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Out-of-business Tokyo McDonald’s gets brutal but kind sendoff from rival Burger King branch
- Casey Baseel
Feb 1, 2020 - Tweet
Akihabara competitor’s goodbye is as sweet and salty as French fries dipped in chocolate sauce.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • Burger King • burgers • fast food • food • funny • hamburgers • McDonald's)
Akihabara in the ’80s looked very different to Tokyo’s otaku mecca today【Video】
- Oona McGee
Feb 1, 2020
Stroll the streets of Electric Town at a time when computers and video games were just beginning to appear on the scene.
- Japan
- (1980s • 80s • Akihabara • Akihabara Station • history • Japanese train stations • nostalgia • old photos • stations • Tokyo • train stations • travel • twitter • videos)
Gundam conquers AKB48? Mobile suit cafe closes to expand, may take over idol eatery’s territory
- Casey Baseel
Jan 29, 2020
Robot fans applauded elimination of idol “eyesore” next to mecha anime otaku attraction.
- Japan
- (AKB48 • AKB48 Cafe • Akihabara • anime • cafes • Gundam Cafe • idol singers • Idols • restaurants • robots • themed restaurants)
Final Fantasy VII cafes are opening in Tokyo and Osaka to celebrate legendary game’s remake
- Casey Baseel
Jan 25, 2020
Cloud and Sephiroth get their own Buster Sword and Masamune-garnished mixed drinks.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • drinks • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII remake • food • Osaka • Square Enix • Square Enix Cafe • themed restaurants • video games)
Mr. Sato hunts for New Year’s lucky tablets in the wilderness of Akihabara
- Master Blaster
Jan 3, 2020
No one puts the “fuku” in “fukubukuro” like Akihabara.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2020 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2020 • Mr. Sato • new year 2020 • tablet • Tokyo)
Akihabara’s forgotten history reveals surprising basketball court at the station
- Oona McGee
Dec 30, 2019
People in Japan can’t believe the otaku haven looked so different just a few decades ago.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • Akihabara Station • basketball • history • Japanese train stations • old photos • sport • stations • Tokyo • train stations)
Busty ninja girl barred from Smash Bros. gets her own Tokyo pop-up store/merch line【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 26, 2019
Nintendo’s crossover series won’t let Mai Shiranui in, but no one can keep her down!
- Japan
- (Akihabara • Akihabara Container • COK • Fatal Fury • King of Fighters • SNK • Super Smash Bros. • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate • video games)
Akihabara bar’s secret menu beer is a massive treat in the world’s biggest otaku culture center
- Casey Baseel
Dec 23, 2019
An ura menu treat for those in the know.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • awesome • bars • beer • big food • COK • crazy • restaurants • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Tokyo • ura menu • Yodobashi Camera)
Japan’s favorite super-cheap revolving sushi restaurant finally comes to Akihabara!
- Casey Baseel
Nov 29, 2019
Once strictly for the suburbs, Sushiro lets fans in Tokyo’s otaku district enjoy tasty sushi and still have plenty of cash left over for anime merch.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • COK • food • Kaitenzushi • restaurants • revolving sushi • SNJO • sushi)
Tokyo’s AKB48 idol-themed cafe announces sudden, permanent closure
- Casey Baseel
Nov 20, 2019
Only a few weeks left to visit the idol singer eatery, plus possibly one more Akihabara landmark.
- Japan
- (AKB48 • AKB48 Cafe • Akihabara • cafes • Gundam Cafe • idol singers • Idols • restaurants • themed restaurants)
This is Akihabara’s best hidden food vending machine: The Mansei meat sandwich machine!
- Casey Baseel
Nov 18, 2019
Must-eat meat on the street in Japan’s video game and anime capital.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • COK • food • katsu • Niku no Mansei • pork cutlet • sandwiches • SNJO • tonkatsu • vending machines)
Should Akihabara be walled off from the rest of Tokyo? Twitter user proposes bold rezoning plan
- Casey Baseel
Nov 3, 2019
Admission fees, age requirements, and unrestricted public posting of erotic anime art would all be part of “Akihabara Gate City.”
Dine at Akihabara’s Dorami and get all-you-can-eat mapo tofu, plus delicious dumplings and more
- Katy Kelly
Oct 22, 2019
Our Japanese-language reporter follows a hot tip to a mouth-searing offer he can’t refuse.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • cheap eats • COK • mapo doufu • Seiji Nakazawa • SNOJ • value for money)
Typhoon Hagibis turns Tokyo into an eerie ghost town【Pics, Video】
- Oona McGee
Oct 13, 2019
In Akihabara, giant screens blared happy tunes to deserted streets as a life-threatening typhoon approached Japan.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • ghost town • news • photos • rain • Tokyo • trains • twitter • typhoon • Typhoon Hagibis • weather)
Pager service officially ends in Japan, funeral service for outdated tech held in Akihabara【Pics】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 30, 2019
Sayonara, pagers, and enjoy your well-earned rest.
Awesome Sega Mega Drive six-button controller taiyaki lets you bite into mouthful of nostalgia
- Koh Ruide
Sep 24, 2019
Relive the old-school era of 16-bit while having your fill of delicious red bean paste.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • COK • Genesis • limited edition • Mega Drive • red bean paste • Sega • taiyaki • treats)
Otaku lie down in the streets of Tokyo to be comforted by beautiful anime mom【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 16, 2019
Foreign bystanders startled as otaku bypass waifus for mama.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • anime • crazy • Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? • funny • otaku • weird)
Customers simultaneously amused and guilted by the name of this bread stand in Akihabara
- Krista Rogers
Jun 2, 2019
Would you have a clear conscience when buying melon bread from here?
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