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emaadsidiki · 5 months

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Akihabara Electric Town 📷🔌📹

#Akihabara #Electric Town #Street Scene #Camera #Shopping #Bic Camera AKIBA #Chuo-dori Street #Akihabara Crossing #Chiyoda #Tokyo #Japan

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moriwanderer · 7 months

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Akihabara (also Tateishi and Sarushima)

Akihabara! Tokyo's Electric Town! The city of neon lights, arcades, multi-story doujin shops, and a plethora of other wonders! The otaku paradise!!

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Or... not? But first, we take a trip to the seaside, and then a trip to an island of monkeys! (sans monkeys, because reasons.)

Tateishi park, where my sandals became salted!

Across the peninsula there's a small park on the other coast called Tateishi. It's a pretty long walk from where I'm staying, but there's a nice sidewalk the whole way and it's pretty well shaded. It mostly features a beach somewhat protected by a rock that has a small shrine built-in. The whole time I was wandering the shore, my sandals were sitting up out of harm's way. After I was walking back out, a large wave came up and soaked them. I guess I didn't pray at the shrine hard enough, or something!

The Tale of Sarushima

A long time ago, someone was lost in Tokyo Bay until the ghost of a monkey appeared and led the poor soul to the safety of the island. It has been called Sarushima (Saru - Monkey, Shima - Island) ever since. Or so the story goes.

It's.. not as impressive as I had hoped. Most of the neat historical aspects were off-limits, the beach was closed for the season, and the route to the cave was closed off as well. One might have better luck in August. That said, the trip was totally worth it just for the ferry ride over, with the seemingly endless amount of moon jellies visible just beneath the water nearly the entire way.

Akihabara

The otaku mecca was... disappointing? There were a tonne of things to check out, but the main areas seem to have been primarily taken over by used cell phone and laptop shops. Like, everywhere. Then there's the fact that everything seems to carry an Akiba tax (ie, things there are about 2x-3x more expensive than elsewhere, outside of general food). I found plenty of neat things that I couldn't afford, and honestly very little that I could get to say, look! I've been here!

There was a small shop FULL of retro gaming goodness whose name I sadly don't remember; it was to the side of one of the many alleys located in the basement. It would have all of your PC-FX and Towns Marty needs, if they didn't cost your first born. Still, wonderful to be able to see them in person and play with them.

It was also an overcast, rainy day and we arrived late, so we got to see maybe a quarter of the area. We didn't even get to Gamers! This of course means that I have to go back.

Sega, where'd you go?

See you next time!

#japan #tokyo #akihabara #electric town #tateishi #sarushima

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highsummonertemptress · 3 months

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秋葉原、東京・January 2024

#Akihabara #Tokyo #Japan #travel #electric town #秋葉原 #東京 #日本 #旅行 #千代田区

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tokyostreetphoto · 1 year

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Electric Town, Akihabara 秋葉原

#日本 #東京 #秋葉原 #japan #tokyo #akihabara #photography #photo #city #dusk #neo-tokyo #urban #metropolis #Nikon Z9

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tokyowalking · 2 months

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Akihabara Station in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo at night

Compared to the main street, Electric Town, there are fewer people and the atmosphere is quieter.

夜の東京都千代田区の秋葉原駅前

メイン通りの電気街と比べ人通りも少なく静かな雰囲気です。

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beautifulabsurdities · 4 months

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Akihabara Electric Town, Tokyo 2024

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lvnbrg · 4 months

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Akihabara Electric Town.

#original photographers #photographers on tumblr #lensblr #street photography #japan #tokyo #akihabara

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tetrix-anime · 5 months

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Seishun Buta Yarou wa Randoseru Girl no Yume wo Minai (Rascal Does Not Dream of a Knapsack Kid) - Akihabara Electric Town Collaboration Illustration

#aobuta #seishun buta yarou wa bunny girl senpai no yume wo minai #rascal does not dream of bunny girl senpai #mai sakurajima #official art #collaboration

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ukgk · 1 year

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At around 5:40 p.m. on August 7, 2002 a guerrilla live performance by “Nini Radio” was held on a pedestrian road in front of the Messe Sanoh game store (now Trader) on Chuo-dori in Akihabara Electric Town, Tokyo, with a packed crowd of fans blocking off half of the roadway. According to discussion boards and news outlets, at least 1000 fans of Ukagaka gathered in the streets illegally and screamed “ｷﾀ━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━( ﾟ∀)━( 　ﾟ)━(　　)━(ﾟ　)━(∀ﾟ )━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━!!!!!” and sung along to the opening themesong until a full police car arrived and a small riot broke out, people began to quickly pack up and disperse, the live performance was stopped early at 5:55.

