Seen in Tokyo 2

This sign, the front of a Pachinco Parlor, seen in Nippori, Tokyo's fabric center is a real rarity here in the city. I think typically people thing of Tokyo as a city with sweeping displays of undulating neon signage, glowing, popping, sizzling. However, typically signage in areas like Shibuya or Akihabara have switched from the more analog neon to the more digital video technology. The perfect imagery of flatscreen technology has changed the way the city looks, a smoother, colder, inaccessible city. Getting off the train in Nippori and seeing this older more analog type of signage really takes you back to what you thought Tokyo would look, and feel like. The neon hum and electrical smell of glowing glass tubes. d