Akihabara

Akihabara (Japanese秋叶原, dt "Autumn Leaves box ", even for a short Akiba ) is electronics mile and Otakutreffpunkt the Japanese capital Tokyo.

According to a survey of the Japanese Tourism Board from 2003 looking for 6.6 % of all Japan visitors to Akihabara.

Akihabara is, one of the two stations of Tokyo Kanda in Chiyoda district. The Akihabara Station is an important railway junction. When you climb out of the train probably notice first on a sign with the words The electric town (电 気 街, denkigai ). The area around the station has a high density of neon signs.

Akihabara is the heart of the Japanese electronics trade and offers a wide range of electronic products. The prices for computer hardware are as high as in European countries about, but there are also cheap to buy second-hand.

Many shops specialize in particular products, such as calculators, computer speakers, electronic components.

In Akihabara, there are many Otaku. For fans of video games, there are countless second-hand shops and the eight-storey Sega World. But also in anime, manga and merchandise Akihabara is a single point. So here have not only larger chains such as animate, Gamers and Mandarake their branches, there are also many retailers.

Due to the high number of Otaku, located in Akihabara many cosplay cafes where the waitresses are dressed as maids (メイド, meido ). Furthermore, there is a hairdresser and a casino of its kind in the train station and division one often sees young girls that distribute in costumes of anime characters ( cosplay ) advertising brochures.

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