On December 30, with the year drawing to a close, I visited Akihabara, which was as crowded with foreign tourists as ever. I went there to look for a used pair of headphones, as in-ear earphones had been making my ears itch. I headed to the e-Earphone store near Suehirocho Station. On the way back, I walked from central Akihabara across Manseibashi toward Jimbocho. Maach Ecute Kanda Manseibashi, a renovated former station, looked stylish but not very lively. The old site of the Transportation Museum is now occupied by a large JR building, while the museum
In Jimbocho, many places were closed for the year-end holidays, and unfortunately, my hoped-for cafes at Sabouru or Furuseto Coffee were both closed.