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Akiba Dental Clinic: The Akihabara dentist where a moe maid in cosplay cleans your teeth
- Oona McGee
Jun 15, 2022 - Tweet
This new dentist wants to make otaku dreams come true.
- Japan
- (Akiba Dental Clinic • Akihabara • cosplay • dental • dental care • dentist • dentistry • maid • maids • maids costume • moe • otaku • SNJO • Tokyo)
Part-maid cafe, part-dentist’s office? Akiba Dental Clinic opens in Tokyo【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jun 11, 2022
Frilly outfits and assisted teeth-brushing practice are part of the otaku-oriented dental clinic.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • anime • cosplay • dentist • health • maid cafes • maids • meical • otaku • teeth)
Akihabara shop lets you destroy your own hard drives for only 100 yen
- Master Blaster
Apr 11, 2022
Let Dark Past Final Disposal Site let you puncture your HDD.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • cheap • computers • destruction • disposal • hard disk drive • HDD • junk shops • SNJO • Tokyo)
Burger King roasts McDonald’s with cryptic message on poster jabbing huge new store in Akihabara
- Oona McGee
Apr 1, 2022
Longstanding tongue-in-cheek rivalry between chains continues in Tokyo’s otaku mecca.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • Burger King • burgers • fast food • food • funny • hamburgers • Japanese • marketing • McDonald's • posters • twitter)
Manga creator/politician Ken Akamatsu opens political office/art gallery in Akihabara【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 1, 2022
Creator of Love Hina is gearing up for a run at Japan’s upper parliament house to protect freedom of expression.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • anime • art • Ken Akamatsu • Love Hina • manga • Negima • politicians • politics)
Female virtual YouTubers are here to collaborate with Tokyo’s Kanda Myojin Shrine in a punny way
- Krista Rogers
Mar 29, 2022
Hololive Production teams up with one of Tokyo’s most important shrines to provide a creative new method of support.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • Ayame Nikiri • collaboration • ginger ale • HoloLive • jinja • Kanda Myojin Shrine • miko • Mio Ookami • Sakura Miko • Shinto shrine • support • Tokyo • virtual YouTubers)
Robot ramen waiter now serving customers in Tokyo’s Akihabara【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 27, 2022
One of Japan’s most basic restaurant chains has some new high-tech workers.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • COK • cool • food • Hidakaya • ramen • restaurants • robots • SNJO • technology • video)
VR metaverse of Akihabara Station being made by JR East, netizens scoff at early quality
- Katie Pask
Mar 12, 2022
“This looks like something from a PlayStation 2 game,” one netizen commented.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • Akihabara Station • cool • Hikki • Japan Railways • JR • metaverse • technology • Tokyo • trains • Virtual Market • virtual reality • VR)
Akihabara Nagomido manga cafe x Felissimo Cat Division Parlor collaboration café is open meow
- Krista Rogers
Feb 22, 2022
Month-long specialty cafe offers the purrfect dishes and goods for cat lovers in Japan’s capital.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • cafes • cats • COK • cute • Felissimo • food • Nekobu • restaurants • Taisho • themed restaurants • Tokyo)
Ramen chain Menya Musashi teams up with Lotte chocolate for unique Valentine’s Day dish
- Dale Roll
Feb 10, 2022
A mazesoba-inspired menu item full of hints of chocolate and pungent spices!
- Japan
- (Akihabara • chocolate • COK • food • Kanda • Menya Musashi • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • sweets • tasty • Valentine's Day)
Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A pop-up cafe to open in Akihabara
- Master Blaster
Jan 19, 2022
Don’t forget to press “select” too if you bring a friend.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • Ganbare Goemon • Gradius • Konami • konami code • Mystical Ninja • pop-up cafes • Tokyo • Twinbee • up up down down left right left right b a • video games • Yie Ar Kung-fu)
The Akihabara ? Bag lucky bag may disappoint you if you yourself are a pretty weird guy
- Casey Baseel
Jan 6, 2022
”Includes some goods” is the only promise this anime shop makes about its fukubukuro.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • anime • COK • fukubukuro • Lucky Bag Roundup • Lucky Bag Roundup 2022 • Lucky Bags • manga • SNJO)
Demon Slayer lucky bag from Akihabara slays us with awesome anime merch
- Oona McGee
Jan 4, 2022
Tokyo’s otaku town knows how to please Kimetsu no Yaiba fans.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • anime • anime merchandise • Demon Slayer • figures • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2022 • Kimetsu no Yaiba • Lucky Bag Roundup 2022 • Lucky Bags • manga • merchandise • Mr. Sato • shopping)
Akihabara card shop asks visitors to stop getting liquored up inside the store
- Casey Baseel
Jan 4, 2022
Sir, this is a place for Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh, not beer and shochu.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • collectible card games • collectible trading card games • crazy • etiquette • manners • Pokemon • Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Akihabara junk shop offers “Guaranteed iPad and other various items!!” lucky bag in 2022
- Master Blaster
Jan 3, 2022
Mr. Sato came for the “guaranteed iPad” and stayed for the “and more!!”
- Japan
- (Akihabara • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2022 • ipad • junk shop • Lucky Bag Roundup 2022 • Lucky Bags • Mr. Sato • shopping)
Leading maid cafe chain to open largest location in history in Akihabara
- Master Blaster
Dec 12, 2021
Maid cafes are coming back in a big way.
- Japan
- (@Home Cafe • Akiba Culture Zone • Akihabara • business • COVID-19 • maid cafes • pandemic • Tokyo)
End of the line for Gundam Cafe as entire chain announces permanent closure
- Casey Baseel
Nov 2, 2021
After an 11-year-run of anime-themed food and giant robot merch, it’s last call at the Gundam Cafes.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • anime • cafes • food • Gundam • Gundam Cafe • otaku • robots • themed restaurants)
Akihabara’s landmark “meat building” is being sold as pandemic continues to hit neighborhood hard
- Casey Baseel
Sep 16, 2021
Mansei meat company can no longer afford to continue owning the building that’s been a local icon since 1991.
We hunt for a PS5 in a high-stakes capsule toy machine in Akihabara
- Master Blaster
Sep 2, 2021
Our reporter doesn’t have a problem though. He can stop anytime he wants.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • capsule toy machine • Monster Hunter Rise • nintendo switch • One Piece • PS5 • video games • Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Experience Akihabara Station in a VR world, then ride the train to a virtual marketplace!
- Dale Roll
Aug 21, 2021
This digital recreation is super realistic!
- Japan
- (Akihabara • Akihabara Station • cool • digital media • JR East • technology • Virtual Market • virtual reality • VR)
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