Akihabara

Akihabara (Akiba)

Akihabara is a major shopping area for electronic, computer, anime including new and used items. Since Japan use 110V electronic devices, the place is especially famous for Americans who live in a country which uses 110V. In Akihabara, You can find any sort of old & new videogames, starting even from the 8-bit era to modern motion-sensing videogames. If you like game, you should visit Akihabara. There are thousands of games! Akihabara first gained some fame through being home to one of the first stores devoted to personal robots and robotics. In nowadays, Akihabara has emerged as the major place for buying animation products. There are some peculiar and funny places like cosplay ("costume play") cafes, where waiters and waitresses are dressed up like anime characters, and manga kissaten ("comics cafes"), where customers can read comics, watch DVDs and surf the internet.