Our resident soba connoisseur hones in on the best eateries in the Akihabara and Okachimachi neighborhoods of Tokyo in this closely contested ranking.
Akihabara (Page 4)
We serve a hot dish of the five best stand-and-eat soba restaurants in one area of Tokyo
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Krista Rogers
Feb 9, 2021 - Tweet
- Japan
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Police called due to out-of-control crowd, sparking a heated debate on resellers in Japan.
- Japan
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Anime song dance performance group Real Akiba Boys: combining the otaku life with street dancing
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Dale Roll
Jan 21, 2021
- Japan
- (Akihabara • anime music • anime songs • break dancing • concert • dance • dance troop • live performance • otaku • Real Akiba Boys • vocaloids)
Choosing one of the six Osomatsu-san brothers from Surugaya’s 2021 fukubukuro lucky bags【Pics】
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Ingrid Tsai
Jan 10, 2021
Adult entertainment guidance center appears in Akihabara, some worry neighborhood is changing
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Casey Baseel
Dec 28, 2020
Photos show otaku district’s iconic Kitchen Jiro restaurant has been replaced by something very different.
Anime game girl helps make Tokyo ramen restaurant famous, chef becomes her fan
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Casey Baseel
Nov 23, 2020
- Japan
- (Akihabara • anime • cool • Noodles • otaku • ramen • restaurants • video games)
Akihabara’s otaku shrine celebrates PlayStation 5 launch with ethereal one-night event
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Oona McGee
Nov 12, 2020
The PS5 is welcomed into the world at a Japanese shrine with a long history of protecting electronics.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • anime • cool • festival • games • gaming • Kanda • Kanda Myojin Shrine • otaku • PlayStation 5 • projection mapping • shrine • shrines • Sony • video games)
Cyberpunk kimono fashion hits the streets of Akihabara, complete with neon sign obi【Photos】
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Oona McGee
Nov 9, 2020
- Japan
- (Akihabara • cool • cyberbrain • cyberpunk • fashion • futuristic • Ghost in the Shell • kimono • NEON • neon lights • neon signs • obi • Tokyo • travel • twitter • weird • yukata)
You can now rent Sega’s iconic Building 2 Akihabara arcade space, but it’ll cost you…A LOT
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Casey Baseel
Oct 6, 2020
- Japan
- (Akihabara • Arcades • crazy • Sega • Sega Akihabara Building 2 • video games)
- Japan
- (Akihabara • delicious • fusion cuisine • Japanese cuisine • kebab • kebab sushi roll • SNJO • Star Kebab)
Fans farewell Akihabara’s iconic Sega building as anime poster removal begins
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Oona McGee
Sep 17, 2020
- Japan
- (Akihabara • anime • Arcades • KanColle • otaku • posters • Sega • Sega Akihabara Building 2 • video games)
Akihabara shrine celebrates anime festival Noryo Matsuri on an Animal Crossing Dream Island
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Dale Roll
Sep 16, 2020
After a decade as electronics stores’ mascot, Tsukumo-tan is unemployed.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • anime • computers • mascot characters • Mascots • otaku • PCs • Tsukumo • Tsukumo-tan)
- Japan
- (act of kindness • Akihabara • Card Shop Spiral • drinks • heartwarming • kindness • money • otaku • safe • society • Tokyo • trust)
Tokyo Video Gamers, a new bar with free-to-play arcade games, opens in Akihabara
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Casey Baseel
Aug 23, 2020
Game on and drink up at this Tokyo cafe where the staff are so friendly they’ll fight you.
Akihabara loses another landmark as iconic electronics shop steps outside station gate shuts down
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Casey Baseel
Aug 22, 2020
- Japan
- (Akihabara • archetecture • society • Tokyo • Tsukumo • urban landscape)
Virtual dojinshi convention Comic Vket recreates the community joy of canceled otaku gatherings
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Casey Baseel
Aug 6, 2020
Free-to-attend, free-to-exhibit event is an online substitute for cancelled Comiket, held in virtual Akihabara.
Akihabara saying goodbye to landmark as giant Sega arcade announces it’s closing for good
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Casey Baseel
Aug 4, 2020
- Japan
- (Akihabara • Akihabara Station • capsule toy • capsule toy machine • COK • cool • gacha • gacha toys • gachapon • Kenele Stand • Kenelephant • SNJO • vending machines)
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