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	Tokyo Travel: Akihabara
		Akihabara (short: Akiba) is a district in central Tokyo, famous for its many electronics shops.
		The result are several new buildings such as the Akihabara Dai Building (opened in spring 2005), Akihabara UDX (opened in spring 2006) and Yodobashi Akiba Building (opened in autumn 2005).
		Akihabara Station is a busy station on the Yamanote Line loop, served by the JR Yamanote Line, JR Keihin-Tohoku Line, JR Sobu Line, the Tsukuba Express and the Hibiya Subway Line.
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e3003.html (775 words)

	Sake-Drenched Postcards - Maid Cafes Add Cool to Akihabara
		Join him this week as he takes a peek at Akihabara’s latest fad through a tradition of the past.
		An unlikely combination for sure, but that was the recipe that blended culture past and present in a promotional event at Tokyo’s electronic paradise of Akihabara last Sunday.
		Akihabara is hardly known as a place for person-to-person contact.
	www.bigempire.com /sake/maid_cafe.html (315 words)

	sites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Akihabara, sometimes referred to as Electric City, has over over 600 shops selling electronic gadgets and electrical appliances.
		It was fun to look around and some of the electronics there were not yet available in the U.S.A. We found that most of the prices were comparable to the United States, but the cellular phones were much smaller and less expensive.
		A side street from the Akihabara station leading to one of the main streets in Electric City.
	www.artisandevelopers.com /web/tokyo/akihabara.htm (112 words)

	Akihabara [English] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Akihabara's first golden age came in 1960s with the boom in home electronics appliances such as TV, washing machine and refrigerator.
		Akihabara is rapidly changing with the "redevelopment" plans that are intended to vitalize the local economy.
		There are other Akihabara maps available on the net, but one thing you have to be careful concerning the Akiba maps is that most of them are 90 degree turned clockwise to save the space.
	www.tnt-audio.com /tours/akihabara_e.html (2315 words)

	maid in heaven -- akihabara tokyo japan
		As you might have worked out already, Akihabara is the otaku capital of Japan, and for lovers of anime and manga culture, this is Mecca.
		At Akihabara deep fantasies get expressed in a more passive, but still interesting way: here it is (mostly) guys coming out of their bedrooms to gawk at girls dressed like their favorite comic book stars.
		On Big Empire Dot Com, the maid phenomenon was described thus: "Though the name may imply otherwise, a maid café is not a place to find a woman busily working a vacuum, nor even an ambiguous shroud for yet another type of Japanese sex establishment.
	www.angelfire.com /id/croon/japan/akihabaramaids.html (1008 words)

	AKIHABARA
		Akihabara (秋葉原) is Tokyo's "Electric Town", located on the eastern side of the central Chiyoda ward.
		Akihabara is centralized around Akihabara station (located on the JR Yamanote, Keihin-Tohoku, and Chuo lines), just take the conveniently labelled "Akihabara Electric Town" exit to be dropped in the middle of the action.
		Getting to Akihabara by subway is also quite easy; travel to either the Akihabara or Suehirocho subway station on the Metro Hibiya line.
	www.japaneselifestyle.com.au /tokyo/akihabara.htm (1037 words)

	Kobun Heat Presents: The Gaijin Gamer's Guide To Akihabara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The name Akihabara means "field of autumn leaves" in Japanese, but to most Japanese - and gamers around the world - Akihabara means electronics.
		Akihabara - sometimes abbreviated "Akiba" or "Aki" by the Japanese, who have to make everything smaller - is an area of a few city blocks in Tokyo, where the streets are lined with electronics stores stretching up eight floors.
		But as I mentioned above, the reason that the name Akihabara is known the world over is that it has the largest concentration of video game stores in the world, and most anything you want can be found in the shops of Akiba.
	members.aol.com /chrisk2018/akibaguide/akibaguide.html (2350 words)

	Akihabara, what is wrong with it?! - AnimeInfo.org Fan Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Akihabara get's freakier in my eyes everytime we go there.
		About 5 years ago Akihabara was mainly a place for electronics otaku but now that the porno game/gaming in genral and anime community has taken over it has become a freak free for all.
		Akihabara is by far not as "doomed" as harajuku and its nearabouts.
	www.animeinfo.org /aiforums/showthread.php?p=7129 (181 words)

	Akihabara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Akihabara is Tokyo's famous electronics district, and one of the first places I went when I got to Tokyo.
		One of the coolest things I found in Akihabara this trip was the Osamu Tezuka World temporary store.
		Seven years ago, Akihabara had many, many toys -- er, I mean, electronic devices -- that were unavailable in the U.S. I found that isn't nearly so true anymore.
	www.stoneschool.com /Japan/Akihab/index.html (660 words)

