It’s not just Akihabara, of course. Physical video game stores are all over the place in Japan, from big chains like Book Off to small family-run shops. People in Osaka will talk your ear off ...

Akihabara Denki Gai Day or night, the Akihabara Denki Gai (which translates to Akihabara Electric Town) has a vibrant energy (though, in fairness, so does most of Tokyo).

Akihabara Arcade is located at 8901 Harlan Street in Westminster. The grand opening is Dec. 10 at 4:00pm, and they’ll allow people of all ages. Most games costs a quarter to play, the rest are free.

He was 25 when he drove a truck into a lunch-time crowd of pedestrians at Akihabara shopping district, killing three people. He then stabbed passers-by with a dagger, killing four and wounding eight.

TOKYO — Akihabara, Tokyo’s historic electronics district, has morphed into a geek paradise filled with videogames, pop-culture collectibles and other nerd attractions. Originally home to a ...

Akihabara is like if we did that for every animated show on TV. Just floors and floors of it, and if you search hard enough, you’ll find your favorite show’s merch.

The Akihabara store is pretty diverse, though, stocking lots of guys' doujinshi, manga, artbooks, and tons of character merchandise and toys. The pop machine outside K-Books has…well, you try ...

Sega’s Akihabara 2nd building closed in late August. The landmark was a tourist attraction in Tokyo’s electronics haven, Akihabara, filled end-to-end with arcade cabinets and gacha games.

As in other places in the world, May 5 is a holiday in Japan. But it’s not Cinco de Mayo; it’s Children’s Day. As the last day of the week-long set of holidays known as Golden Week, it’s ...