City Sky

by Eena Bo

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City Sky

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Eena Bo

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Photograph - Digital

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Beautiful summer sky over the Electric City, Akihabara, Tokyo.

Akihabara, or Akiba, is a district in central Tokyo, famous for its many electronics shops of various sizes. They offer everything from the newest computers, cameras, television sets, mobile phones and home appliances to second-hand goods and electronic junk.
In recent years, Akiba has also gained fame as a center of the gaming, manga and animation culture. In addition to conventional stores, various other animation related establishments have appeared in the area, such as cosplay ("costume play") cafes, where waitresses are dressed up like anime characters, and manga kissaten ("comics cafes"), where customers can read comics, watch DVDs and surf the internet

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January 23rd, 2011

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