	Akihabara :: Tokyo Essentials :: Tokyo Tourist Guide
		In the Meiji Era (1868 to 1912), Akihabara specialized in domestic goods and accessories, in the inter-war years it was bicycles, but now, it's gadgets galore - from the latest most useful to the latest most useless - Akihabara is the electronics capital of Japan.
		Electronic retailing began in Akihabara just after World War II when a large demand for radios spurred the growth of a fl market.
		Yodobashi have stores all over Tokyo, but the new store in Akihabara has to be one of the biggest electronic stores in Tokyo.
	www.tokyoessentials.com /akihabara.html (358 words)

	Akihabara [Italiano] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		E negli anni 70 ci fu il periodo d'oro per l'audio giapponese e migliaia di negozi ad Akihabara e in altre zone iniziarono a vendere prodotti hi-fi.
		Akihabara sta rapidamente cambiando con i nuovi piani di "ristrutturazione" che puntano a rivitalizzare l'economia locale.
		Ci sono altre cartine di Akihabara disponibili in rete, ma dovete prestare attenzione a una cosa riguardante le cartine di Akiba e cioé molte di loro sono ruotate di 90 gradi in senso orario per risparmiare spazio di memoria.
	www.tnt-audio.com /tours/akihabara.html (2432 words)

	New Discovery of Akihabara
		Akihabara is world-famous Electric Town among both Japanese and foreign travellers as the place to go shopping at hundreds of electric stores selling home electric products and digital appliances.
		Moreover, Akihabara Advanced Knowledge Field (4th floor of the UDX building, Akihabara Cross Field) links the ongoing life and industry with cutting edge technologies and know-how in the state-of-the-art showrooms that create a neo-futuristic lifestyle.
		The tour continues to the UDX building of Akihabara CrossField, the new landmark of the town, symbol of high-tech and pop culture.
	akihabara-tour.com /en/index.htm (375 words)

	THEM Anime Reviews 4.0 - Cyber Team in Akihabara
		Well, there's this junior high in Akihabara, which, for the uninitiated, is the district in Tokyo where they sell all those high-tech goodies that the rest of the world can only drool over.
		That's the premise of Cyber Team in Akihabara, which is an insidiously cute show with a generally fun plot, and a surprisingly deep premise, that really doesn't distinguish itself from the shoujo pack other than that.
		In fact, Cyber Team in Akihabara is quite fun to watch, and packs plenty of humor and camp in its episodes, though some of it has actually been excised from the North American release.
	www.themanime.org /viewreview.php?id=450 (858 words)

	Radio Shopping in Akihabara
		A business trip to Tokyo in March 2004 gave me the opportuntity to have a look around Akihabara the well known "Electronics City" of Tokyo.
		This shop is the nearest to the JR Akihabara station but easy to miss as it is in a narrow alley surrounded by general electronics shops.
		I was happy to pick up a GHD GN507DX paddle from the Ham Geppan store in Akihabara.
	www.g4zfe.com /akihabara.html (469 words)

	DailyTech - Exploring Japan's 'Electric Town'
		The San Francisco Chronicle recently published an article about a special section of Tokyo that is "a high-tech shopper's paradise." The neighborhood, Akihabara, or "Electric Town," has a wide variety of gadgets that would surely excite most computer enthusiasts.
		And, for an American consumer, Akihabara offers a glimpse of a different take on technology, which is months, if not years ahead, and much more varied and quirky than the United States could ever imagine.
		Akihabara might be fun for gadgets but if you're shopping for computer hardware it's difficult to beat the internet for choice and prices.
	www.dailytech.com /article.aspx?newsid=1784 (1322 words)

	Anime News Network - Cyberteam in Akihabara (TV)
		Cyber Team in Akihabara - DVD Box Set (Thinpak) (DVD) 2006-07-04
		Cyber Team in Akihabara - Cyber History (DVD 3) 2005-03-08
		Cyber Team in Akihabara - Cyber Friends (DVD 5) 2005-05-31
	www.animenewsnetwork.com /encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1072 (321 words)

	Japan: Do androids dream of electric sheep?
		In a place like Akihabara, the question of androids suddenly becomes a serious one.
		Akihabara, which stretches both horizontally down major streets and dimly lit alleys, and vertically up neon clad buildings, truly conjures images of a market from the Middle East.
		However, in place of silk clad Arabs hawking dates, almonds and fine silk are uniformed Japanese behind stalls of palm pilots, mp3 players, mobile phones and all kinds of technical wizardry.
	www.ibiblio.org /jimray/japan/archives/000012.html (280 words)

	PopMatters \| Columns \| Brian Ruh \| From Here to Shinjuku \| Akihabara Dreams and the New Otaku
		Akihabara provides a perfect vantage point for analyzing the cultural phenomenon known as otaku.
		Akihabara is a perfect example of an otaku's playground.
		The image from Neon Genesis Evangelion on the floor of the Akihabara station (which, given the rapid rate of change in Tokyo, may be gone by the time you read this) serves as both an invitation and a warning to the approaching visitor.
	www.popmatters.com /columns/ruh/030423.shtml (1096 words)

	akihabarastream -- akihabara tokyo japan
		Douglas Sanderson describes Akihabara as "the junction of future and present technologies, a place where consumerism meets and greets the latest gizmos, and says goodbye to them a month later." Meanwhile, on her website, Anne Sullivan says Akihabara is "like Comdex held outside and on a much bigger scale.
		The coolness of Akihabara just isn't what it used to be for me, but the first time you walk through the hundreds of videogame and electronic stores in the area will be a blast.
		On a final note, it should be noted that (like many aspects of Japanese life) Akihabara is a place in a constant state of flux.
	www.angelfire.com /id/croon/japan/akihastream.html (1099 words)

