Hello! Today we went to Akihabara, and it was my first time there! I remember researching about this interesting district in Tokyo when I was studying Japanese in high school. Some impressions I had about this place before I came here are otaku and lots and lots of anime haha. Otaku's are pretty much guys who just watch anime/read manga all day and are sometimes considered "perverted" - but that is part of the Japanese culture: little boys read etchy manga on the trains with nothing to hide! So this district is definitely an insight into popular Japanese culture that almost everyone goes crazy for: anime, manga, dressing up as your favorite character !
Here are just some pictures of the district:
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| Oh my goshhhh! my favorite Rilakkuma <3 |
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| There was a flea market too, selling anime toys and plushies for cheap. We suspect that a lot of these toys come from crane machines "UFO catchers" - these guys much be pros in grabbing toys from those machines!! |
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| Inside the UDX building, there was an exhibit featuring the newest anime and manga. These people are lining up to drop off their surveys, hoping to win a prize!! |
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| Original, first editions of Doraemon manga!! |
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| Although I wasn't able to take pictures of otaku, I always have pictures of food and dessert! This is a chestnut flavored ice cream cone thingy topped with more chestnut flavored whip cream AND real chestnuts - for them real chestnut lovers (aka me)! |
Akihabara is also famous as the "electrical town" - there are many stores filled with gadgets for your cell phones, batteries for cameras, anything related to electronics - they have !