(source - ☆、☆)

#denpa #nini radio #ukagaka #ukgk #akihabara #history #i gotta look into this more later but there’s only one surviving video in like 140p #and some brief recorded snippets of the live radio broadcast #nini and unyu live commentating the police trying to arrest the otaku would be wild 😭#wasnt this incident referenced in a few anime that made it outside japan?? ones i saw as a kid so i dont remember #photos #web banner #webcore #2000s internet #net history

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charlesandmiranda · 3 months

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Osaka 2/7 - 2/9 Tattoo, Dotonbori, Denden Town and Amerikamura

After we left USJ on 2/6, we continued into Osaka proper, which is where we spent the next few days!

A big reason we wanted to visit Osaka was mainly because of its appearance in the Yakuza game series, which Charles really really enjoys. There is an area called Dotonbori, called Sotenbori in the game, and Charles wanted to see it in person. (Here's a cool video we found of a youtuber comparing the game to the real location!)He was especially hyped for it because the newest Yakuza game just came out -- I'm sure as soon as we return, playing it will be one of the first things he does, haha.

Dotonbori is, similar to Kabukicho in Tokyo, an entertainment and nightlife district. However, a thing we noticed pretty early, while Kabukicho is essentially 24 hours and it's easy to see people turning in for the night when others are going to work, Dotonbori closes early. By 10 or 11, most restaurants are closed. The area is famous for a few food, specifically takoyaki and fugu (blowfish). Blowfish is toxic, as in, it will kill you if the chef cuts the lungs when tearing it down. The license for serving fugu is required for any chef serving it, and a few people a year get very sick or die from eating it at home. The area has a lot of large displays of crab, takoyaki, and other fish that are brightly lit and cool to see in person.

We spent a lot of time during our stay in Osaka wandering the Dotonbori and exploring, there are simply tons and tons of bars and restaurants there. Just walking up and down, and trying a lot of street food, was definitely a highlight, and in general represents a good amount of what we did. In some of the photos below, we tried wagyu skewers, candied strawberries, and a lot of kushikatsu, similar to tempura but uses a different batter. It may be the winner of our favorite foods we have had this trip.

On 2/7 at 1pm, Charles had a tattoo appointment at the studio Invasion Club. Headed by tattoo artist Hori Benny, Invasion Club is also kind of a fashion/lifestyle brand, with clothes and art drawn by Hori as recognizable as his tattoos. I was actually pretty aware of his art for a while, especially through instagram and looking at tattoo art online, so when Charles said he had gotten an appointment with Invasion Club, I was SHOOK. He has gotten very popular for tattooing sexy anime girls, which makes having him doing something from a 1980s food manga kind of fun.

The shop was cool, and Hori spent a few hours hanging out, talking to us, and redoing the design before doing the tattoo itself. The appointment, with hanging out, took about five or six hours. He was an incredibly friendly guy, and his work was exceptional.

After the tattoo, and most of the next day 2/8, we wandered around Osaka's Electric Town (aka Den Den town, taken from the kanji 電, pronounced "den", which means electricity) which is Osaka's equivalent to Akihabara, which we visited earlier in this trip. They're both areas heavily focused on things related to geek culture. I would say we actually had a waaaayyy better time in Den Den Town then we did in Akihabara. There was way more cool old collectible stuff to look at, and the shops were less picked over. We did a little shopping here, as well as along the main Dotonbori area.

The tattoo that Charles got is a panel from a manga called Oishinbo. It is about a group of newspaper writers that are trying to create a menu of the perfect meal. The couple in the series eventually get married, and there is a part of the story about takoyaki that includes a real shop in Osaka that invented it. We visited that shop. The experience was very unexpected, but delicious. Takoyaki is a savory pancake like batter with a large piece of octopus in the center. Most places include a sauce, mayo, green onion, fish flakes, and sometimes other toppings. The original shop includes no sauces or toppings, but instead puts dashi, a savory fish based soup stock, in the center. It was much more mild than expected, but we had two orders and Miranda, who generally isn't a fan of takoyaki, had several, so it was something worth eating.

