/jp/ - Otaku Culture

[Anonymous No.]

AKIHABARA experience thread.

[Anonymous No.]

The last thread reeked of normals and weeaboos. Can we not do this? Akiba is a cool place, not heaven.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767609
not everyone lives in Japan, you know.
Where i live i can barely get hold of any of the goods sold there. If i really want them i have to pay a huge price, including sending costs.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767613
espacially after finding out there is a "mini" shop called touhou garden

[Anonymous No.]

Experience this

*whips out katana*

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767632
weeb more

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767609
It felt more like the thread was filled with nostalgiafags who can't deal with capitalism. Man, this shit has been happening everywhere, for hundreds of years. It's not like Akiba's united community was the first to be destroyed by greed, and it surely won't be the last.

[Viking Advice Guy No.]

I'm going there tomorrow to hang out with the gf. Been there a few times before; its a fun place. Looking forward to finding that halal food restaurant again.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767664
>gf

What is she like?

[Anonymous No.]

Basically maids.
And salesman.

And yeah, lots of shopping. lots

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767664
oh lord the halal? Mind to take a picture of their card or services, that's my in mind food porn galery

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767671
propably his favourite maid in the @home cafè

[Anonymous No.]

Hmm, it was over a year ago but I loved the Arcades, Especially finding a Melty Blood Machine and a Fate Unlimited Machine. Best Arcade memory was holding a Tekken Machine against all commers for about 2 hours. I am just a regular everyday gamer but i consider doing so in Akihabara of all places to be a achievement. I also loved the UFO machines and scored quite a few figs on the cheap that way. Once i hit some of the back streets i found a hidden store that dealt in Touhou and 2ch things, which was amazing as most of the main strip was flavor of the season. Thou i did luck out and was at the MaouYuusha event at Gamers (Purely by accident.) Akihabara is defiantly my second favorite area of Tokyo after Harajuku.
Pic Related; found it in a random 4th floor shop, It was that or Reimu watch so i got the cooler one obviously.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767683
when I was there this year a friend of mine and myself broke 2 machines by "beating" them, we could bring out figurines posters and much more stuff with 100-200 yen basically crushing the whole system, they closed 1 machine in akihabara and 1 in osaka because of us

[Viking Advice Guy No.]

>>11767674
Here's one from last time. Pic quality ain't that great though.

>>11767671
She's great. Japanese, but speaks fluent English. We met at my university (in the US); she was an international student. We both have similar taste in anime/manga/games, and love to watch stuff together. She introduced me to a bunch of series (Madoka, JoJo, etc). Been dating for over 2 years now, hoping for a lot more.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767692
thanks m8, wish you good luck with your gf
do you live there or just visiting?

[Viking Advice Guy No.]

>>11767695
I'm studying abroad for my last semester of undergrad, so I'm here until February. She graduated from our university (and technically, so did I) back in December, and just recently came back home to Japan.

Thanks for the kind wishes. It's really great to be able to see her again after being in an LDR for several months.

Pic was her birthday present; thank you based Akiba for cheap prices.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767706
Is it hard to study abroad? Thought about doing that in the future

2.700 yen, in germany I'd pay 50 euro for that

[Anonymous No.]

I have rich parents: The thread.

[Viking Advice Guy No.]

>>11767719
I think it depends largely on your home university. I didn't have any problems getting into the program, though. I'd highly recommend it, the experience is really worthwhile.

But yeah, the prices are amazing here, especially with the yen being as weak as it is right now. That figure might run $50-60 back in the states, if you can find it. Possibly more. I am definitely planning to one from the same SAS line for myself (hopefully I can find Abdul or Chapter 3 Joseph..), and possibly a gunpla kit if I see a good price.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767613
I've been there several times and never bought anything. Anything I could possibly want I would have a better chance getting online.

Besides the Gunpla in the department store. The hobby wall along the back is not necessarily unique, but just seeing all of the options before my eyes makes me buy more than I need every time. They have fairly nice displays as well, and a good selection of master grade 1/100 models. Almost everything is in stock.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767733
I know right? I bought some yen for the fact I know someone working at the bank, he told me it's gonna rise up soon again so I grabbed 50000 yen for the first act

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767609

Its already happened. Raijuus everywhere.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767731
I work full time and paid for my Tokyo trip out of my own pocket. To assume rich parents because they can afford to go on holidays is pretty much saying "HEY LOOK AT ME IM 14 AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THE WORLD WORKS"

[Anonymous No.]

>>>/trv/

fuck this weeaboo normalfag bullshit

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767683
I have the Okuu version but I had to order it in via proxy.

I think I know the shop you're talking about; was it accessible by an elevator, had a small separate section for adult goods, a space for playing trading card games, and stocked pretty much exclusively Touhou stuff?

[「ロリあき」 No.]

Anyone know of any good glory holes there? I've been needing a fix of a good strong poz load for a while now.

[Anonymous No.]

I want to work at the trap maid cafe in Akihabara very badly. I actually am trying to escape the life of NEET in order to pursue this dream.

Does anyone have faith in me? Or am I a fool...

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767858
dude they don't have aids in japan

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767880
it won't happen

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767880
I believe in you and one day I'll come to hit you in the crotch

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767706
Are you a nigger? Your hand is disgusting

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767683
Hey, my cousin got me this pocket watch too when he went to Tokyo.

I don't even watch One Piece

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767880
just a fool.... get real job like me

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767880
hate to tell you, but there is no such full time cafe. at least that i know of. just certain limited time events.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767958
when did you get that clock a friend bought the same exact thing for his brother who doesnt watch op

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767987
SHIT

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>>11767692
I am shocked that you can get Dönner in Japan.

