Akihabara, Japan, is famous for its streets filled with colorful animation ads and bustling shopping centers, hence its nickname Electric Town. The district near central Tokyo is a welcoming ...

Join Tom on a captivating walking tour through three of Tokyo's most vibrant districts—Akihabara, Asakusa, and Shibuya. Begin ...

In the jumble of Tokyo’s district names, two are so similar that one is often confused for the other: Asakusa and Akihabara are separated by just three subway stops on the Ginza line. But nowhere in ...

Say the word Akihabara and most people think of electronics. The district comprises only about a square kilometer on the west side of the JR Akihabara Station in Chiyoda, Tokyo. Yet this small ...

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toranoana Inc. (headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. Toranoana below) partnered with Sanrio Company Ltd. (headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo. “Sanrio” below) began selling Sanrio ...

TOKYO -- The latest curry craze to hit Tokyo is one that American foodies are already familiar with, even if they don't realize it. Kanazawa curry, named for a city in Japan's Ishikawa prefecture, is ...

Sam (He/Him) is the former Managing Editor of DualShockers and is now Senior Reporter at TheGamer. He's been in and around games media for six years now and has held a variety of roles within the ...

Akihabara is a town located in Tokyo's Taito Ward. A prosperous electronics haven since times past, the area has transformed itself into a sanctuary for popular Japanese subcultures, like anime, manga ...

TOKYO -- Sundays in Akihabara just won't be the same, following word that the days of the "pedestrian paradise" are over. Tokyo's Chiyoda ward, which encompasses otaku mecca Akihabara, issued a ...