According to Wiki, the name Akihabara is a shortening of Akibagahara, which comes from Akiba, named after a fire-controlling deity of a firefighting shrine built after the area was destroyed by a fire in 1869. Akihabara gained the nickname Akihabara Electric Town, shortly after World War II for being a major shopping center for household electronic goods and the post-war black market.

I only have one photo of the area because the wind and rain blew out my cheap umbrella. Thank heaven I had a hood or I would have been done for.

Hope you’re having a good weekend, everyone….

{carole}