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>>11768152
>>11767692
Friggen mudslimes nesting their kebab everywhere.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11768152
>>11768159
>In Japan, doner kebabs are starting to appear, mostly in Tokyo, where they are predominantly sold from parked vans. Doner kebabs have been adjusted to suit Japanese tastes; the salad is usually omitted in favour of shredded cabbage, and the sauce is composed primarily of mayonnaise.[28]

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>>11768159

Give it time. Mudslimes will be the dominant group on Earth.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11768152
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turks_in_Japan

[Anonymous No.]

Any jpsies want to meet up there?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11768467
Sure. Will you pay the trip to Japan for me?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11768469
I'm only asking jpsies currently in Tokyo. We don't need your gaijin ass here.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11768472
Do you stop being a gaijin if you live in Tokyo?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11768481
No, but after about a year you become a soft-gaijin.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11768487
How many years does it take to become Japanese?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11768490
You can't become one. At least my children will be.

[Anonymous No.]

I visited Akihabara three years ago on a trip to Japan, but all I did was visit the arcades and main street shops and look inside. I bought some doujinshi and stopped by some ramen place.

This was before I became a big Japanese culture enthusiast. I'm one of those filthy tourists ruining Akihabara.

>>11767645
Just because people hate a development doesn't mean they're incapable of dealing with it.

[Anonymous No.]

Akiba was definitely neat to visit a couple of times, but I don't really understand the attraction for those that go on a regular basis. Maybe I'm just not deep enough into the whole merchandise craze.

I did spend some money on capsule machines, though.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767880
eww homo

[Anonymous No.]

Where do I find the retro computer stores?

Where are the music stores where I can find trippy and colorful people? (are those even in Akiha?)

[Anonymous No.]

>>11768261
As long as Latinos and Blacks exist in the US or in Japan. That wont happen.

There has also been a spike in USA and Mexi-bros living or moving to Japan.

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>>11768662
For retro stuff you need to go to Nakano Broadway, they might have what you are looking for. PC stuff is usually in the backstreet stores.

Don't shop in the main street stores, they usually have some what of high mark-up.

Go to Akiba on Mondays as there will be a lesser crowded stores and you'd get to buy stuff calmly.

Take a small note-pad and pen to write down the prices and stores where you find your stuff before buying. Doing this saved me at least $1,000 USD. You would want to buy something thats $40 then walk around to find it in some smaller shop for $30, not a big diff. but it saves A LOT!.

Music stuff, you might need to head to Harajuku, especialy on Sunday at Yoyogi-koen. Also lastly Shibuya on a friday or sunday.

[Anonymous No.]

So /jp/, how do you explain to people why you went to Japan?

"i-i-i-i thought it would be like k-on"

[Anonymous No.]

>>11768829
"Vacation."

[Anonymous No.]

Not otaku culture.

Sage.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11768829
Why would one need to explain?
But if I did or need to I'd say "There is no other place like it in this world, a must experience for any human being."

>Pic from my 2007 trip.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11768846
Are the goods cheap?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11768852
Yea, you need to look around first.
See >>11768819

My first trip cost was $4,000 USD.
I still had about $1,500 left over after.

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>>11768846
Any stores like this still around?

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>>11768865
I actually didn't see any stores like this despite having seen them on TV.

Are these more back alley stores? I only looked at a few of those.

I'd like to buy a famicom and some original games if they're still around.

[Anonymous No.]

I want to go to Japan with like 25,000 dollars and buy all the h-doujinshi, doujin music, retro and non-retro videogames, and figures that I want and send them all back in a bunch of huge boxes and then open them like Christmas presents when I get home.

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>>11768873

Arino on GCCX has visited a number of retro game stores, so I don't see why they would no longer exist. If you don't mind searching a bit, somebody compiled a list of all the places he has been to. I don't think it would be too far a leap to assume all the places he went to are still open.

[Anonymous No.]

I usually just go to Tora no Ana, Animate, Melon Books, some figure shops, Gamers, Mandarake, and maybe some electronics places like Yodobashi and Onoden.

Are there any more cool back alley stores that I should check out? I'll be in Tokyo soon.

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>>11768865
Can you use US cartridges on a japanese famicom?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11768865
What is the price of that super famicon?
4800yen?

[Anonymous No.]

http://www.dannychoo.com/en/post/26542/Places+to+visit+in+Akihabara.html

[Anonymous No.]

>>11769013
http://www.dannychoo.com/en/post/26517/Japanese+Retro+Games.html

That chair...

[Anonymous No.]

>>11769084
Astro City arcades? Nothing will ever beat the Egret II. Literally the best arcade machine ever made.

[Viking Advice Guy No.]

>>11768467
Sure, why not.

>>11767952
Hispanic. Its like Nigger Lite, except with fewer stat bonuses. And Japanese people barely know where South America is, so I just say I'm American and let them be confused.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11769197
Aren't there very few foreigners? Don't you get discriminated against a lot?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11769084
You could say that's a throne of games. Haha!

[Viking Advice Guy No.]

>>11769211
From the back I look like a slightly tanned Asian (I straighten my otherwise very curly black hair), so its not immediate. I've gotten stares before, but nothing terrible yet. I'm not white or black, so dont fit into their obvious stereotypes for racism. I havent been denied service or told to go back home or anything like that.

Its Tokyo, so there are always some gaijin here or there. Lot of tourists here for the winter holidays now.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11769197
Japs don't really know much about Geography.
Japanese girl I knew had never heard of Ireland or Sweden.

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>>11769197
>And Japanese people barely know where South America
You are giving me the impression that the average japanese person is an ignoramus maximus.

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>>11769197
>>11769197
>Hispanic. Its like Nigger Lite, except with fewer stat bonuses.
The fuck are you talking about? Since you're a weeaboo introvert I'll attack this argument using what you love: apparently the Japanese don't think so considering the top commercial actor in regional Japan was African-American for several years. A black actor also got a significant role and several conservations with the lead actress 1on1 in a prime time drama (Galilio 2).

You dumb fucking weeaboo hick.

