Akihabara Sounds (part 1)
June 5th, 2007 3 Comments
I was in Tokyo during Golden Week, so took the opportunity to try and capture some of the ambience of Akihabara while I was there.
Below are a few snippets of audio (in 256kbps MP3 format), also you can click the images for larger versions.
Heading North along Chuo Dori, on the left side of the street. There’s a little bit of wind noise in parts of the recording but it’s not too bad.
Download: chuo_dori_akihabara.mp3 (2m32s, 4.65 MB)
An audio tour of the Don Quixote building: I wandered around each floor before taking the escalator up to the next level. The first few floors are kind of like a department store, above those are video games and other assorted amusements. The eighth floor has a cafe and is also home to idol-collective AKB48.
Download: don_quixote_akihabara.mp3 (7m58s, 14.5 MB)
Amidst the crowds in Akihabara’s crisscrossing side streets. Despite being a fairly small area there’s a lot of shops…even after randomly browsing around for a few hours it seemed like I’d barely scratched the surface.
Download: street_hubbub_akihabara.mp3 (2m20s, 4.3 MB)
Inside an amusement arcade. I think this recording is from Club Sega - but to be honest some of my memories of the time I spent in Akihabara have sort of blurred together…there was almost too much sensory input to assimilate.
Download: games_akihabara.mp3 (1m36s, 2.93 MB)
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3 Responses to “Akihabara Sounds (part 1)”
June 5th, 2007 at 11:09
Nice! Thanks for sharing
June 5th, 2007 at 21:12
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February 10th, 2008 at 01:40
Great photos. I was in Akihabara in June and I have a picture of myself in front of that Sega building. Alot of arcades..
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