Otaku Culture

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 ...
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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...
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Ikebukuro — The Otaku Town That Akihabara Forgot to Be

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledIntroduction — The Second City ProblemEvery cultural phenomenon needs a headquarters, and headq...
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Akihabara — Electric Dreams, Otaku Gospels, and the City That Reinvented Itself

By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledIntroduction — A Place That Refuses to Be DefinedIf you ask ten people what Akihabara is, you w...
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Retro Gaming in Japan: Why the Past Never Really Left

Retro Gaming in Japan: Why the Past Never Really LeftBy Yoshi | Japan UnveiledIn most countries, the history of video ga...