If you’re looking for the ultimate one-stop shop for all your gaming and anime needs, check out Trader Akihabara. Composed of two multi-level shopping complexes in Tokyo’s ‘electric town ...

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A Pokemon fan made a pixel-art map of Japan with game regions accurately placed. Pokemon regions like Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh are based on real Japanese locations. The Pokemon Ranger ...

There is plenty of variety, including gachapons related to Pokemon, which are popular even outside of Japan, Plarail ... or a 6-minute walk from the Electric Town Exit of Akihabara Station on the JR ...

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To clear things up, Harajuku is a neighborhood in Japan (part of the greater Shibuya ... anime and fandom of all sorts is celebrated in Akihabara. Its neighborhood streets look a lot like the ...

Japan’s core consumer inflation accelerated to 3.0% in December, the fastest annual pace in 16 months, data showed earlier on Friday, in a sign rising fuel and food prices continue to push up ...

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A recent trip to the ski slopes of Niigata brought home the consequences of the 40 million visitors expected in Japan in 2025: The gigantic suitcases blocking my way on the shinkansen; the ...