Akihabara (Page 3)
The Akihabara ? Bag lucky bag may disappoint you if you yourself are a pretty weird guy
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Casey Baseel
Jan 6, 2022 - Tweet
- Japan
- (Akihabara • anime • COK • fukubukuro • Lucky Bag Roundup • Lucky Bag Roundup 2022 • Lucky Bags • manga • SNJO)
- Japan
- (Akihabara • anime • anime merchandise • Demon Slayer • figures • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2022 • Kimetsu no Yaiba • Lucky Bag Roundup 2022 • Lucky Bags • manga • merchandise • Mr. Sato • shopping)
Akihabara card shop asks visitors to stop getting liquored up inside the store
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Casey Baseel
Jan 4, 2022
Akihabara junk shop offers “Guaranteed iPad and other various items!!” lucky bag in 2022
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Master Blaster
Jan 3, 2022
- Japan
- (Akihabara • fukubukuro • Fukubukuro Roundup 2022 • ipad • junk shop • Lucky Bag Roundup 2022 • Lucky Bags • Mr. Sato • shopping)
Leading maid cafe chain to open largest location in history in Akihabara
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Master Blaster
Dec 12, 2021
- Japan
- (@Home Cafe • Akiba Culture Zone • Akihabara • business • COVID-19 • maid cafes • pandemic • Tokyo)
End of the line for Gundam Cafe as entire chain announces permanent closure
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Casey Baseel
Nov 2, 2021
After an 11-year-run of anime-themed food and giant robot merch, it’s last call at the Gundam Cafes.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • anime • cafes • food • Gundam • Gundam Cafe • otaku • robots • themed restaurants)
Akihabara’s landmark “meat building” is being sold as pandemic continues to hit neighborhood hard
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Casey Baseel
Sep 16, 2021
Mansei meat company can no longer afford to continue owning the building that’s been a local icon since 1991.
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)
Another Akihabara icon disappears as famous rice bowl restaurant closes its doors
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Oona McGee
Aug 17, 2021
- Japan
- (Akihabara • beef bowl • business • closure • COK • food • Japanese food • Japanese restaurants • news • Niku Meshi • Okamuraya • SNJO • Tokyo)
A closer look at the iconic otaku street shows it’s not business as usual in the district.
Landmark Akihabara arcade Adores is the latest Tokyo game center to go out of business
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Casey Baseel
Jun 14, 2021
- Japan
- (Akihabara • anime • Arcades • closing • crane game • crane games • game centers • UFO catchers • video games)
- Japan
- (Akihabara • coronavirus • COVID-19 • PCR test)
Crackdown on illegal maid cafes looks to be making maids a rarer sight on streets of Akihabara
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Casey Baseel
May 26, 2021
Tokyo police bust five maid cafes for violation of Adult Entertainment Business Regulation Law, and they’re looking for more.
Tokyo restaurant doesn’t tell you its name unless you ask, makes us appreciate life’s surprises
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Casey Baseel
May 4, 2021
Not far from Akihabara, there’s a soba spot that gave us food to eat and food for thought.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • COK • food • Kanda • Noodles • restaurants • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • soba • tachigui soba • weird)
Tokyo goes dark as Governor asks for lights out in the city to help fight pandemic 【Pics, Videos】
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Oona McGee
Apr 28, 2021
Japan’s capital struggles to contain its fourth wave of infections, but are people heeding warnings to avoid street drinking after dark?
- Japan
- (Akihabara • coronavirus • COVID-19 • news • Sensoji • Shibuya • shinjuku • state of emergency • Tokyo • twitter • Yuriko Koike)
- Japan
- (Akihabara • awesome • before after • before and after • fashion • geek • hair • handsome guys • makeover • men's attractiveness • otaku • Shibuya • Tokyo • videos)
- Japan
- (AKB48 • AKB48 Theater • Akihabara • Genshin Impact • idol singers • Idols • video games)
We serve a hot dish of the five best stand-and-eat soba restaurants in one area of Tokyo
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Krista Rogers
Feb 9, 2021
Our resident soba connoisseur hones in on the best eateries in the Akihabara and Okachimachi neighborhoods of Tokyo in this closely contested ranking.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • food • gourmet • Noodles • Okachimachi • restaurants • Seiji Nakazawa • soba • stand-and-eat • tachigui • Tokyo)
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