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>>11769239
That doesn't mean the Japanese don't know geography. It just means these countries are irrelevant.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11769262
Please learn to read, blackie. He is implying is a bit worse off being Hispanic than black.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11769276
It's insulting to both, recessive neanderthal.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11769296
Nobody cares, tumblr.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11769309
>>11769296
>>11769262
kek

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>>11768865
I think I found three or four of these old console stores. It varies a lot what they sell, but it's a lot of fun looking for things you recognize and might have played when you were a little lad.
I also found one in Ikebukuro close to Otome road.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767664

HOLY FUCK THERE'S A BILLBOARD WITH REIMU ON IT

[Anonymous No.]

>>11769323
Where?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11769323
Wow, calm the fuck down.

[Viking Advice Guy No.]

..did you just samefag your own argument?

>>11769262
Here, let me speak in simple sentences.
I am Hispanic. I am not black, but am also discriminated against, sometimes in similar ways. However, the two are different, and while I am not discriminated against as heavily as many blacks are, there are also fewer positive connotations about "Hispanics". At least that is how I feel from my experience.

And, yes, while Japan has employed a small number of blacktors, they are almost always given the role "huge dumb black gaijin who doesn't know better." Their representation in the media here is incredibly racist.

>>11769241
>>11769239
>>11769273
The public education doesn't stress much geography or world history beyond the big players, from what I can see. For example, I dated my gf for a year before finding out she thought Colombia was in the Middle-East. And just the other day I asked her where Egypt was, and she said "..Europe?"

[Anonymous No.]

I haven't been there since 2008. It was fun, but looking back I mostly just bought stuff I didn't really want just because.

Now that I'm more into doujin stuff it might be different though. But I mostly want to go just to see all the Touhou stuff, like, just to see it. I really love Touhou so it would be cool to experience a Touhou-only shop or floor, at least once.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11769331
It's on one of the balconies. There are some more Touhous to the right of it on the next building.

[Viking Advice Guy No.]

>>11769467
whoops forgot my image there

[Anonymous No.]

>>11769467
>And, yes, while Japan has employed a small number of blacktors, they are almost always given the role "huge dumb gaijin who doesn't know better."

Not exactly true. Watch Dante Carver (in his interview he says he refused to accept any kind of those roles), or watch Isiac in Galileo 2. He's the one who explains the scientific analysis of the corpses to the detectives like Kaoru-chan.

Either way lets get back on topic.

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>>11768976

Famicom or Super Famimcom? If the latter, yes, but it requires more modification. You have to cut the cartridge slot to the right shape to hold the US carts, but if you were to use JP carts on a US SNES, you would just need to remove the tabs in the cartridge slot. I know that you can use Famicom and NES games on each other system, but I'm not sure what adapter or modification you have to do.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11769499
I'm fairly sure that was a mod, because my post was deleted but I didn't delete it myself.

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>>11769262
>top commercial actor in regional Japan was African-American for several years
>implying it's not the jews pushing their agenda
>implying the Japanese get any say on who gets to appear on their commercials

You're just delusional.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11768874
ISHYGDDT

[Viking Advice Guy No.]

>>11769511
Oh, I was unaware of that sort of stuff. Its good to hear that the trend is changing.

But, yeah, sorry for getting off topic. I'm leaving the apartment for the real thing, so here's one last picture.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11769514
Riiiight.

[Anonymous No.]

>akihabara
>racism

[Anonymous No.]

>>11770019
Is that a mole on his forehead or just a bad pic?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11770019
Could it be called racism if they want to milk more money from foreigners by doing that?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11769241

I met a Japanese girl playing Animal Crossing she was amazed I knew what udon was. In general lots of Japanese people DO seem to be ignorant of the world outside Japan.

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>>11770019
How will he react if I approach him and say "Translate it, westaboo"?

[Anonymous No.]

What's the appeal of maid cafes? The girls barely talk to you, the food is bad, sugary and expensive. I tried it once and it was awful waste of money.

[Anonymous No.]

Has anyone been in a Tsundere cafe?

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>>11770640
I don't get it either but then again I like taking my meals in peace.

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>>11770643
How the maids would act with gaijin?
Would they tell you to go home?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11770640
Japanese guys have a fetish for being piggish, socially awkward, drab males who pay money to friendly, pretty girls to display their economic, social and aesthetic submissiveness to them.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11771399
They would tell you to go home anyway. It's not like they're at work there because they want to see you.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767664
Looking at this picture makes me feel very lonely but I am not sure why.

Time to get back to h-games I guess

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767966
There are full time trap cafes, I am friends with a trap who works at one. I can't think of one off the top of my head in Akihabara but there's probably one there somewhere.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11771730
http://newtype.ms/cast.html
Here's one.

[Viking Advice Guy No.]

public service warning: beware of pre-owned jojo figures at mandrake. the price was was cheap at 2625, but the joints are stiff and there are scuff marks. biggest problem is that there is a paint error (or the last owner was a idiot with a marker) on the best of the 3 heads which makes it look terrible. I'd repaint it myself, but all my supplies are back in America so it will have to wait
>>11771740
from the url I thought it was going to be a subtle dig at effeminate Gundam characters

[Anonymous No.]

>>11771758
Thanks for the heads-up, VAG

[Anonymous No.]

>>11771730
>I am friends with a trap who works at one.
with benefits?

[Anonymous No.]

Don't mind me, just being the best shop in Akihabara.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11768865
>>11768873

That Retro Game store is called "Mr. Potato"
It's in a backstreet close to that famous kebab place.

>>11768985
4800円　＝　$48 USD (About $50 bucks)

[Anonymous No.]

>>11770643
Part of the appeal of tsundere is familiarity. It's because you have some level of familiarity with that person that you can find it cute.

If someone you don't even in any way acts that way with you then she would just come off as a bitch.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11769262
That african american is named Dante, He only came out in CM's for SoftBank in 2007 and 2008.

He is as retarded as they come, I saw a variety where that dude was wearing a Superman suit while watching Superman 2.
>Pic related

The Bangumi name was "Watashi no nani ga ikenai no" Which is "What's wrong with me?"

