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>>thunde+(OP)
I recently went looking for floppy disks in Akihabara, Tokyo. I needed them for a photography project and I didn't want to buy an entire box off Amazon (yeah, they are still available) since I only needed 2 at most.

Despite Akihabara having no shortage of retro hardware junk stores, even many with floppy disk drives for sale, finding actual floppy disks was surprisingly difficult. I did eventually find some, but only after asking multiple shop owners who swore they had seen some around their shop to then fail to find any. The last guy went digging behind the counter and eventually produced a dusty box of floppies with only about half remaining.

>>pilaf+D9
didn't they have them at yodobashi?

>>kmlx+gd
They may have them, it just didn't cross my mind so I went straight for the junk hardware stores. I had an afternoon to kill anyway and had fun looking at all the weird Japanese retro hardware.

>>pilaf+vg
yeah, it’s quite an experience what you’re describing. i loved it last time i was in akihabara.

going back to yodobashi, seeing all the current gen electronics ever under a single roof spread out across x storeys was something i haven’t seen in the west in quite some time. it was tiring (there’s so much stuff), but equally impressive.