100 days of live concerts in Akihabara

Well I guess you have a point there.

But the reason I’m rather iffy about reopening it in Akihabara is that it becomes not just a magnet, but also a catalyst for the crazies.
Often people work up the image that Akihabara is some sort of “promised land” for otakus and it’s a funny hyperbole except some people start taking it as literal fact. It then becomes sort of a free ticket that says “you can do whatever the hell you please here” in the minds of some people.

I believe that’s why the town ends up having a steady supply of people like cross-dressed guys (Haruhi-themed) running wild shooting up the place with BB-guns, or scantily clad attention whores spreading her legs and crowds of shameless “kamekos” almost literally pushing their cameras between them.

I don’t think it’s anything where the police are trying to keep counterculture down, as much as trying to prevent (if overzealously) anything that might cause trouble. I think claiming they want to crack down on the manifestation of counterculture is on the same train of thought as (now ridiculed) “the terrorists hate freedom” line.

Personally, I just happen to go there for my shopping needs so I’m not inconvenienced, save for the waiting for the traffic light thing.