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>>11773173
forgot pic....

[Anonymous No.]

>>11769084
Fuck Danny Choo

[Anonymous No.]

>>11769013
>Sukumizu Mirai doll, shirt and mini fig
Why does everything he wears and surrounds himself with have to have to involve his original character donut steel? That post where he's making doll shoes with his dad is cringe worthy. No matter how much money this guy has, he will always be a loser.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11778986
you are just jealous

[Anonymous No.]

>>11784145

Chinky Chu plz go.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11769013
He actually has nice pictures in his shitty blog

[Anonymous No.]

>>11778986
>Why does everything he wears and surrounds himself with have to have to involve his original character donut steel?
He has to constantly re-affirm his worth; surrounding himself in and showing off his original character is the only way he knows how.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767692
Were there anymore Halal food than Kebabs there?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11778986
>>11778986
>No matter how much money this guy has, he will always be a loser.

I hate that fag as much as the next cultured anon but you can't really believe what you typed there now can you.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11784145
>>11784269
Well, obviously he needs to pander to weebs. I'm a bit jealous of him since I can't pull that kind of thing.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11773168
and some men like that abuse

if you can even call yourself a man

[Anonymous No.]

bump

[Anonymous No.]

normalfags plz die

[Anonymous No.]

Apparently Akihabara is really declining. While the seedier parts of it are being cleared up, there seems to be a growing lethargy towards the region and attention is shifting elsewhere.

Osaka is supposed to have a district much like the Akiba of yore though.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11793422

Yeah I google street-viewed around Akiharabara and the buildings and general infrastructure is generally decaying and declining.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11799203
I google street-viewed Akihabara and there is only a few people on the street and there are a lot of shops closed. It is really declining.

[Anonymous No.]

I wanted to try and find the greatest eroge store in Akihabara that I always visit when I'm in the area. Apparently its gone now unless I just have where I think it is mixed up. I was pretty sure it was down from where Mandarake is.

It was such a magical and cramped place. I remember going there and having the cashier tell me how great Chaos;Head was and then just shaking his head as he continued to ring up my stack of black lilith titles.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11799609
> only a few people on the street and there are a lot of shops closed
> It is really declining.
Streetview vans usually operate during wee hours to minimize people, traffic and law suits.

[Anonymous No.]

I was there (and in Japan in general) for the first time this September. I only had about 5 hours in Akiba in total though.

I blew $50 (and 2 hours) on a maid cafe (mostly on sake), bought the Japanese version of Persona 4 Golden and some LNs and manga, then met up with some friends from the program that brought me to Japan and had a beer at the Gundam café.

I wish I could have looked around longer, but almost everything closes before midnight. I would've thought they stayed open all night, what with being world famous and all.

Looking forward to returning after I get my scholarship in a couple of years.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11800146
>almost everything closes before midnight
Any noteable exceptions to this? I suppose other than niche or local stores being open past midnight would be unrealistic because of the trains. Akiba having a nightlife sounds or would be cool.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11800540
There are some 24h manga cafes and cyber cafes.

Also when I was there the Mogra close when train starts. But that's probably just the Fridays and Saturdays, or when they host an event.

[Anonymous No.]

http://youtu.be/rGfFv1GwOCc

[Prayers !PG1gHAHmsU No.]

>>11771740
Oh god, Sow is cute. so cute, so so cute, my heart melted

[Anonymous No.]

>>11800146
>>11800540

Exactly how is "nightlife" complimentary to otaku and otaku culture. Nightlife is like bars, karaoke, love hotels etc for normals.

[Anonymous No.]

Are there any places you guys recommend aside from the big stores on the main street?

Thinking of the retro game store and maybe looking at some mechanical keyboards.

Also, I can speak Japanese so that's not an issue.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11809247
Talking about 4chan/2chan,VNs,manga,etc... while drinking some chu-hi or something, singing anison, etc...

Otaku doesn't mean hikikomori, and there are also tons of lite otaku (or niwaka if you prefer).

[Anonymous No.]

>>11809490

Well yes but admittedly those aren't generally associated with and exclusive to "nightlife".

[Anonymous No.]

Crowded.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11810622
don't tell my dad or he'll probably get mad and he'll stop paying for all the adderall and I don't want that I don't want to get fat at all

[Anonymous No.]

Aki is literally the worst place in Japan. High concentration of tourists in the country.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11810641
>High concentration of tourists in the country.

[citation needed]

[Anonymous No.]

>>11768168

>Cabbage

It IS supposed to be cabbage, only subhuman niggers from america would think of salad instead.

>Mayonnaise

Fucking gook pigs.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11810681
Another guy, but it's probably up there.

Though, Roppongi probably has more gaijin. But that's also largely made up of English teachers and other people staying more long term.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11810748
>Roppongi

Yeah I was actually thinking of them as well.

[Anonymous No.]

I went today with another /jp/er.

Basically spent the whole day there exploring akiba and singing bad Karaoke.

[Anonymous No.]

Gaaaaaaaaaaaaay

[Anonymous No.]

>>11812466
How'd you meet this other /jp/er?

Did you guys do it in the butt?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11810641
Yeah no, normalfags don't give a shit about Akiba. Most tourists want to see the stereotypical traditional stuff like Kyoto. It may surprise you to learn that most people aren't weebs.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11812750
le gaypee maymay xD

[Anonymous No.]

>>11812784
Are you denying the fact that the rate of gays and bisexual people is much higher on /jp/ than normal?

[Anonymous No.]

Seriously though, I want to meet other /jp/ers irl. And not for gay sex.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11812841
I would like to meet /jp/ers irl too.

But they have to treat me like a girl.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11812857
I don't treat guys and girls differently.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11812750
>>11812841
I knew him before /jp/ existed from an old forum.

