General Store Railyard: Souvenirs for train lovers
I love trains – even in Germany, but more so in Japan, so I had to get some train souvenirs at the General Store Railyard in Akihabara.
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Tamashii Nations Tokyo: Freddie x Kamen Rider
Tamashii Nations is a division of Japanese toy maker Bandai and creates quality figures. Their flagship store is in Akihabara, the mecca of figure fans!
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Japanese Arcades and the iPad Invadercade
Taito recently announced their own joystick accessory for the iPad, the Invadercade. The case features Space Invaders artwork, one joystick and one fire button. It’s sole purpose is to house an iPad running Space Invaders.
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CameraBag App: A different view of Akiba
Today I am trying out a new iPhone photo app in Akihabara: CameraBag. Is it an improvement over the built-in app?
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Toys toys, Akihabara toys
Today I spent some time in Akihabara, the “Electric town”. There is a new toy shop near the train station which sells all kind of Ghibli merchandising, anime figures and some small kitchen/house stuff
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Yanagimori Shrine, Arigato & a tanuki: Photograph that!
After Nakano, I went to the other side of Tokyo – Akihabara. Walking around outside the electric town, I found an office equipment store named “Arigato” (thank you).
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Akihabara: Training Games!
Today I had two plans: to go to the supermarket and go to Akihabara. Needless to say, I went for the latter first and the area around the train station has changed since my last visit.
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Apple in Japan 2004
This isn’t a post about the Apple Store in Ginza, I’ve covered it in an earlier post. Walking around Akihabara, I’ve noticed many smaller Apple stores. Maybe the iPod halo effect is working here?
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Akihabara: Super Potato 2004 – FamicomBox and Super Famicom Box
One store on my list for Japan was Super Potato in Akihabara. Super Potato (website) is a retro games store for everything from the Famicom (NES) to some failed CD-era consoles like the PCFX.
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Akihabara – The Electric Town
I actually went to Akihabara more than once during this trip. Akihabara is also known as Electric Town and is a major shopping area for electronic and otaku goods of all kinds.
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Transportation Museum in Akihabara (Railway Museum)
Walking through Akihabara, I came across this small museum called the Transportation Museum by Japan Rail. One locomotive and the Shinkansen was on display outside.
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