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Awesome life-size anime figure display exhibition opens in Tokyo this month

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 5, 2018
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If gigantic anime figures are your idea of fine art from Japan, you won’t want to miss this free event in Akihabara.

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• (Akihabara • anime • art • cool • events • figures • Figurex • life-size figures • otaku)

Why is “Akihabara” shortened to “Akiba?” The historical reason may surprise you

• Scott Wilson
  May 26, 2018

Yeah, wait a minute. Why isn’t it shortened to “Akiha” instead?

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • Edo • history • Japanese history • Tokyo)

Wedding ceremonies with handsome anime men now being offered at Akihabara VR center

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 19, 2018

Slip on a headset and let one of three handsome dating simulator stars slip a ring on your finger.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • anime • dating simulators • otome games • romance games • Sega • virtal realiy • VR • weddings)

Cowboy Bebop anime themed cafe coming to Tokyo and Osaka next month

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 12, 2018

Okay, three, two, one let’s eat.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • anime • anime restaurants • cafes • Cowboy Bebop • food • restaurants • themed restaurants)

Akihabara restaurant predates any anime TV series, is closing for good as neighborhood modernizes

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 7, 2018

As Tokyo’s otaku mecca continues to transform, a part of its past will fade away this month.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • food • history • otaku • restaurants • teishoku • Tokyo)

Crazy-huge triple-decker wagyu hamburger steak will draw you to Akihabara even if you hate anime

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 27, 2018

Why eat nine Quarter Pounders when you can eat this instead?

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • beef • big food • COK • crazy • food • haburger steaks • hamburgers • meat • restaurants • SNOJ)

Cosplaying go-kart driver strikes bicyclist in hit-and-run collision in Akihabara

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 26, 2018

Police track down, arrest Taiwanese national. Mario presumed innocent.

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• Japan
• (accident • Akihabara • cars • cosplay • crime • go-karts • Mario Kart • nintendo • Super Mario • weird)

Akihabara pub offering monthly all-you-can-drink passes with durations up to half a year

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 7, 2018

Four other restaurants in Tokyo also start selling unprecedentedly generous unlimited-beer-and-cocktail passes.

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• (Akihabara • alcohol • all you can drink • beer • izakaya • nomihodai • pubs • restaurants • Tokyo)

We track down a special dish hidden inside Yodobashi Akihabara 【SoraNews24 Taste Test】

• Oona McGee
  Feb 7, 2018

If you know where to look, you’ll be able to try a jugful of noodles that nobody wanted the owner to create.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • izakaya • LOL • Mr. Sato • Noodles • otsukimi • SNJO • soba • taste test • Yodobashi)

Japanese Twitter falls in love with unusual vending machine in Akihabara

• Oona McGee
  Jan 19, 2018

There’s good reason why people from around Tokyo are making the trip to Electric Town to get a taste of these special beverages.

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• (Akihabara • citrus • cool • dekopon • Ehime • fruits • iyokan • juice • mandarins • mikan • Pom Juice • vending machines)

Ultra-rare Yu-Gi-Oh! card goes on sale in Tokyo’s Akihabara for 45 million yen

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 17, 2018

Rare anime merchandise can sometimes be as expensive as a car, but this one is closer to the price of a house.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • anime • collectible card games • crazy • video games • Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Why right now is one of the best times of the year to shop for dojinshi manga and merch in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 5, 2018

Lucky bags always make January a great time to go shopping in Japan, but it’s the prime dojinshi-buying time for a very different reason.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • anime • COK • Comiket • dojinshi • fukubukuro • Lucky Bags • manga • SNOJ • Tora no Ana)

【Lucky Bag Roundup 2018】Akihabara Junk Shop Lucky Bags: Now with less junk!

• Master Blaster
  Jan 5, 2018

Mr. Sato once again tempts fate with two mystery grab bags of outdated electronics.

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• (Akihabara • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro 2018 • junk shop • Lucky Bag Roundup 2018 • Lucky Bags • lucky Bags 2018 • Mr. Sato)

Akihabara then and now: Photos show how Tokyo neighborhood has changed over the past 10 years

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 20, 2017

Tokyo pop culture center is a reflection of what young otaku are into, which means it never stays the same for very long.

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• (Akihabara • anime • otaku • photography • Tokyo)

Akihabara fans shed a tear as iconic sign comes down, changing the cityscape of Electric Town

• Oona McGee
  Dec 5, 2017

These photos capture the late-night action that spells the end of an era for Electric Town.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • anime • Electric Town • electronics • manga • Onoden • otaku • Tokyo)

Tokyo subway ”phantom station” reveals itself to passengers for first time in nearly 90 years

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 29, 2017

Akihabara-area Ginza Line station hasn’t been used since before World War II.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • Ginza Line • history • stations • subways • Tokyo • Tokyo Metro)

Pink-shirted multiplying man found in Akihabara on Google Street View

• Master Blaster
  Nov 26, 2017

In the Matrix of Google Maps, our Neo has been found.

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • Google Maps • Google Street View • multiplying man • pink shirt • wtf)

Crazy cheap Internet cafe in Akihabara is the perfect accommodation for the thrifty otaku

• Koh Ruide
  Nov 2, 2017

With overnight stays costing as low as the price of two meals, travelers can save big and relax in comfortable rooms situated right in the heart of the otaku capital.

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• (Akihabara • Akihabara Station • cheap • Internet cafes)

Japanese “Receipt Manga” machine discovered at Akihabara 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Oct 27, 2017

This is the most entertaining way to buy a Japanese manga comic!

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • anime • art • cool • manga • otaku • receipt manga • vending machines)

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