Akihabara Station
VR metaverse of Akihabara Station being made by JR East, netizens scoff at early quality
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Katie Pask
Mar 12, 2022 - Tweet
- Japan
- (Akihabara • Akihabara Station • cool • Hikki • Japan Railways • JR • metaverse • technology • Tokyo • trains • Virtual Market • virtual reality • VR)
Experience Akihabara Station in a VR world, then ride the train to a virtual marketplace!
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Dale Roll
Aug 21, 2021
- Japan
- (Akihabara • Akihabara Station • cool • digital media • JR East • technology • Virtual Market • virtual reality • VR)
Gacha collections so weird we can’t work out why they were even made.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • Akihabara Station • capsule toy • capsule toy machine • COK • cool • gacha • gacha toys • gachapon • Kenele Stand • Kenelephant • SNJO • vending machines • weird)
- Japan
- (Akihabara • Akihabara Station • capsule toy • capsule toy machine • COK • cool • gacha • gacha toys • gachapon • Kenele Stand • Kenelephant • SNJO • vending machines)
Akihabara in the ’80s looked very different to Tokyo’s otaku mecca today【Video】
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Oona McGee
Feb 1, 2020
Stroll the streets of Electric Town at a time when computers and video games were just beginning to appear on the scene.
- Japan
- (1980s • 80s • Akihabara • Akihabara Station • history • Japanese train stations • nostalgia • old photos • stations • Tokyo • train stations • travel • twitter • videos)
Akihabara’s forgotten history reveals surprising basketball court at the station
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Oona McGee
Dec 30, 2019
- Japan
- (Akihabara • Akihabara Station • basketball • history • Japanese train stations • old photos • sport • stations • Tokyo • train stations)
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.
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)
Commotion at Akihabara Station as bomb squad called in to remove suspicious object
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Oona McGee
Apr 23, 2017
Dramatic scenes were captured on film today as specialist teams and truckloads of equipment were sent to the busy station in Tokyo.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • Akihabara Station • news • police • Security • Tokyo • train stations • trains)
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