Akihabara Station

Last Update: January 1, 1997

 

These pictures were taken in mid-December, just after winter bonus time. (Most companies pay bonuses amounting to about a month's salary twice a year). Akihabara turns into a sales festival as vendors vie for all that cash burning holes in peoples' pockets...

 

These two pictures, right in front of the station, show a line of young women all handing out various flyers, tissue packs, pens, calendars, and more, all touting the benefits of various electronic goodies you *must* have...

Line #1

Line #2

 

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