Akihabara (Page 5)
Anime game girl helps make Tokyo ramen restaurant famous, chef becomes her fan
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Casey Baseel
Nov 23, 2020 - Tweet
- 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)
- Japan
- (Akihabara • bubble tea • delicious • innovative • Japanese cuisine • ramen • shaken ramen • Suehirocho • takeout • tapioca)
AKB48 member tests positive for coronavirus
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SoraNews24
Jul 20, 2020
- Japan
- (AKB48 • Akihabara • coronavirus • COVID-19 • idol singers • Idols • Japanese idols • Kayoko Takita • Makiho Tatsuya • news • PCR test)
Anime voice actress announces marriage, fans start getting rid of her merchandise the next day
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Casey Baseel
Jul 15, 2020
- Japan
- (Akihabara • anime • anime songs • marriage • music • Nana Mizuki • otaku • voice actors • voice actresses)
Cancelled your trip to Tokyo? Free papercraft download lets you build Akihabara in your own home
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Casey Baseel
Apr 17, 2020
Visit Japan’s otaku mecca, and stage giant monster fights in it, without ever leaving the comfort of your living room.
Akihabara’s shady art salespeople surprisingly adhere to state of emergency guidelines
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Master Blaster
Apr 12, 2020
- Japan
- (Akihabara • art • art student scam • cons • coronavirus • COVID-19 • Eulien • scams • Tokyo)
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Empty Akihabara – Tokyo’s otaku district hit hard by coronavirus outbreak【Photos】
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Casey Baseel
Apr 4, 2020
The gathering point for anime and game fans from around the globe looks eerily different these days.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • anime • COK • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • empty • empty Tokyo • SNJO • Tokyo)
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