giant neighborhood of electronics stores in Tokyo, Japan. This weekend we explored the markets with Tokyo Hacker Space on the first leg of our Global Geek Tour. The SEG Electronics...
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Adam’s Geek Tour of Akihabara Electric Town
Adam went to the Akihabara electronics market in Tokyo using the Global Geek Tour map and video. Visit his blog for a list of his buys. We asked him for his top tips for other hackers visiting...
View ArticleAkiba’s video tour of Akihabara electronic shops
From the comments on our earlier Akihibara Electric Town tour post: Tokyo Hackerspace has a video tour of most shops. Some have a website, some don’t and if they have, it’s in Japanese. But here is a...
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Stroll down Akihabara Electric Town
Ian’s visiting Tokyo for this weekend’s Maker Faire. He stopped by Akihabara electric town to check out some goodies. Armed with a Japanese data SIM he was able to tweet live pictures of the stroll....
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Akihabara’s best picks
As promised, here are the pictures of stuff we found cool at Akihabara shops. Even though the prices are a little higher then eBay or TaoBao, Akihabara offers you to touch and feel components you...
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WORKSHOP VIDEO #58: Visit to Switch-Science open hardware offices in...
Yoshi, who you may remember from the New York Trip video, takes us on a tour of the Switch-Science.com open hardware design, manufacturing, and shipping office. The office is on the edge of Akihabara,...
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