 Akihabara Electric Town is a Tokyo suburb with is streets lined with shops that are dedicated to all the latest modern gadgets, music and anime and manga comics. Sometimes called Akiba, this suburb is an amazing place to walk around and check out the sights. On weekends the main streets of Akiba are closed to traffic and the roads fill with "Otaku", which is the name given to Japanese geeks. There are plenty anime, gaming, computer and scale modeling shops here for the Otaku to meet each other. Akihabara is around five minuits by train from Tokyo Station.
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Akihabara Electronics town is geeks paradise, it is a whole suburb dedicated to electronic gadgets and gizmos, from DVD and MP3 players to cameras, to computers to robotics the amount of product on display in this suburb will amaze. There are thousands of stores, from giant department stores right down to the smallest booth selling electronic equipment.
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Below is a Map of Akihabara with the major attractions numbered. You will note the huge Akihabara station in the center of the map, around this area is where many of the duty free electronics shops are located and continue up Chuo Dori. Chuo Dori is closed to traffic on Sundays and the whole area is filled with Japanese Otaku (Geeks). Laox's Main store was once the largest electronics store in Japan until Yodabashi Camera opened a few years back on the other side of Akiba Station. |
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The Tsukuba Express or TX is a new railway line which opened in late 2005, it connects Akibahara with the high tech city of Tsukaba, |
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This is a great museum for the whole family, and has something for everyone. The largest part of the museum is dedicated to Japan's most popular form of transport, the train. You dont even need to enter the museum to see the trains, there is a bullet train and old steamer built into the front of the building. The building was originally the railway museum and dates back to 1921. |
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