Akihabara’s awesome Off Kai is a hair salon by otaku and for otaku, and SoraNews24 stopped by for a trim.
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Lawson begins first self-service convenience store in Tokyo, no line-ups necessary
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Master Blaster
Oct 15, 2018
- Japan
- (Akihabara • business • cashier • convenience stores • Lawson • self-service • smartphone • Smartphone Pay • technology)
Foreign traveler’s heart broken as he learns his image of Akihabara is too good to be true
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Casey Baseel
Oct 12, 2018
Even in the biggest otaku mecca in the world, there’s a limit to how big the anime salutes are.
Want to French kiss anime Joan of Arc and drink her spit? New beverage lets you do just that
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Casey Baseel
Sep 24, 2018
Free drink promoting new anime series has cleverly designed bottle that could become new way for otaku to express their love for their 2-D crushes.
Shinzo Abe might have just pulled a total David Copperfield during an appearance in Akihabara.
- Japan
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Tokyo company offers foot massages from cute VR anime girls, but given by real-life men【Photos】
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Casey Baseel
Aug 16, 2018
- Japan
- (Akihabara • anime • funny • massage • otaku • Tora no Ana • virtual reality • VR • weird)
Busty waitresses, breast-shaped ramen draw crowds to new anime-themed restaurant in Tokyo【Photos】
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Casey Baseel
Aug 8, 2018
The Senran Kagura anime/video game franchise has a new restaurant, but the menu seems to be of only secondary interest.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • anime • beautiful women • food • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • Senran Kagura • themed restaurants • video games)
This Tokyo ramen is served in -110-degree Fahrenheit container to help you beat the summer heat
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Casey Baseel
Aug 4, 2018
Japan’s most popular maid cafe, Akiba Zettai Ryoiki, opens new “Maid Cafe Winery” in Akihabara
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SoraNews24
Jul 19, 2018
The place to go for three of the world’s most delightful things: wine, cats, and girls in thigh-high stockings.
Awesome life-size anime figure display exhibition opens in Tokyo this month
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Casey Baseel
Jul 5, 2018
If gigantic anime figures are your idea of fine art from Japan, you won’t want to miss this free event in Akihabara.
Why is “Akihabara” shortened to “Akiba?” The historical reason may surprise you
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Scott Wilson
May 26, 2018
Wedding ceremonies with handsome anime men now being offered at Akihabara VR center
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Casey Baseel
Apr 19, 2018
Slip on a headset and let one of three handsome dating simulator stars slip a ring on your finger.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • anime • dating simulators • otome games • romance games • Sega • virtal realiy • VR • weddings)
- Japan
- (Akihabara • anime • anime restaurants • cafes • Cowboy Bebop • food • restaurants • themed restaurants)
Akihabara restaurant predates any anime TV series, is closing for good as neighborhood modernizes
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Casey Baseel
Mar 7, 2018
As Tokyo’s otaku mecca continues to transform, a part of its past will fade away this month.
Crazy-huge triple-decker wagyu hamburger steak will draw you to Akihabara even if you hate anime
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Casey Baseel
Feb 27, 2018
- Japan
- (Akihabara • beef • big food • COK • crazy • food • haburger steaks • hamburgers • meat • restaurants • SNOJ)
Cosplaying go-kart driver strikes bicyclist in hit-and-run collision in Akihabara
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Casey Baseel
Feb 26, 2018
Police track down, arrest Taiwanese national. Mario presumed innocent.
Akihabara pub offering monthly all-you-can-drink passes with durations up to half a year
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Casey Baseel
Feb 7, 2018
Four other restaurants in Tokyo also start selling unprecedentedly generous unlimited-beer-and-cocktail passes.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • alcohol • all you can drink • beer • izakaya • nomihodai • pubs • restaurants • Tokyo)
We track down a special dish hidden inside Yodobashi Akihabara 【SoraNews24 Taste Test】
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Oona McGee
Feb 7, 2018
If you know where to look, you’ll be able to try a jugful of noodles that nobody wanted the owner to create.
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