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Tokyo is famous for its nighttime neon lights and now it’s getting an exhibition dedicated to the glowing tubes. Fresh from a stint in Shizuoka in 2020, the Dai-Neon Exhibition has arrived in Tokyo.

Before Tokyo’s Akihabara geek district was laced with neon, it looked like this photo taken circa 1950 which I saw on my recent trip. Despite the cow in the photo, even around this time, gadgets were ...