Akihabara (Page 5)
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Crackdown on illegal maid cafes looks to be making maids a rarer sight on streets of Akihabara
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Casey Baseel
May 26, 2021
Tokyo police bust five maid cafes for violation of Adult Entertainment Business Regulation Law, and they’re looking for more.
Tokyo restaurant doesn’t tell you its name unless you ask, makes us appreciate life’s surprises
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Casey Baseel
May 4, 2021
Not far from Akihabara, there’s a soba spot that gave us food to eat and food for thought.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • COK • food • Kanda • Noodles • restaurants • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • soba • tachigui soba • weird)
Tokyo goes dark as Governor asks for lights out in the city to help fight pandemic 【Pics, Videos】
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Oona McGee
Apr 28, 2021
Japan’s capital struggles to contain its fourth wave of infections, but are people heeding warnings to avoid street drinking after dark?
- Japan
- (Akihabara • coronavirus • COVID-19 • news • Sensoji • Shibuya • shinjuku • state of emergency • Tokyo • twitter • Yuriko Koike)
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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
Our resident soba connoisseur hones in on the best eateries in the Akihabara and Okachimachi neighborhoods of Tokyo in this closely contested ranking.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • food • gourmet • Noodles • Okachimachi • restaurants • Seiji Nakazawa • soba • stand-and-eat • tachigui • Tokyo)
Police called due to out-of-control crowd, sparking a heated debate on resellers in Japan.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • consoles • games • gaming • limited edition • mayhem • PlayStation 5 • PS5 • resale • resellers • shopping • video games • Yodobashi)
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)
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