In truth, Akihabara is a lot of different things, but today it's best known as the place the geeks go. IGN takes a tour through this "legendary" district, complete with over 100 photos. Focus Reset ...

Strange Parts. Exploring Akihabara, Tokyo's Electronics Markets - w/Only in Japan! Posted: March 31, 2025 | Last updated: March 31, 2025. Akihabara might be known as the center of the anime, video ...

Hotel Gracery Asakusa2-10-2 Kaminarimon, Taito-Ku, Tokyo, Japan 111-0034 1.3 miles Ueno Hotel, Tokyo7-12-9 Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan 110-0005 1.4 miles Mitsui Garden Hotel Ueno3-19-7, Higashi ...

Today we are hitting up an awesome thrift store in Akihabara, Tokyo! Last time we visited some great second hand shops in Kyoto ( • Inside Kyoto Japan's BEST Thrift Stores! ), and today we are ...

Stop at Tokyo Riverside Distillery (3-9-3 Kuramae, Taito-ku) to sample gins incorporating local botanicals, then browse hand-made stationery at Kakimori (4-20-12 Kuramae, Taito-ku), where custom ...

Best Western Hotel Fino Tokyo Akihabara5-1-6 Ueno Taitol-ku, Tokyo, Japan 110-0005 2.9 miles Ibis Hotel Tokyo7-10-5 Nshi-shinjuku Sinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan 160-0023 3.6 miles Ueno Hotel, Tokyo7-12 ...

Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the “Twitter killer,” was sentenced to death in 2020 for the killings in 2017 of the nine ...

Akihabara has long been known as one of the best places to buy retro video games in Tokyo, Japan. Given the nickname of "Electric Town," the district is rife with stores selling trading cards ...

Japan has executed a 39-year-old man who killed seven people in Tokyo in 2008 during a stabbing rampage. Tomohiro Kato committed one of the most shocking mass murders in the country's recent history.

A sweeping dragon mural, interior metal scaffolding and skateboards transformed into tables may not sound like typical hotel décor – unless you happen to have crossed the threshold of BnA Studio ...

Animate, Japan’s largest chain of anime specialty stores, already has two branches in Tokyo’s Akihabara, one of which is a six-story tower of Japanese animation and comics. ... Chiyoda-ku Tokyo ...

Taito Hey definitely falls into the latter category.. On the Chuo Dori, one of the main roads in Akihabara, is Hirose Entertainment Yard or just “HEY”; a fairly large multi-story arcade that ...