A blinking, blaring string of neon signs and jumbo-trons coats the thick night crowd beneath in pale light. The human mass collides and weaves through itself, finally clustering at the turnstiles of Shinjuku station. A girl dressed as a French maid hands fliers to gawking, photo-snapping Akihabara geeks. Tucked away in a winding web of tumble-down back alleys, a tiny, bustling bar serves up salted... more local info

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Tokyo Neighborhoods

Akihabara

Akihabara was once the electronics capital of Japan, and is still known as the “Electric City.” Although other centers, like Shinjuku and Ikebukuro, now rival Akihabara for that title, it's maintained... more neighborhoods

History

Though archaeological studies have concluded that the islands of Japan were already inhabited several millenia before Christ, the history of Tokyo is relatively recent. It does not start until 1603 AD,...

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