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The final farewell to Akihabara’s tiniest shop in Tokyo (J-life video).

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Self-employed Koichi San has been selling little electrical items to thousands of Akihabara clients from the same modest place for 43 years.

He has a place in the history of Tokyo. He has a place in Japanese history. And now… the end is here; like much of Japan, he’s finally hit retirement age and is leaving for the countryside.

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