Akihabara (Page 6)
- 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)
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)
Akihabara maid cafe finds novel way to stay on brand during coronavirus crisis【Video】
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Oona McGee
Mar 3, 2020
- Japan
- (advertising • Akihabara • coronavirus • coronavirus outbreak • cosplay • cosplayers • COVID-19 • maid cafe • maid cafes • maids • marketing • novel coronavirus • Tokyo)
Tokyo’s Slayers anime cafe: The latest reason to go on a food quest to Akihabara【Photos】
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Casey Baseel
Feb 15, 2020
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.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • anime • cafes • COK • food • jellyfish • light novels • Megumi Hayashibara • restaurants • Slayers • SNO • sweets • themed restaurants)
Final Fantasy VII Remake cafe opens in Tokyo, and we stop by for Cloud and Sephiroth mocktails!
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Casey Baseel
Feb 12, 2020
Edible Buster Swords, Materia dumplings, and Moogle desserts are all on offer at Square Enix’s rebooted Akihabara eatery.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • awesome • COK • cool • drinks • Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • Final Fantasy VII remake • food • restaurants • SNO • Square Enix • Square Enix Cafe • themed restaurants • Tokyo • video games)
Tokyo Burger King removes snarky message to out-of-business McDonald’s branch, posts new sign
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Casey Baseel
Feb 3, 2020
- Japan
- (Akihabara • Burger King • burgers • fast food • food • funny • hamburgers • McDonald's • moving • touching)
Out-of-business Tokyo McDonald’s gets brutal but kind sendoff from rival Burger King branch
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Casey Baseel
Feb 1, 2020
Akihabara competitor’s goodbye is as sweet and salty as French fries dipped in chocolate sauce.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • Burger King • burgers • fast food • food • funny • hamburgers • McDonald's)
Akihabara in the ’80s looked very different to Tokyo’s otaku mecca today【Video】
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Oona McGee
Feb 1, 2020
Stroll the streets of Electric Town at a time when computers and video games were just beginning to appear on the scene.
- Japan
- (1980s • 80s • Akihabara • Akihabara Station • history • Japanese train stations • nostalgia • old photos • stations • Tokyo • train stations • travel • twitter • videos)
Gundam conquers AKB48? Mobile suit cafe closes to expand, may take over idol eatery’s territory
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Casey Baseel
Jan 29, 2020
- Japan
- (AKB48 • AKB48 Cafe • Akihabara • anime • cafes • Gundam Cafe • idol singers • Idols • restaurants • robots • themed restaurants)
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