You can meet /jp/ers at comiket /jp/ meetups, though.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11812841
>And not for gay sex.
What would you even do with them then?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11813425
Talk about LNs and VNs while doing fun activities together like eating or shopping. Sometimes we'd play videogames too.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11813445
I've never understood how to discuss things I've read or watched other than to say "yeah that part was cool". It wouldn't be very fun for either of us.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11813476
It's probably only a good thing when both of you are real experts in the field, so you have hundreds and hundreds of eroge to talk about.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11813476
It's not that hard. Just say which parts you like best, argue about your favorite characters, and discuss the latest news about upcoming releases. You know, like they do in the VN general.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11813484
>say which parts you like best
yeah that part was cool
>argue about your favorite characters
yeah id fug her
>discuss the latest news about upcoming releases
yeah that looks cool

[Anonymous No.]

>>11799839
>Black Lilith

Casual.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11812857
>>11812841
>>11812750

Yeah still waiting on the answer to How'd you meet other /jp/er IRL?

More importantly what are your expectations. Because quite frankly, while I cannot speak for others, I would likely fail to meet any expectations because autism.

>>11813398
>I knew him before /jp/ existed from an old forum.

Well that doesn't really count now does it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11813497
Why do you think it's cool? Don't you question yourself about why certain things make you feel certain ways?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11813553
I'll be your friend if you know (or are at least learning) Japanese and want to talk about LNs and VNs.

[Anonymous No.]

I've been going to Japan once to twice a year (always during Winter Comiket/New Year period at least) and I feel kinda weird to know Akiba or even Tokyo better place I lived or currently live.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767731
Hey, I'm neither a normalfaggot nor a leech. I'm able to visit Japan often despite being a NEET because I occasionally take on part time work and run an eBay shop. If you wanted to, you could probably visit Japan at least once a year without getting a job or relying on somebody else.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11768787
>Mexi-bros
I hate it when people talk about themselves like that. I get that you're anonymous here but that's no reason to praise yourself as if you were somebody else.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11813624
>being a NEET because I occasionally take on part time work and run an eBay shop

[Anonymous No.]

>>11813634
I don't work myself or tire myself, I take it easy without ever getting exhausted and I'm not officially in education or employment, so what else could I be? I'm certainly more of a NEET than those so-called 'Corporate NEETs' at the very least. Or what? Do you consider anything that requires even the least bit of effort "work"? Does posting on /jp/, playing 2hu, reading VNs, and importing things from Japan stop you from being a NEET?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11812758
I was there just yesterday and there were tons of tourists. No less than in Kyoto.

[「ロリあき」 No.]

There was a curry joint in Akihabara station I liked. Wonder if it's still there, it's been 8 years.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11812758
What the fuck are you talking about, the only difference for normalfags is that they see it as the city of electronics instead of the city of eroge and onahole.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11813651

... no need to overreact over a simple label but working part-time even occasionally is Employment and running an Ebay shop is Entrepreneurial activity, regardless of whether these are official or not.

Anyway this is tangenting from the main discussion.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11813553
>More importantly what are your expectations.

Sociable
Outgoing
Cute
Fashionable
Good sense of humour
Smart
Native level at Japanese

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767692
Did you lose your virginity to her? Or are you not sexually active with her that much if you don't mind me asking?

[Anonymous No.]

Did we go back to Japan General or something?
What an awful thread

[Anonymous No.]

>>11814070
I don't get you people.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11814070
I don't get you people.

/jp/ has always been and always been Japan General regardless of its official designation. It'll always be that way unless another board for that purpose is created.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11814316
>another board for that purpose
You mean like /trv/?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767731
/jp/ has been around for 6 years. Can we stop pretending we're still teenagers who are still financially dependent on our parents?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11814328
Only when you get the silver spoon out of your ass.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11814328
Now we're just adults financially dependent on your parents.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11814323
4chan is a board revolving around Japanese culture. Japan needs its own board.

I'm not listening to anyone who's just gone along with moot deciding that that's not the focus anymore.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11814331
>Only when you get the silver spoon out of your ass
What's it like not having nice things because you're too lazy to work or go to college like a normal person and be able to afford things?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11814335
>>>/out/
>>>/trv/

[Anonymous No.]

>>11814361
The communities there are completely different.

Talking about the state of Akiba and Nihonbashi from an otaku POV for instance when you actually live in Japan isn't exactly fitting for those boards.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11814328
Yeah.....
P-Pretending heh
Could you normalfags at least try to assimilate into the /jp/ feel

[Anonymous No.]

>>11814338

Not him but I work full time yet am totally miserable because I generally don't want nice things and don't spend and when I do want nice things I am too much of a miser and scrooge to spend money. ;_;

[Anonymous No.]

>>11814338

Not him but I work full time yet am totally miserable because I generally don't want nice things and don't spend and when I do want nice things I am too much of a miser and scrooge to spend money.

I guess what I really want is a cute gf but you can't buy one and also autism.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11814403
/jp/ shouldn't have anything to do with state of employment or amount of time spent outside in the first place.

Not working isn't really special enough to make you not a normal anyway. Assimilating into non-normality is kind of ironic when you think about it.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767664
I took a picture of the same buildings.

Got a chance to visit the place while on vacation with my family. It's alright there, just really crowded (as to be expected).

Speaking of halal, I got some REALLY good shawarma in Roppongi.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11813839
Right, and Kyoto is an entire city filled with tourists. It takes far more people to fill it than a tiny district in Tokyo.

>>11813890
And these days a "city of electronics" is about as impressive as a pile of dog shit. There's nothing in Akiba that a normie would be interested in that you can't find in any Yodobashi in Japan, not to mention a store in the west like Best Buy or even amazon.com. The prices aren't even good anymore, which was most of the draw for these people.

For the majority of tourists, Akiba is a quick walk-through at best as they quickly realize all this. Maybe they'll stop to gawk at some ecchi shit and then they'll be on their way, but even that is going to be ended by Mr. Abe soon enough.

