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Otaku Culture

Den-Den Town — Osaka’s Electric City and the Kansai Soul of Otaku Culture

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledIntroduction — The City That Refuses to Be SecondOsaka has a complicated relationship with the ...
Otaku Culture

Beyond Akihabara — Japan’s Regional Otaku Capitals and the Hidden Geography of Fandom

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledIntroduction — The Map Nobody DrawsThe mental map of Japanese otaku culture that most internati...
Otaku Culture

Ikebukuro — The Otaku Town That Akihabara Forgot to Be

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledIntroduction — The Second City ProblemEvery cultural phenomenon needs a headquarters, and headq...
Japanese culture

The Tōkai Region’s Hidden Character — Japan’s Most Underestimated Corner

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledWhen foreign visitors plan a trip to Japan, their itineraries tend to follow a well-worn circui...
Japanese economy

Japan’s Night Economy — Hosts, Hostesses, Snack Bars, and the Loneliness They Serve

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThere are streets in every major Japanese city that look, in daylight, like ordinary commercial...