Japan Story

[Jay Vaughan]

> Anyways, so the next morning I go down to the Akihabara area of  
> Tokyo (Electric Town) and start hunting for a circuit montable type- 
> A usb ports.  Akihabara is part of Tokyo that has loads of  small  
> shops and stands that sell all kinds of electronic parts for either  
> the hobbyists or the engineer from Sony Labs down the street.   
> There is also lots of consumer electronics on sale for blocks on  
> end.  At first I was getting discouraged, but after a bit of  
> chasing, I found one stand that had a few of these.  Got two of  
> them, went next door and bought a soldering kit.  Came back to the  
> hotel in Shibuya and spent the next few hours taking the Vestax  
> unit apart, removing the broken port and soldering the new one.   
> Good as new.

Ah, Akihabra.  You gotta love any district where your train exit door  
takes you directly into the middle of a department store.

Best second-hand synth shop in the world is on the 3rd floor of the  
softbank store ..

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Jay Vaughan