I won't deny that the number of foreigners on the street is still high, but it'll drop as the district continues to decline and that's pretty meaningless anyway considering the gaijin level drops considerably as soon as you set foot in a store.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11814487
>>11814338
You pseudo-normals are pathetic.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11814775
Tell me about your life, anon. You're probably more normal than them.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11814786
Just be yourself, anon

[Anonymous No.]

[Anonymous No.]

>>11814361
>shitposting

[Anonymous No.]

>>11814929

Captcha : vnient relaxation

[Anonymous No.]

>>11814316
So when exactly did this board go from anti-weeb to Sankaku Complex 2.0? Nevermind, I already know the answer. Fuck /q/.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11814941
I... why is everyone walking in the middle... of the street?

Canadabro here that will probably visit, I'm what we would call someone that liked japanese media, but doesn't know anything much about their actual culture.

I wonder what's the percentage of the population that can actually understand french.

Otherwise, where should I go to run? I want to do a 2 month back packing experience and run into mountains.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11814948
They shut of the road as MoeCon (I think it was called) was going on in one of the building's downstair lobby. There might have been more to it but I dunno. I walked in, picked up some leaflets, watched some (what i assume were) amateur idols and walked back out again.

Japanese are fairly reluctant to have a chat with foreigners I found. I think I met one guy that spoke pretty good English, other than that everyone else didn't attempt to converse really. I didn't have much Japanese language knowledge under my belt at the time to confidently start a conversation myself either though.

Might be worth asking over in /trv/ for more info

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767599
do they still close the roads every weekend?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11814963
Ho... that's quite saddening. When I go there, might be a year or two, depending on my studies and Japanese language proficiency. I thought /trv/ fucking hates Japan because of obvious weeaboos, but I do wonder if there's amazing places to run outside. I got this idea from Oatmeal(the online comic).

That and usually tight packed city have something exciting to me. I'm from deep within Canada, where the main city next to me has 15k cohabitants. I went about 15 times to Montreal in my life, once to Seattle for The International 3(DotA2 tournament) and to Mexico with my college gang. So I have next to no experience of big cities.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11814944
It's always been that way. One part of the community just threw a disproportionately loud autism fit trying to make the board as specific and as exclusive as possible.

[Anonymous No.]

I know this sounds stupid, but if you go to the back alley stores where all the good stuff is at, can we haggle for good price? Is haggling normal in Japan?

[Anonymous No.]

I wish /a/ and /jp/ would get over their respective hang ups about revealing powerlevels and weeaboos. If someone likes a hobby/country enough to learn the language to fluency or even move there then that's great for them. Being self conscious about something like that kind of sounds like a self esteem issue.

Unless I'm out of touch, the kind of people who'd act like hyperactive morons and fill their text with ^-^ emoticons and other crude Japanese cultural appropriations were young teenagers. If this is what everyone has in mind when they use the word weeaboo, then I don't understand why we're still talking them now we're presumably mostly in our 20s or 30s.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11800146

>Akihabara
>World Famous

Maybe from the viewpoint of lonely weeaboos on here. It's not exactly bringing in the tourists like London or Paris.

[Anonymous No.]

I want to go to Akiba so much. Even if it sucks and is disappointing, I feel like I need to go there at least once and confirm things for myself after being fed so many wonderful stories about it through my Japanese media. All the pictures people post make it look like paradise.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11815153
So how many districts of London or Paris do you know?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11815253
None. I'm a weeaboo, not a westaboo.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11815228
Japanese media are pretty good at portraying things that aren't as paradises. Just saying.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11815228
Its a shopping paradise if you like otaku stuff. What else are you expecting?

[Anonymous No.]

/trv/ - Travel
1. Post images and information about various locales, places you've traveled, or hope to visit in the future.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11815480
I expect pure euphoria just walking along the street. Of course I plan to shop there too.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11815502
>bitching about an Akiba thread in an otaku culture board

[Anonymous No.]

>>11815502
But I live in Japan. I can go there any time I want.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11769323
And Cirno, Marisa, Ran and Yuyuko.

Holy shit.

[Anonymous No.]

I went there on a low budget last summer, and it was surprisingly enjoyable. Searching for azumanga shit (and actually finding some) in those shops that display hoards of secondhand capsule figs was quite fun.

[Anonymous No.]

I went to Japan to visit my former college roommate (he was an exchange student from Japan). He took me to Akihabara, even though I explicitly told him I wasn't into anime as much as I was back in our college days. Nevertheless, as soon as we got there I started bleeding money. It doesn't help that my friend encouraged me every step of the way ("Don't you like this character? Buy this figure." "You like Touhou right? Look at all of these music CDs.")

The cherry on top was the maid cafe. There was a huge line of ultra otaku waiting to get inside (you know the kind, they have big backpacks with posters sticking out) and when we finally got in I couldn't believe the amount of effort the girls put into being moe. However, I think they were more taken aback by me, in that I talked to them like normal, non-maid human beings. For a moment, I caught a glimmer of their humanity, of the girl who's just trying to work a part time job to earn a little dosh.

10/10 trip, would go again.

[Anonymous No.]

Which train station do I take?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11823123
Uh, Akihabara?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11823123

Station exit*

[Anonymous No.]

>>11823123
I'm not sure, but it might be the Akihabara station.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11823173
Electric Town

[Anonymous No.]

>>11815085
There was a thread on /a/ a couple of weeks back with a poll asking for their age. Unless people trolled it, the average age of an /a/utist is 15-18 followed by 21-24

[Anonymous No.]

>>11825841
>/a/utist
I'm somehow offended by the idea of /a/ using this term.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11825869
I'm somehow saddened that so many people resign themselves to wallowing in their socialization issues and label themselves so negatively like this.

Why can't people be more positive?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11825894
We are positive. We are taking terms like NEET and putting a positive spin on it.

Beats constantly saying we are lazy, socially inept manchildren, ya know

[Anonymous No.]

