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Akihabara Electric Town, the electronics shopping district north of Tokyo's financial sector, is so densely populated with stores, so garishly neon-lit, and so swarmed with shoppers that it can be a real headache if you're not sure what you're looking for. Big-name electronics stores like LAOX and Yodobashi Camera dominate the main Chou Avenue, while the secondhand shops for phones, electronic translators, cameras, audio/video devices, and other digital wizardry line the inner grid of streets. Discounts can run as deep as 50 percent for name-brand electronics. There's also the geek appeal of MP3 watches, the newest (and tiniest) cell phones, personal robots (talking robot dog, anyone?), and those weird video visors that make you look like Geordi La Forge from Star Trek. Cheap electronics aren't the only reason to venture into this consumerist frenzy; this is also nerd central for manga comics, fantasy figurines, and retro Nintendo and Sega video-game arcades.—Douglas Wright
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