Akihabara (Page 6)
This is Akihabara’s best hidden food vending machine: The Mansei meat sandwich machine!
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Casey Baseel
Nov 18, 2019 - Tweet
- Japan
- (Akihabara • COK • food • katsu • Niku no Mansei • pork cutlet • sandwiches • SNJO • tonkatsu • vending machines)
Should Akihabara be walled off from the rest of Tokyo? Twitter user proposes bold rezoning plan
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Casey Baseel
Nov 3, 2019
Admission fees, age requirements, and unrestricted public posting of erotic anime art would all be part of “Akihabara Gate City.”
Dine at Akihabara’s Dorami and get all-you-can-eat mapo tofu, plus delicious dumplings and more
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Katy Kelly
Oct 22, 2019
Our Japanese-language reporter follows a hot tip to a mouth-searing offer he can’t refuse.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • cheap eats • COK • mapo doufu • Seiji Nakazawa • SNOJ • value for money)
In Akihabara, giant screens blared happy tunes to deserted streets as a life-threatening typhoon approached Japan.
Pager service officially ends in Japan, funeral service for outdated tech held in Akihabara【Pics】
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Casey Baseel
Sep 30, 2019
Awesome Sega Mega Drive six-button controller taiyaki lets you bite into mouthful of nostalgia
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Koh Ruide
Sep 24, 2019
- Japan
- (Akihabara • COK • Genesis • limited edition • Mega Drive • red bean paste • Sega • taiyaki • treats)
Otaku lie down in the streets of Tokyo to be comforted by beautiful anime mom【Photos】
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Casey Baseel
Jul 16, 2019
Customers simultaneously amused and guilted by the name of this bread stand in Akihabara
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Krista Rogers
Jun 2, 2019
Foreign travelers in Tokyo, other towns handing out flags, asking Japanese people to pay for them
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Casey Baseel
Apr 27, 2019
Sellers often claim to be deaf and ask for random Japanese people to “sponsor” their travel expenses.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • deaf • flags • foreigners in Japan • panhandling • scams • Tokyo)
We caved in to curiosity and bought a mystery box from a strange vending machine in Akihabara
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Koh Ruide
Apr 24, 2019
- Japan
- (Akiba Zettai Ryoiki • Akihabara • cafes • cosplay • Kawaii • maid cafes • maids • moe • otaku)
Valentine’s Day Akiba-style: Hundreds of otaku line-up for cards and chocolates from anime girls
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Casey Baseel
Feb 15, 2019
Real-world manifestations of affection from 2-D crushes cause massive lines on a weekday morning.
Tech geek heaven: Japan’s first do-it-yourself keyboard specialist shop opens in Akihabara
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Koh Ruide
Jan 21, 2019
- Japan
- (Akihabara • calculator • cool • customization • keyboard • personalize)
Man buys CD from amateur musician on streets of Tokyo, stomps on it in front of her face【Video】
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Casey Baseel
Jan 18, 2019
Claims it was an accident, but absolutely no one believes him.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • controversy • music • musicians • street lives • Tokyo • vandalism • video • weird)
My mama always said life is like an Akihabara junk shop fukubukuro. You never know what you’re going to get.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • COK • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2019 • junk shop • Lucky Bags • lucky Bags 2019 • shopping • SNOJ • Tokyo)
A seemingly innocent bag of random anime and game merch became the trigger for a peculiar addiction.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • anime • COK • figures • Flying Mascot • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2019 • funny • liberty • Lucky Bags • lucky Bags 2019 • SNOJ • Sumikkogurashi • toys)
Unassuming noodle restaurant without an overhead sign in Akihabara is totally worth a visit
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Krista Rogers
Dec 27, 2018
Our reporter happily stumbles across this tucked-away culinary gem in the electronics district of Tokyo.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • dandanmian • food • Noodles • ramen • Restaurant • tantanmen • Tokyo • Yabuzuka)
Sushi burritos come to Tokyo with the opening of Beeat in Tokyo, and we tried three for ourselves
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Casey Baseel
Dec 11, 2018
In the biggest sushi-loving town on the planet, can this unique twist on Japan’s food culture succeed?
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- Beautiful set of 24 Ghibli anime memo pads returns, will have you wanting to take notes by hand
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- McDonald’s Japan’s new pancake pie is a taste sensation
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- Japanese government to make first change to romanization spelling rules since the 1950s
- Foreigner’s request for help in Tokyo makes us sad for the state of society
- Ghibli founders Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki contribute to Japanese whisky Totoro label design
- Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】
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