>>11825909
Doing something about it would be positive.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11825923
Only if you consider being a NEET to be negative.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11825951
Laziness and social ineptitude are undeniably negative.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11825964
Yeah, but >>11825909 didn't say we're calling ourselves lazy and socially inept, he said we're calling ourselves NEETs.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11825841
Where do the people who end up learning Japanese fluently and pass the age of 24 end up discussing anime? I can't relate to /a/ at all...

[Anonymous No.]

>>11825969
>we
>we
>we

Have fun fitting in with everyone I guess.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11826038
Shut it, normie. You're just getting petty now.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11826047
You people are the normies. Being just another socially awkward and/or unemployed male geek does not make you special in any way. The entirety of 4chan and 2ch are full of such common, boring people.

Despite being someone relatively at the edge of society, I'm tired of the misuse of the word "normal" as a blanket term who doesn't the share the same issues as oneself. It's juvenile, and these kinds of communities that are meant to be for people simply drawn together by a love of a otaku culture become nestbeds of people seeking company with the same board topic-irrelevant afflictions. At the very least I don't want to see /jp/ become another NEET general.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11826062
Will you shut up already normalord
Go tweet about it

[Anonymous No.]

>>11826062
>I'm tired
That's your problem.

>It's juvenile
So what?

>and these kinds of communities that are meant to be for people simply drawn together by a love of a otaku culture become nestbeds of people seeking company with the same board topic-irrelevant afflictions
You're on the wrong site if you just want to be around people that claim to love Otaku culture. Go join Shrinemaiden or some other wapenese infested shithole where scum and pseudo-normies shitpost together in harmony, just as you want them to, rather than an elitist place like /jp/ where actual western otaku reside.

>At the very least I don't want to see /jp/ become another NEET general.
Again, that's your problem. Nobody gives a shit about what you want.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11825869
Because /jp/ invented the autism meme.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11826079
>>11826083
Okay, now back to /a/ with you.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11826121
Ironic considering /a/'s thriving normie population

[Anonymous No.]

>>11826121
>you
*me

[Anonymous No.]

>>11768865
Not exactly related to the thread but I I found one pretty big one in Den Den Town in Osaka.
They sold all sorts of retro games and consoles.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11826274
I've been to both. The one in Osaka is much bigger.

[Anonymous No.]

A view of Akihabara from Chuo Sobu line
at 38:19 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_meDcMDzbbo

[Anonymous No.]

>>11768865
Super Potato, Book Off/Hard Off

[Anonymous No.]

Is there some sort of catalog of stores?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11814929
That store is famous, I seen it in an anime. Maybe Oriemo? Many others I assume too

[Anonymous No.]

I'm kind of a normalfag i guess in the sense that im not super educated in most things Japanese i mean of course i've gone through the list of anime and then manga and played plenty of games (You guys enlightened me on DS card emulator my thanks for that.) And i'm about to hit 21. You know there are plenty of places ive been to and just been utterly bored to death i no longer find comfort in the idea of traveling. The only place i ever think i truly would go out of my way to visit one day is Akihibara because i feel as though i would be able to buy and indulge myself in a cluster-hold of all things japan. I feel like i would just be that weird foreigner (mexican for added effect) just clutching a massive life-size pillow with multiple games in my hand. I guess thats mine from a more normalized of fags opinions on the subject. I truly believe it would be the greatest experience of my life. And maid cafe definatly wanna go to alot

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767664
I always wanted to ask. Are there any halal food restaurants that serve japanese food and not turkish kebab?( in tokyo ofc)
have fun with ure gf btw!

[Anonymous No.]

>>11829299
/jp/ isn't your blog, normalfaggot.
Go make yourself a tumblr and stay there instead.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11829317
>Trying to add some perspective
>get this butthurt
Dats guwd.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11829325
Who are you quoting? Why are you misusing the spoiler function?

[Anonymous No.]

a oden vending machine

[Anonymous No.]

>>11832133
i had oden yesterday, but i ended up making enough for 4 people...
someone visit ;_;

[Anonymous No.]

>>11832189
My favorite oden's ingredients are tsukune, Japanese radish and Hen's egg,

[Anonymous No.]

In front of the Yodobashi Camera

[Anonymous No.]

>>11769084
It looks a lot smaller than I remember... Have they been selling it off?

[Anonymous No.]

stop talking about Danny Choo please

[Anonymous No.]

Heading to Akiba in a week myself, hope it's enjoyable as you guys say.

[Anonymous No.]

Ill be hanging around the arcades and shops again tommorow night. If you see a tall foreigner wearing a backpack and white headphones feel free to come say hi.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11838430
What's that? I can't hear you over the sound of Danny Choo

[Anonymous No.]

>>11839132
post a pic of your backpack?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11767609
>>reeked of normals and weeaboos

/jp/ posters are of course the perfect median between these

[Anonymous No.]

1/3

[Anonymous No.]

[Anonymous No.]

I recently read that molester man manga. The girls the MC went to Akihabara with were terrified and felt like being abused just walking down the streets there.

Is that a common experience for normal girls there?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11770019
I remember that guy, I accidentally went onto that floor and made eye-contact, I was so embarrassed

[Anonymous No.]

Anyone seen this guy walking around Akihabara?
I saw him in K-Books or whatever it's called. I wanted to take a picture but I was too shy then I lost him

I'm going back next year for C86, hopefully there will be a /jp/ meetup

[Anonymous No.]

>>11814929
PHOTO NOT ALLOWED

[Anonymous No.]

>>11828289
It's a store for fetish sex toys.

The M-tower is famous for giving you price off if you take photos of yourself wearing lewd outfits purchased in there.

you arent allowed to take photos inside, though, since the pictures of those who did lewd stuff is everywhere.

Ah, and you arent allowed to come in wearing school uniforms, especially if it is a real one.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11839425
>The M-tower is famous for giving you price off if you take photos of yourself wearing lewd outfits purchased in there.

I wondered what the motivation was for customers taking those pictures was.

