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Cosplaying go-kart driver strikes bicyclist in hit-and-run collision in Akihabara
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Casey Baseel
Feb 26, 2018 - Tweet
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.
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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.
There’s good reason why people from around Tokyo are making the trip to Electric Town to get a taste of these special beverages.
Ultra-rare Yu-Gi-Oh! card goes on sale in Tokyo’s Akihabara for 45 million yen
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Casey Baseel
Jan 17, 2018
Rare anime merchandise can sometimes be as expensive as a car, but this one is closer to the price of a house.
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- (Akihabara • anime • collectible card games • crazy • video games • Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Why right now is one of the best times of the year to shop for dojinshi manga and merch in Japan
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Casey Baseel
Jan 5, 2018
Lucky bags always make January a great time to go shopping in Japan, but it’s the prime dojinshi-buying time for a very different reason.
- Japan
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【Lucky Bag Roundup 2018】Akihabara Junk Shop Lucky Bags: Now with less junk!
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Master Blaster
Jan 5, 2018
Akihabara then and now: Photos show how Tokyo neighborhood has changed over the past 10 years
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Casey Baseel
Dec 20, 2017
Tokyo pop culture center is a reflection of what young otaku are into, which means it never stays the same for very long.
Akihabara fans shed a tear as iconic sign comes down, changing the cityscape of Electric Town
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Oona McGee
Dec 5, 2017
These photos capture the late-night action that spells the end of an era for Electric Town.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • anime • Electric Town • electronics • manga • Onoden • otaku • Tokyo)
Tokyo subway ”phantom station” reveals itself to passengers for first time in nearly 90 years
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Casey Baseel
Nov 29, 2017
- Japan
- (Akihabara • Ginza Line • history • stations • subways • Tokyo • Tokyo Metro)
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Crazy cheap Internet cafe in Akihabara is the perfect accommodation for the thrifty otaku
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Koh Ruide
Nov 2, 2017
With overnight stays costing as low as the price of two meals, travelers can save big and relax in comfortable rooms situated right in the heart of the otaku capital.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • anime • art • cool • manga • otaku • receipt manga • vending machines)
Akihabara restaurant Dante’s 10-buck steak: delicious, and so divinely cheap it feels like a sin
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Casey Baseel
Oct 6, 2017
- Japan
- (Akihabara • beef • cheap eats • food • meat • restaurants • steak • Tokyo)
Japanese Twitter users share a secret hiding on platform five at Akihabara Station
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Oona McGee
Oct 4, 2017
A little-known milky paradise awaits those who know where to look at this busy station in the capital.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • Akihabara Station • Japanese train stations • milk • secrets • tourism • train stations • trains • travel)
- Japan
- (Akihabara • coco ichibanya • curry • food • halal • islam • restaurants • Tokyo)
Tough love from Akihabara-based matchmaking service reflects the changing nature of anime fandom.
Whether you’re after Boruto spectacles or glasses from Maho Girls Pretty Cure!, this new store has a huge selection of anime styles to choose from.
Japanese cosplayer wows crowds in Akihibara with four-legged centaur costume 【Video, photos】
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Oona McGee
Jul 11, 2017
The pretty beast turned heads everywhere as she trotted through the streets of the anime and manga loving neighbourhood.
- Japan
- (A Centaur's Life • Akihabara • anime • beautiful women • cosplay • Cosplay costume • cosplayers • cute • manga • otaku • Tokyo)
Crushing demand for free anime condoms leads to bizarre request from event organizers
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Casey Baseel
Jul 3, 2017
Only those planning to actually use prophylactics asked to line up, but with one big loophole.
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