Akiba Back Door
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Akihabara out the back door of Taito Hey. People and electronics and karaoke and videogames and train lines in a pile.

The robo-shriek of a pinafored maid café promoter, staccato screeching from a shoptop balcony, a siren to drifting otaku.

Prongs of sinking sunlight finding the few narrow gaps. LED signboards getting started for the night.

Photographer and writer covering Tokyo arcade life – the videogames, the metropolis and the people