Tokyo's Geek Ghetto

anaesthetica writes "The Washington Post is running a story on Tokyo's "Geek Ghetto" which has arisen in the city's electronics retail district, "Electric Town." From the article: "We have been discriminated against for being different, but now we have come together and turned this neighborhood into a place of our own.... In Akihabara, we don't need to be ashamed of who we are and what we like.... We can feel comfortable because here, we outnumber everyone else." There are concerns, however, that the total immersion in escapist culture may be causing social problems, including a growing number of shut-ins." I've gone to Tokyo 3x and visited Akihabara all three times. Highly recommended for anime fans and techies.

Comments

Re:Geek persecution

[IO ERROR]

I'm saying that people tend to make the best of a bad situation. Geeks, generally, have the power to make their own situations a little better than one might otherwise expect, though.

Way overpriced

[Anonymous Coward]

Hundreds of USD more for high-end electronics than you can get online and if you buy something in Japan your warranty is VOID in the US.

ATTENTION SLASHDOT EDITORS

[Spy der Mann]

There seems to be a bug in slashdot submitting AC posts to distinct topics. Please fix this! :(

Re:ATTENTION SLASHDOT EDITORS

[EnronHaliburton2004]

I think this might be a trollbot, posting random responses to articles. Notice how the topics tend to focus on financial and privacy issues, and we haven't had such an article in a the last couple of days I think.

Re:ATTENTION SLASHDOT EDITORS

[TripMaster Monkey]

Just mod down ACs -1 and read at 0.

Problem solved.