From this point, we kind of had to make a decision. We left our plans at this point pretty loose, because we wanted a little flexibility in the trip; aside from meeting back up with our friend Penko in Tokyo on 2/11, where we'll spend the last few days before flying back out, we have very little set in stone on our schedule. That includes not strictly having a place to stay, either. We decided we would really like one more afternoon in Osaka, before heading to Kyoto, so we found an inexpensive hotel for 2/8 where we stayed for the night, and 2/9 we finished exploring the area some more.

In our wanderings 2/8 and into the afternoon of 2/9, we kind of accidentally wandered into an area called Amerikamura. There are a couple of theories of how it got its name, but one thing we noticed was that it's CHOCK FULL of vintage clothing stores. A lot of the clothing appears to actually be imported vintage clothing from the US which was pretty wild to see. It's a super trendy area, and we definitely did some people-watching, taking in the street wear fashion. It's actually been really interesting to see how fashion varies from city to city; I know this may sound silly or obvious but there really is a different "flavor" from one place to the next. Tokyo and Osaka definitely have distinctly different identities, and even areas within these large cities can feel totally different from street to street and neighborhood to neighborhood.

We brought a dozen or so Ninth Realm CDs to drop off at shops while we are here. We shipped some CDs to a well known shop in Osaka a few months ago and they sold out, but the shop is a fair distance from Dotonbori and we didn't make time to stop in, so we tried other places. I first stopped at a punk shop, but they said their customers aren't into metal and recommended another two shops. The first shop took a few CDs on consignment, but recommended we go to the larger shop. They were very friendly, listened to the album, and said "I will take all of them." When I told him I only had about ten left, he said "I will need more, these will sell in a few days." Hopefully we can ship more.

One of the very last things we did before we left for Kyoto was to visit a very sweet cat cafe, Cat Cafe Cat Tail! They had an exceptionally cute group of cats, but I think Charles and I each found a favorite, or maybe were chosen. There is a cat named Kurumi that must be.....a bit of a handful. No joke, there were signs all over that Kurumi hated to be petted on her body, she only liked petted on her head and neck, and she would scratch and bite if you petted her anywhere else. With some gentle encouragement from the store owner, she actually climbed into my lap and napped there almost the entire hour we visited; I barely got to say hi to any of the other cats, haha. And Charles instantly fell in love with a cat named Potato. He currently was wearing a cone due to an eye injury / something wrong with his eye, and also he is one of those like....smushed face cats, so he has all the same breathing issues like a pug does? Charles was DEEPLY MOVED by Potato to say the least.

After the cat cafe, we got a quick bite to eat and hopped the train to Kyoto, where we're writing from now! We'll keep you all updated soon, thanks for keeping up with us on this crazy trip!

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grim-kazoo-player · 5 months

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WIP Game!

Thank you @osirisiii-bc for tagging me!

Rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

It's so exciting to talk about this. I don't post something very often (especially in English!) and I've had a few WIPs lying around for about two years. I plan to write them too, and I'm trying to write a little each day now to have some stories. They're mostly copiiia, but they're not related to each other if that interests anyone. Also, I have some WIPs from RE Village, Dishonored, Echo, Fantastic Beasts, and even SCP Foundation. Where can I find additional time to write it all LMAO?

Fanfics:

Terzo's adventures collection

The Rat King

Mystery of the old mansion

The chain keeps us together

The male rat (LMAO)

The Alchemy

Into the Akihabara Electric Town

Key lock and two portraits

The Chepushila

Welcome to Dorset

Motten-Hotel

Luminescence

The difficulties of life with an engineer

Glyph of our future

Escape from Eden

Crow rides it's ass

What Whales Don't Say

The Masonic House

The Shell

And other. Umm, I can forget something...

