Document 72 Hours · SEASON 11
Akihabara: Infatuated With Electronics
Episode 3 · 2020-01-24

- Documentary
Episode overview
A store in Akihabara, Japan's biggest electronics town, sells over 100,000 electronics parts, including resistors, capacitors and circuit boards. Around 1,000 people come to the store every day, from professional engineers to people who like to build their own electronics for fun. Among the people we meet are a musician who makes his own effects units; a graduate student who makes drones to take a break from job hunting; and a man whose hobby of fixing car audio systems has turned into a job. For 3 days, we peeked inside the store to find out what it is people come to buy and what they hope to create with it.
29 minutes
Season 11 episodes
1. A 400K "Survival Run" in Okinawa2020-01-10
2. Aomori's Shimokita Peninsula ‘Wakeari Yokocho’2020-01-17
3. Akihabara: Infatuated With Electronics2020-01-24
4. Big Fish, Big Dreams2020-01-31
5. Home for the Holidays: A Supermarket in Fukushima2020-02-07
6. Kobe: The Street Piano from That Day2020-02-14
7. Tokyo's Downtown 24-Hour Yakiniku Restaurant2020-02-21
8. From Gang Ties to Business Suits2020-02-28
9. Spilling the Beans at a Coffee Stall2020-03-06
10. Finding Solace at Inokashira Park2020-07-31
11. Muscle and Bustle: A 24-Hour Gym in Tokyo2020-08-07
12. Tanabata Wishes at a Tokyo Temple2020-08-14
13. Ishikawa Nagisa Driveway: Memories on the Sandy Beach2020-09-04
14. Tokyo Taxi Oasis2020-09-11
15. Tokyo's Sumida River: A Quiet Summer Without Fireworks2020-09-18
16. Why I Play an Instrument2020-09-25
17. Adios, El Dorado Carousel!2020-10-02
18. Seeds of Happiness at a Tokyo Garden Center2020-10-09
19. Kabukicho: Farewell to the Cabaret of Humanity2020-10-16
20. Giving Kitchen Equipment New Homes2020-10-23
21. The Zoo on a Hill2020-10-30
22. Sapporo Born and Bread: A 24-Hour Sandwich Shop2020-11-06
23. Opening New Doors at a Furniture Outlet Store2020-11-13
24. At the Pet Cemetery Where Animals Rest in Peace2020-11-20
25. Tokyo Dry Cleaner's: Reviving Clothes, Reliving Memories2020-12-04
26. Shimanami Kaido: A Ride Along Life's Cycle2020-12-11