The makers of Final Fantasy are also now the makers of awesome burgers and cake at this Akihabara restaurant and gift shop.
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Tokyo’s new Square Enix Cafe is open, and we just stuffed our faces at the video game eatery
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Casey Baseel
Oct 4, 2016 - Tweet
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Square Enix Cafe opening in Tokyo next month with revolving themes, delicious-looking sandwiches
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Casey Baseel
Sep 21, 2016
The video game developer always makes aesthetics a priority in its software, and it looks like it’s doing the same for its new restaurant in Akihabara.
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The shop is a bit of a walk from the station, but the superb soba at this Akihabara eatery is worth the trip.
Japanese gamer “God of Akihabara” plays Taiko no Tatsujin Drum Master game with back to screen
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Oona McGee
Jul 28, 2016
One of Japan’s most famous gamers tops all other performances we’ve ever seen by marching and drumming up a storm, clearing the song without looking at the screen.
- Japan
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Akihabara’s new capsule hotel has a bar with craft beer and sake, hot spring-style mineral bath
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Casey Baseel
Jul 1, 2016
Vocaloid Yukari Yuzuki becomes a life-size figure with equally enormous price tag
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KK Miller
Jun 25, 2016
Japan’s largest anime megashop to open new branch in Akihabara specifically for women
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Casey Baseel
Jun 22, 2016
Naked man strolls up to Akihabara Station in Tokyo to buy a train ticket 【Photos】
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Casey Baseel
Jun 20, 2016
Good thing he had a backpack, because where else was he going to stick his change?
Police break up huge crowd clogging Tokyo sidewalk outside adult virtual reality exhibition
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Casey Baseel
Jun 14, 2016
Simulated sex demonstration in Akihabara definitely needed a bigger venue.
- Games & Tech, Japan
- (Akihabara • crazy • virtual reality • VR • weird)
Meeting at Hogwarts? Tokyo rental conference room is like a page from Harry Potter’s adventures
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Casey Baseel
Jun 3, 2016
Not a fan of the boy wizard? Maybe you’d prefer to hold your meeting in the Wonderland room instead.
- Culture, Japan, Lifestyle
- (Akihabara • Alice in Wonderland • business • cool • Harry Potter • rental offices • Tokyo)
The otaku haven’s first women-only capsule hotel will celebrate its opening with an anime collaboration.
Akihabara Shrine seeks shrine maiden to perform memorial services for “deceased” anime figures
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KK Miller
Mar 23, 2016
- Japan
- (action figure • Akihabara • jobs • otaku • Part-time • shrine maiden • shrines)
Tokyo cafe’s sakura ice cream has actual flowers mixed in for the ultimate cherry blossom dessert
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Casey Baseel
Mar 22, 2016
Whether you’re a diehard anime fan or couldn’t care less about otaku culture, you owe it to yourself to try this new treat in Akihabara.
- Food & Drink, Japan
- (Akihabara • cafes • cherry blossoms • ice cream • restaurants • sakura • sweets • taste test • Tokyo)
Hair salon just for otaku would turn getting a haircut into a mini anime convention experience
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Casey Baseel
Mar 15, 2016
- Anime & Manga, Japan
- (Akihabara • anime • fashion • hair • hair salon • Tokyo)
Carl’s Jr. Japan also has a breakfast menu, so of course we had to try it too【Taste Test】
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KK Miller
Mar 10, 2016
Always hungry for more, we head back to the newly opened Carl’s Jr. in Tokyo to try the fast-food outlet’s morning menu.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • breakfast • Carl's Jr. • fast food • hamburgers • taste test)
First Carl’s Jr. opens in Tokyo’s Akihabara district, massive line-up ensues
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Master Blaster
Mar 5, 2016
Does Carl’s Jr. have what it takes to survive the grand-opening frenzy that every American fast food chain enjoys in Japan? We wait in line four hours to find out.
- Food & Drink, Japan, USA
- (Akihabara • burgers • Carl's Jr. • fast food • grand opening)
Tokyo specialized school’s new department will teach you to be an Akihabara professional
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Casey Baseel
Feb 24, 2016
Spooky cosplayer dressed as Japanese urban legend ghost plays pranks on passersby in Akihabara
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Audrey Akcasu
Feb 16, 2016
Akihabara may be known as a mecca for cosplayers, but it’s not every day that you run into the horrific “Slit-Mouthed Woman” on the street!
- Japan
- (Akihabara • kuchisake-onna • prank • scary • Super Sonico • video)
AKB48 and Nogizaka46 songs to be played as subway train departure melodies in Tokyo
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Oona McGee
Jan 21, 2016
You can probably tell which stations they’ll be played at, but can you guess which songs have been chosen?
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