Akihabara is always entertaining, colorful, and fascinating and offers something for most visitors, be they into electronic parts, model building or airbrushing small resin figures, buying manga related art, or enjoying fantasy plays. I hardly ever visit Tokyo and not stop there. This car, btw, is a Citroen, powered by a two-cylinder engine.

 

Touting the Samsung Galaxy S5

 

 

What's in the bottles? Liquid bunny?	Advertising some manga series

 

 

It was raining off and on, and these girls were handing out curtesy umbrellas

 

A new discovery. A weekend outdoor market with much better prices than in the stores

 

This guy was selling his very intricate paper creations that would all pop up when the cards were opened.

 

The manga animation industry is centered here and these may be some of the employees who give tours to visitors	This one appears to be touting a manga singing group

 

 

For the lonely nerd who has nothing, a full-sized love pillow to sleep with

 

Lots of places for games, such as trying to somehow get one of those love pillows by remote control

 

 

A bit of a Las Vegas and Venice Beach atmosphere

 

Superbly crafted models

 

She saw my camera pointed and immediately posed, then I smiled and was rewarded with a most beautiful smile in return