Game on and drink up at this Tokyo cafe where the staff are so friendly they’ll fight you.
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Free-to-attend, free-to-exhibit event is an online substitute for cancelled Comiket, held in virtual Akihabara.
Visit Japan’s otaku mecca, and stage giant monster fights in it, without ever leaving the comfort of your living room.
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The gathering point for anime and game fans from around the globe looks eerily different these days.
Fan-focused food fun is a 30th-birthday party for the fantasy franchise, and also the only restaurant in Japan where you can DRINK jellyfish.
Edible Buster Swords, Materia dumplings, and Moogle desserts are all on offer at Square Enix’s rebooted Akihabara eatery.
Akihabara competitor’s goodbye is as sweet and salty as French fries dipped in chocolate sauce.
Stroll the streets of Electric Town at a time when computers and video games were just beginning to appear on the scene.
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