	IGN: PS3 at Akihabara Festival
		The main area of Sony's presence is in the Akihabara Convention Center space, on the second floor of the new Akihabara Dai Building.
		Whereas the TGS showing took place in an open environment, exposed to the deafening sounds of a game convention, the Akihabara showing is being held in a closed-off hall.
		IGN spotted Piposarus and Ratchet touring the streets of Akihabara's main strip, which is closed off to traffic on the weekend, a site that was topped only by the PSP mini bus on its maiden voyage.
	ps3.ign.com /articles/661/661023p1.html (554 words)

	GameSpy:
		I spent some of last month in Tokyo and took time out to make a trip to Akihabara, the (in)famous ward of Tokyo which houses most of Japan's otaku and a great number of Japan's largest game and electronics stores.
		I arrived on a Friday afternoon and took most of the early evening out to mooch around the stores which are found Akihabara's main street, just a few minutes walk away from the JR Akihabara train station (which is itself a 20-minute journey from the central Tokyo Station).
		For dinner I nipped into an Akihabara branch of Mos Burger, a Japanese chain of fast-food joints which is by its own declaration the "mos' delicious burger!" A set meal is small but tasty; Y600 for a burger or hot dog of any description, along with fries and onion rings and a drink.
	www.gamespy.com /articles/681/681562p1.html (528 words)

	Capsule Inn Akihabara \| hotel rooms in Tokyo Japan \| unique accommodations
		Akihabara is the digi-center of Tokyo where a endless amount of electronic stores exist, all offering big discounts and feeding the Electric City, a mecca for diehard fans of the Anime and Otaku cultures in Japan.
		For the numerous business people working hard until after midnight and who miss their train, and for all the people coming to Tokyo on a short business trip, or holiday; young and old, men and women, a wide range of people stay at Capsule hotels in Tokyo.
		Akihabara is well known for its convenient access to major tourist attractions and site seeing spots in Tokyo.
	www.capsuleinn.com (490 words)

	Akihabara on 43 Places
		Akihabara is known as “Electric Town” and as soon as you leave the station you soon see why.
		Akihabara (秋葉原, Akihabara?), also known as Akihabara Electric Town (秋葉原電気街, Akihabara Denki Gai?), is a neighborhood in Tokyo, Japan.
		While there is an official locality named Akihabara nearby, part of Taito-ku, the area known to most people as Akihabara (including the railway station of the same name) is actually Soto-Kanda, a part of Chiyoda-ku.
	www.43places.com /places/view/198732 (770 words)

	Atre Vie Akihabara - bento.com review
		For some reason Akihabara has always been a blank spot on restaurant maps of Tokyo - shoppers visiting the hundreds of electronic shops have had to make do with the odd coffee shop or ramen counter when they get hungry.
		But now JR has built a new six-story restaurant building at the east end of the train station - opening day was June 2.
		The menu includes dim sum and noodles as well as more elaborate fare; lunches are Y750-3400, while prix-fixe dinners start at Y4000.
	www.bento.com /rev/akiatre.html (338 words)

	JR Akihabara Station
		The beautiful photo of Akihabara above is courtesy of Tsutomu Kuriyama from the Panorama Tokyo Review.
		There are no other tourist destinations here (the city itself is a tourist destination) and I don't know the historical relevance of the area, but it is a neat place to be.
		The area called Akihabara around the station consists of one main street running North-South and a maze of smaller cross streets.
	www.3deearts.com /tokyo/akihabaraeki.html (645 words)

	Sony's Gun Parade Orchestra Maid Cafe news from 1UP.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The coffee tends to be a bit more expensive than usual, and sometimes they tend to call their customers "master" instead of "customer", but otherwise they're actually more normal than the name sounds.
		So to go along with the current T!FF in AKIHABARA Entertainment Festival, Sony's decided to rent out a local maid cafe and re-decorate it in the motif of Gunparade Orchestra.
		In this new version of the cafe, waitresses are dressed as members of the 108th Division of the Army Guard.
	www.1up.com /do/newsStory?cId=3145080 (460 words)

	IGN Boards - Nice finds in Akihabara....
		On my way through Akihabara, which is the electronic district in Tokyo, I came across the following...
		Akihabara has nothing on small-country towns when it comes to retro games.
		The one in Akihabara is the one where I found Chrono Trigger, but that store is still awesome.
	boards.ign.com /Message.aspx?topic=27239916 (1271 words)

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