Akihabara in the '80s looked very different to Tokyo's otaku mecca today【Video】 soranews24.com

Stroll the streets of Electric Town at a time when computers and video games were just beginning to appear on the scene.
Today’s bustling otaku mecca wasn’t always like this, though, as the area was once a market city that grew to specialise in radio components.
This gradually evolved to include stores selling all things electrical, from whitegoods to cassette players and CD Walkmans, earning it the nickname “Electric Town”.
Back in the ’80s, Electric Town really began to evolve into the tech-obsessed otaku haven it is today, as computers and video games began to appear on the scene, attracting tech-heads and consumers during Japan’s booming bubble era.
Filmed in 1986, the video shows a simpler, less-in-your-face Akihabara than the one we know and love today.