Arts:

And here I probably won't say anything for sure. I decided to retire to a Shaolin monastery to learn something from the monks. Maybe I'll come back, but later xD

Actually, I don't know many people here, so it's not necessary, only if you want to. So I'll tag @sad-sad-detective @mrratcardici @vestiges-of-cirice <3

#ghost band #ghost fanfic #ghost band fanfic

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emaadsidiki · 7 months

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Anime streets of Akihabara 🎎

HEY 💎 💻 ⌨️ 🎮🔌 Akihabara Hirose Entertainment Yard 😊

#Street Scene #Akihabara #Electric Town #HEY Taito #Hirose Entertainment Yard #Taito #Video Games #Gaming #Chiyoda #Tokyo #Japan

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japanexplorer · 1 year

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Tokyo damals und heute

Für meine Verhältnisse ging es gestern aufgrund des anstrengenden Tages recht früh ins Bett. Auch wenn die Schlafbedingungen nicht die allerbesten sind, konnte ich genug Schlaf gewinnen, um morgens schon wieder loszuziehen.

Heute stand zunächst das Zentrum Tokyos auf der Liste. Der Stadtteil Ishigaya (Korrektur zu gestern: Ishigaya ist nicht der Bezirk, der Bezirk heißt Chiyoda) liegt zwar im gleichen Bezirk wie das Zentrum, jedoch dauert es trotzdem ca. 20 Minuten um den Hauptbahnhof Tokyos zu erreichen. Für die Distanzen, die man mit der Bahnfahrt überbrückt, kann man sich aber auch nicht beschweren. Den Bahnhof selbst fand ich eher etwas unspektakulär, aber zumindest war er durch Markierungen sehr übersichtlich gestaltet.

Im Zentrum Tokyos befindet sich der Kaiserpalast und das dazugehörige Gelände. Nach einem Kaffee und einem kleinen Frühstückssnack machte ich mich auch auf den Weg dorthin. (In Japan gehört es übrigens zum guten Ton, sein Essen und Trinken nicht während dem Laufen zu sich zu nehmen.) Wie es sich herausstellte, kann man das Innere Gebiet nur mit einer Führung betreten. Für diese muss man sich eigentlich eine Weile im Voraus online anmelden oder man hat Glück und erwischt vor Ort noch ein Ticket. Natürlich habe ich das nicht genauer recherchiert gehabt, weshalb ich mir die Führung sparen konnte... 😅 Aber dafür ist der Zugang zum Ostkaisergarten kostenlos, weshalb ich zumindest diesen Bestaunen konnte. Die hohen Steinmauern und die Wasserbecken ergeben ein echt schönes Gesamtbild, der Rest des Parks ist wie der Shinjuku Park mit vielen verschiedenen Baum- und Blumenarten befüllt. Die einzige Hürde dabei war jedoch zunächst das Finden des Eingangs.

Da ich vom Tor, bei welchem die Führung beginnt, zunächst in die falsche Richtung gelaufen bin, machte ich noch einen Notfallabstecher im Hibiya-Park. Irgendwie haben diese Parks etwas Besonderes an sich. In Mitten der Hochhäuser kann man hier etwas entspannen und die Ruhe genießen. Im hinteren Teil des Parks fand heute ein Event statt. Leider kann ich nicht wirklich beurteilen, um was es ging. Auf der einen Seite gab es Stände, an denen Waschmittel und ähnliche Sachen verkauft wurden, und auf der anderen Seite war eine Art Street Food Festival. Mit dem großen Angebot war ich aber etwas überfordert und es war mir auch noch etwas zu früh für einen Mittagssnack 😕

Nach dem Garten im Kaiserpalast machte ich mich auf die Suche nach meinem Mittagessen. Da ich nicht ewig suchen wollte, entschloss ich mich in ein Craftbeer-Lokal zu setzen. Die Tacos (Ich weiß, typisch Japanisch 😂) waren nicht sooo überragend, aber dafür schmeckte das Bier. Im Endeffekt habe ich für zwei Pint Bier (je 900 Yen) mehr gezahlt als für mein Essen. 😅

Da ich für den Nachmittag noch nichts geplant hatte, entschloss ich mich nach Akihabara, auch bekannt als Electric Town, zu begeben. Obwohl der Name eigentlich von den damals unzähligen Eletronikhändlern kam, trifft er heutzutage aus anderem Grund immer noch zu. An den Wänden leuchten zig Leuchtreklamen und machen Werbung für Pachinko- und Greifhaken-Läden, sowie Maid-Cafés und Stores bzgl. Anime und Videospielen. Nachdem ich ein paar Yen an den vermutlich betrügerischen Greifhaken-Automaten verspielt habe, ging ich durch mehrere Läden, um das Angebot an Sammelkarten und Figuren zu bestaunen. Für jemanden, der sich für Videospiele und/oder Animes interessiert, ist Akihabara auf jeden Fall ein Muss.

