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Akihabara restaurant Dante’s 10-buck steak: delicious, and so divinely cheap it feels like a sin
- Casey Baseel
Oct 6, 2017 - Tweet
Splurging on tech toys in Tokyo doesn’t mean you have to skip steak for lunch and dinner.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • beef • cheap eats • food • meat • restaurants • steak • Tokyo)
Japanese Twitter users share a secret hiding on platform five at Akihabara Station
- Oona McGee
Oct 4, 2017
A little-known milky paradise awaits those who know where to look at this busy station in the capital.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • Akihabara Station • Japanese train stations • milk • secrets • tourism • train stations • trains • travel)
Mr. Sato goes halal at new CoCo Ichibanya that caters to Muslim diners
- Master Blaster
Sep 29, 2017
CoCo Ichibanya undergoes a drastic change in color scheme, so how about the food?
- Japan
- (Akihabara • coco ichibanya • curry • food • halal • islam • restaurants • Tokyo)
Otaku dating service advises singles to have interests other than anime
- Casey Baseel
Sep 23, 2017
Tough love from Akihabara-based matchmaking service reflects the changing nature of anime fandom.
Animegane: World’s first anime eyewear store opens in Akihabara
- Oona McGee
Jul 12, 2017
Whether you’re after Boruto spectacles or glasses from Maho Girls Pretty Cure!, this new store has a huge selection of anime styles to choose from.
Japanese cosplayer wows crowds in Akihibara with four-legged centaur costume 【Video, photos】
- Oona McGee
Jul 11, 2017
The pretty beast turned heads everywhere as she trotted through the streets of the anime and manga loving neighbourhood.
- Japan
- (A Centaur's Life • Akihabara • anime • beautiful women • cosplay • Cosplay costume • cosplayers • cute • manga • otaku • Tokyo)
Crushing demand for free anime condoms leads to bizarre request from event organizers
- Casey Baseel
Jul 3, 2017
Only those planning to actually use prophylactics asked to line up, but with one big loophole.
Super-ultra-rare anime condoms to be handed out for free in Tokyo’s Akihabara neighborhood
- Casey Baseel
Jul 1, 2017
First-come, first-served in promotion for upcoming anime TV series.
Otaku shopping spree: How would you spend $5,000 in Akihabara?
- Shannon McNaught
Jun 29, 2017
PlayStation VR, anime figurines, a hair dryer; you can get a lot for $5,000 in Akihabara.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • anime • otaku • Otaku Prize Spin • shopping • shopping spree • souvenirs • Tokyo Otaku Mode)
Looking for a job in Japan? New “Sugoi Kawaii” maid cafe in Akihabara now hiring foreigners!
- Oona McGee
Jun 21, 2017
As long as you fill certain requirements, you too can be a maid in Japan.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • cafes • foreigners • foreigners in Japan • jobs • maid cafes • maids • moe • Tokyo)
Japan’s mint chocolate sweet bean fish cakes are a delicious mouthful in both name and flavor
- Casey Baseel
Jun 14, 2017
Looks like nothing we’d ever have imagined, tastes like something we could only have dreamed of.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • anko • awesome • chocolate • food • Kurikoan • mint • seets • sweet beans • taiyaki • weird • Yokohama)
Mini Japanese cheese tarts from Pablo are the sweets we’ve all been searching for
- Oona McGee
May 17, 2017
We try mini tarts with melting centres from Japan’s most popular cheese tart specialty bakery.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • cakes • cheese tarts • Cheesecake • Pablo • Pablo Mini • sweets • tarts)
Idols talk with customers as their noodles cook at new instant ramen cafe in Tokyo
- Casey Baseel
May 16, 2017
Customers in Akihabara are happy to pay large markup on instant noodles for three minutes in paradise.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • food • Idols • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Noodles • otaku • restaurants • Tokyo)
Anime fan dating party in Tokyo at risk of being cancelled for failing to attract a single woman
- Casey Baseel
May 5, 2017
If you’re an anime-loving lady, here’s your chance to save the day.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • anime • dating services • matchmaking • otaku • relationships • romance)
Commotion at Akihabara Station as bomb squad called in to remove suspicious object
- Oona McGee
Apr 23, 2017
Dramatic scenes were captured on film today as specialist teams and truckloads of equipment were sent to the busy station in Tokyo.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • Akihabara Station • news • police • Security • Tokyo • train stations • trains)
Awesome mountain of meaty goodness now at beef bowl restaurant in Tokyo’s Akihabara and Shimbashi
- Casey Baseel
Apr 5, 2017
Two kinds of beef, and a surprising amount of veggies, are keeping Tokyo’s otaku and businesspeople full.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • beef • beef bowls • cheap eats • food • meat • restaurants • rice bowls)
Heartwarming video captures the emotion of last day at work for a Japanese rail station employee
- Oona McGee
Mar 31, 2017
The story of the Akihabara stationmaster is bringing tears to the eyes of commuters around the country.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • Boss coffee • heartwarming • moving • retirement • subways • Tokyo Metro • touching • trains • videos)
Yoshinoya, Japan’s biggest beef bowl chain, is now serving fried chicken in Tokyo
- Casey Baseel
Feb 24, 2017
Not satisfied with dominating only Japan’s cow cravings, Yoshinoya adds karaage to its menu in Akihabara.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • beef bowls • cheap eats • food • fried chicken • gyudon • karaage • restaurants • Yoshinoya)
Sanro’s lazy egg Gudetama now has its own maid cafe in Tokyo’s Akihabara
- Casey Baseel
Jan 17, 2017
Who’s craving some “Stressful Society Noodles?”
- Japan
- (Akihabara • cafes • Gudetama • maid cafes • restaurants • Sanrio • Tokyo)
【Lucky Bag Roundup 2017】 We push our luck with a 3,000 yen “lucky bag” from Akihabara junk shop
- Master Blaster
Jan 2, 2017
Once again, to feel the true thrill of the gamble of a New Year’s fukubukuro (lucky bag) Mr. Sato doubles down and grabs a bag of junk… or is it?
- Japan
- (Akihabara • fukubukuro • junk shop • Lucky Bags • New Year's • shopping)
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