Akihabara – I just know that I’d spend a fortune there. When I’m living in Canada I wonder if Japan is cheaper to get to?

Japanese companies face tougher times as competitors horn in on their turf, but Tokyo’s “electronic city” of is far from giving up the ghost. Massive new building projects completed during the past two years now dot a skyline that bears a striking resemblance to the nightmare cityscape of Ridley Scott’s sci-fi classic Blade Runner. Japan’s fabled gadget Mecca is still the largest agglomeration of electronics stores in the world, and it continues to grow: Think of a year-round Comdex or Consumer Electronics Show on neon-charged steroids.

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