Akihabara competitor’s goodbye is as sweet and salty as French fries dipped in chocolate sauce.
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Stroll the streets of Electric Town at a time when computers and video games were just beginning to appear on the scene.
Once strictly for the suburbs, Sushiro lets fans in Tokyo’s otaku district enjoy tasty sushi and still have plenty of cash left over for anime merch.
Only a few weeks left to visit the idol singer eatery, plus possibly one more Akihabara landmark.
Admission fees, age requirements, and unrestricted public posting of erotic anime art would all be part of “Akihabara Gate City.”
Our Japanese-language reporter follows a hot tip to a mouth-searing offer he can’t refuse.
In Akihabara, giant screens blared happy tunes to deserted streets as a life-threatening typhoon approached Japan.
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