From: "Tom" on Sat 27 Aug 2005 00:25

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Tom,

The district in question is the Ahikhabara (sp?). From what I have
heard and read it is the largest elex flea-market in the world.

Yes... thanks to craigm as well, it is Akihabara. Here are some web pages:

Akihabara News:
http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/

Akihabara homepage:
http://www.akiba.or.jp/index_e.html
http://www.akiba.or.jp/english/

AKIHABARA! :-) Fabulous place in Tokyo!

In the early 1950s (!) it was far from a "flea-market" but rather a
collection of hundreds of small shops selling ALL SORTS of radio
and electronic parts, kits, ready-built stuff. Fantastic then.

The best kit I ever put together was a monophonic "high-fidelity"
amplifier with preamp, the preamp box containing a TRF AM receiver
for superb AM reproduction...purchased at a small price by this
then-GI in 1954, assembled, used, sent home and used in the States
for several years.

Akihabara has been written up in lots of electronics magazines,
from Audio Engineering to (I think) all of the U.S. amateur radio
periodicals. From talking to others in-person who had visited it
in 1970s and 1980s, it is well-worth a look-see for anyone who
gets to Tokyo, Japan.