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Answered over 3 years ago

Tokyo Culture Tips Thingstodo Akihabara ...
Sightseeing Trips

Is Akihabara worth visiting? *Looking for any and all answers/opinions from locals and pre-visitors. :)

Mari Takahashi Mari Takahashi, Living in Japan

Akihabara is very fun area if you like anime or video games. There are hundreds of second hand video games and anime DVD stores, so local people mostly enjoy shopping for those stuffs. A friend of mine who came from Canada said she is going to look for specific video game software in Akihabara. T...

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Sights Thingstodo Akihabara

what to do in akihabara?

Mari Takahashi Mari Takahashi, Living in Japan

If you like anime related stuffs, head to Animate. They have multiple floors filled with anime related products! Just looking at cute figures is a fun time for me :)I heard many people like to shop at DONKI store. There is also a famous maid cafe called "@home cafe" in the building of DONKI. 

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Sights Thingstodo Akihabara

what to do in akihabara?

Matt Watson Matt Watson, Living in Japan

Buy Electronic components. Buy computer parts. Buy LED lights. Buy a charger for a 30 year old laptop. Buy headphones. Geek out on Anime things. Buy anime related stuff. Buy used cameras. Go to a maid cafe.There is also a nice temple called Kanda Myojin. You can buy a protective sticker for your ...

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Answered over 3 years ago

Tips Akihabara

Best maid cafe in Akihabara?

leo leo, Living in Japan

Pinafoa(http://pinafore.jp) is also famous as it was appeared in the movie ”Densya Otoko” . It's also an old shop which is 10years old. The budget is 2000yen to stay 1 hour.

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Answered almost 4 years ago

Akihabara Nightlife

nightlife in akihabara

Mari Takahashi Mari Takahashi, Living in Japan

Many maid cafes are open until night so having dinner at a maid cafe would be an Akihabara-like experience.Another interesting place where you can experience "Moe" and "Otaku" culture would be "train Izakaya", railway Izakaya Little TGV.http://www.littletgv.com/The staffs wear costumes inspired b...

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Answered almost 4 years ago

Tips Akihabara

What are the best things to do in Akihabara

kunoichi kunoichi, Living in Japan

There was a videogame cafe I found on the other day. At that cafe, people gather and play video games together, such as Monster Hunter series. If you are a video gamer, might be a fun place to interact with local geeks :DI went to the Animate building before and found lots of figures. It was just...

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Answered almost 4 years ago

Tips Akihabara

What are the best things to do in Akihabara

Sosuke Kimura Sosuke Kimura, Living in Japan

My recommendation are: 1. Shopping (Electronics and Anime/Manga/Game items) 2. Maid cafe (Other uniq cafe. ex Vampire cafe) If you want to get lunch or dinner, I recommend to go Ueno or Kanda area near by Akihabara.P.S.If you like sub cultures of Japan, Akihabara is good. But you are not, ...

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Food Akihabara

What foods should I try in Akihabara

Sosuke Kimura Sosuke Kimura, Living in Japan

There are ramen, curry that fast food restaurants so many at Akihabara more than other area.Maid cafe or Train cafe, etc, are unique in Akihabara. The cafes offer meal, it maybe  interesting to experience their food but I don't know the taste.... My recommendation is Kanda or Ueno area near Ak...

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Answered over 4 years ago

Sights Shopping Akihabara

Which shops in Akihabara should an anime otaku go?

Satomi Ikoma Satomi Ikoma, Living in Japan

Cospatio Akihabara http://www.cospa.com/special/shoplist/list/akiba.html you can find lot of cosplay costumes Toranoana http://akihabaralist.com/toranoana lots of manga and anime goods! Note that there are 3 different buildings Gachapon Kaikan http://www.akibagacha.com/ You will be...

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Answered over 4 years ago

Food Soba Akihabara Ramen Tonkatsu ...
Tempura Tsukemen

What are authentic Japanese food for lunch around Akihabara?

Sosuke Kimura Sosuke Kimura, Living in Japan

There are everything. Soba, Tempua, Unagi, Sushi etc, but here are my personal recommendations;1. SOBA MATSUYAhttp://www.yelp.com/biz/%E7%A5%9E%E7%94%B0-%E3%81%BE%E3%81%A4%E3%82%84-%E5%8D%83%E4%BB%A3%E7%94%B0%E5%8C%BA2. TONKATSU MARU-GOhttp://tabelog.com/en/tokyo/A1310/A131001/13000379/3. RAMEN M...

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Answered over 4 years ago

Sights Shopping Akihabara

Which shops in Akihabara should an anime otaku go?

Shin Kinoshita Shin Kinoshita, Living in Japan

1. Sofmap Amusement Museum In this figure, DVD, or have such as used games are sold. http://www.sofmap.com/tenpo/topics/exec/_/id=shop/-/sid=akb-amuse 2. Akihabara UDX When you go on weekends is so flea market has been held. It seems Anime Otaku products are sold. In the building seems...

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