Otaku Culture Boys’ Love and the Female Gaze in Otaku Culture
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThe international coverage of otaku culture has a significant blind spot, and it corresponds al...
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Otaku Culture Manga Kissa and Net Cafés — Japan’s Otaku Third Spaces
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThere is a specific kind of urban exploration that I have done many times across multiple Japan...
Otaku Culture Trading Card Games in Japan — Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh and Card Culture
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledOn the second Saturday of every month, the hobby shop near my home sets up folding tables in th...
Otaku Culture Seichi Junrei — Anime Pilgrimage and Location Tourism
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledIn the summer of 2016, I drove to a small town in Gifu Prefecture called Hida-Furukawa (飛騨古川). ...
Otaku Culture Anime Convention Culture — Comiket, AnimeJapan and Fan Events
By Yoshi | Japan UnveiledThe fan convention is not merely a commercial event. It is a form of urban festival — a tempora...