Nachdem ganzen Trubel ging es für einen kleinen "Mittags"schlaf zurück in meine Kapsel (Leider habe ich schon wieder vergessen, ein Bild zu machen... 😄). Um nicht ganz der Müdigkeit zu verfallen, entschied ich mich, mein erstes Ramen-Lokal zu besuchen. Nachdem mir der Kellner freundlicherweise erklärt hat, wie das Bestellen funktioniert und welche Taste am Automaten das von mir gewünschte Gericht ist, konnte ich mein Ramen genießen. Das man im Voraus zahlt fühlt sich zwar etwas komisch an, aber dafür erspart man sich unnötige Zeit am Ende. Da ich bisher nur die Ramen-Bar in Karlsruhe als Vergleich habe, kann ich nicht wirklich ein Fazit ziehen. Es hat auf jeden Fall gut geschmeckt, auch wenn es für meinen Geschmack etwas zu stark gewürzt war. Über den Preis kann man sich aber auch nicht beschweren. Eine große Portion gibt es für unter 1000 Yen, was nicht einmal 7 Euro sind. Des Weiteren gibt es in Japan üblicherweise in jedem Restaurant kostenloses Wasser und außerdem sollte man auch kein Trinkgeld geben. Dadurch kann man hier vergleichsweise günstig essen.

Zum Abschluss des Tages entschied ich mich noch dazu, nach Shinjuku zu fahren. Im Westen des Bahnhofs ging ich Richtung des Tokyo Domes, das Heimstadion der Yomiuri Giants, dem erfolgreichsten Baseball-Team Japans. Auf dem Weg dorthin kam mir eine Menschenmasse entgegen, welche sich Richtung Bahnhof bewegte. Dementsprechend vermutete ich, dass gerade ein Event im Stadion zu Ende ging. Umso näher ich dem Tokyo Dome kam, wurde meine Vermutung bestätigt. Über das Wochenende spielt die japanische Idol-BoyBand SixTONES dort drei Konzerte. Das erklärte dann auch den sehr hohen Anteil an weiblichen Passanten, die sich um das Stadion versammelten. 😅 Auf der Ostseite des Bahnhofs befindet sich das größte Vergnügungsviertel Japans. In der Golden Gai reihen sich in engen Gassen mehrere Miniatur-Kneipen aneinander. Die Räumlichkeiten wurden durch ein paar Barhocker, Tresen und dem Ausschankbereich schon komplett ausgefüllt. Im Vergleich zu deutschen Kneipen ist das unvorstellbar und ich brachte mich beim Vorbeigehen zum Staunen. Neben Kneipen, Kinos und Restaurants hat das Vergnügungsviertel auch das Rotlichtviertel zu bieten. Beim Durchlaufen musste ich direkt an die Reeperbahn denken. Nur hatte hier alles einen japanischen Touch. Jedoch war ich froh, als ich wieder aus dem Viertel draußen war. Eine nicht japanische Person, die Werbung für irgendwelche Lokalitäten machte, war sehr penetrant und wollte nicht einmal aufhören, nachdem ich ihm bereits gesagt habe, dass er mich in Ruhe lassen soll. Aus Interesse kann man einmal nachts durchlaufen und das farbenfrohe Viertel bestaunen, aber ansonsten lohnt sich ein zweiter Besuch nicht wirklich. Der Hanazono-Schrein, welcher direkt an das Vergnügungsviertel angrenzt, war dagegen das komplette Kontrastprogramm. Hier war erstaunlicherweise nichts mehr von dem ganzen Lärm des Vergnügungsviertel zu hören.

Damit ging auch mein zweiter Tag zu Ende. Ich merke jetzt schon, dass es mir schwer fällt, mich kurz zu fassen. Deshalb entschuldige ich mich schon mal für die ganzen Romane, die ihr zu lesen bekommt. 😄