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Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan

  • Address Soto-Kanda 1,3 & 4-chome
    101-0021 Tokyo
    Japan
  • Phone number+81 3 3201 3331
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Akihabara is known as denki machi or Electric Town in Tokyo. All manner of electrical appliances, from washing machines to refrigerators, and from stereo and audiovisual equipment to fax machines, can be found here. There are also a number of shops selling computer hardware and software. Visitors to Japan will want to bring their passports along with them to purchase duty free products. Appliances with a range of voltages to suit different countries are available.

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Animation City

 by  A Yahoo! Contributor  on  2007-07-15

I'm Japanese.I like animations.Akihabara is right the animation city.There are a lot of animation shop.Various things such as comics, a game, a...

Wide selection

 by  A Yahoo! Contributor  on  2007-06-17

Electronics prices are comparable to prices in the US. At larger stores, you can show your foreign passport and not have to pay sales tax.

Akihibara (Electric City)

 by  A Yahoo! Contributor  on  2007-05-25

Tons of smalll and large electronics shops. Lots of small coffee shops called maid cafes where you can be served by Japanese girls dressed in a...

Cool stores, but...

 by  n8t  on  2006-09-21

As a gadget lover, it's cool to have so many stores with the latest far-out devices. My only two complaints are that most of the stores seem to...

awesom-a power!

 by  A Yahoo! Contributor  on  2004-11-09

I love Akihabara! There aren't too many real bargains to be had, especially coming from the US, but if anything is worth the visit just to see ...

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