Seems pretty slutty to take your clothes off just for a discount...

[Anonymous No.]

>>11839386
I'm sure in a years time there will be even more socialites that'll join you on /jp/.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11840086
Don't be that way, friend. I'll be your pal, you don't even have to ask.

[Anonymous No.]

the original shape of the Akihabara

[Ruby !!iPJbBu5S79g No.]

>>11767880

There are maid cafes dedicated to traps?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11845762
That would be pretty gay.

Do they have maid cafes for gay fellows?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11845789
yeah but they are called
gayd cafes

[Anonymous No.]

>>11845762
There are plenty of bars/clubs with traps, not for tourists though.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11768865
Yes.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11835046
When was that?

[Ruby !!iPJbBu5S79g No.]

>>11846399

Are they among the "no non-Japanese allowed" places in Japan?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11846585
They say it as if those maids could get raped in the butt or something.

[Anonymous No.]

[Anonymous No.]

Akihabara Panty Dispenser

[Ruby !!iPJbBu5S79g No.]

>>11846617

Then why would foreigners be allowed into normal maid cafes?

[Anonymous No.]

how difficult is it to travel to japan and get around if my japanese skill is little to none, i want to go but i'm too worried that my lack of language skills would prevent me from being able to do much/buy things

[Anonymous No.]

>>11846768
I think you should probably focus on learning English first.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11846626
They had one of these upstairs in White Canvas in mid 2012.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11846773
I have a degree from university in English Literature, I would hope I know English pretty well. That being said, would I be dead in the water if I went to Japan without knowing the language?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11839386
That guy is pretty interesting.

http://youtu.be/PsPo8jZpncQ
http://youtu.be/7gvgO1jwCTo

[Anonymous No.]

this summer I'm having my vacation in Tokyo for a week, what places in akiba is a must?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11846782
Holy piss out my ass, could have fooled me. Maybe you should pretend you're not a literal retard when posting on the jay?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11846795
noted

[Anonymous No.]

>>11846798
Excellent. I'm sure a week or two without knowing the language would be more than fine, it's not like Japan is any different than other foreign countries that people tour regularly. Fuck the retards that throw weeb-fits about people visiting Japan without knowing the language.

[Anonymous No.]

I would kind of like to take a trip to Japan but it'll have to wait at least two years until I have my Electrical Engineering degree and actually make decent pay.

How expensive is, let's say a one week trip? I'd like to see Akiba but also other stuff as well. I wouldn't really spend more than 1-2 days max in Akiba. What are other good locations to visit or events to see?

Also, can I go without any knowledge of Japanese or would it wise to learn at least a bit of the language? I would obviously learn some customs and cultural stuff so I could be polite. The last image I want to cast is that of a rude foreigner. On the flip side I don't want to look like a weeb Japanophile either. I just kind of want to naturally blend into the culture like it's second nature.

Ideally I'd take a friend so I look like less of an idiot by comparison while staying in the country. I know the perfect guy because he's a bro and not a weeb but he's a bit poor so I might have to spot him cash unfortunately.

[The Ghost No.]

I know this is going to sound batshit retarded, but do we have any 4channers here in Akiba willing to do a (paid) favor for a Canadian buddy?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11846805
will you pay with your virginity?

[The Ghost No.]

>>11846807

Sorry, I actually lost that. I was thinking money and good will, I guess?

[The Ghost No.]

>>11846817

No. :<

[Anonymous No.]

>>>/trv/

[Anonymous No.]

>>11846810
I can accept sex then. Are you a girl?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11846818
where can we met?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11846626
How do you know it is really used pantsu and that it was a woman who used it?

[The Ghost No.]

>>11846822

I'm not in Akiba, that's the thing. I hear there's a store there that has 400 yen famiclones, but I don't know anyone there to ask to grab one for me.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11846825
It comes with a certificate of authenticity.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11799839
Most shops in akiba are closed before 10am and it's pretty dead around then.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11846768
I'm a fairly strong Japanese speaker, but the amount that I actually had to use to get around/buy things etc was fairly low.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11839416
Did somebody say no photo?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11839425
>you arent allowed to take photos inside, though, since the pictures of those who did lewd stuff is everywhere.
#yolo

[Anonymous No.]

>>11846792
Sorry for the bad quality but my scanner's not working right now.

You should check out Mandarake,Toranoana (it's got a few branches; IIRC branch C was solely for BL stuff so beware), Melonbooks and K-Books.
m's tower is worth a visit of course.

Maid cafes are, in general, a complete waste of money. I went to maidreamin'; they charged a 1000 yen entrance fee and you had to buy at least two items.
The girls aren't even cute.

I didn't manage to go to Book-Off but I think it should be good.

All in all, just walk around Akiba and discover places for yourself. I spent two whole days there and didn't even manage to explore out of the main street.

By the way this map is from the Tokyo Anime Center. The maps they have at the station are junk.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11847496
>>11847590
look at this akiba gangster
dont you fear the police?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11847496
It looks like that guy on the left is projectile puking tar.

[poop No.]

Akiba s like a safehaven for our kind, yes a safehaven

[Anonymous No.]

>>11847627
Wish I got one, all I have is this one saved from a long time ago.

I personally just got a map app for my phone, stuck on a bunch of locations I would like to visit and used that when I was in Tokyo. Worked pretty well although the GPS broke a couple times.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11847627
It would be nice if there's a full scan, but this works too. Thanks.

[Anonymous No.]

Thread has reached bump limit. Time for a new thread?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11854264
No.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11854270

Ok then.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11854264
Yes, make a new thread please.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11854276
No, this thread has at least two days life left in it before it 404's. Go fuck yourself, newnerd.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11854282

Not him but that last part was incredibly mean. Please apologize. Thank you.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11854289
No.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11814533

I agree. Having visited Japan 7 times in the last 10 years, it's clearly declining on both the 'weeaboo' and electronics front.

10 years ago I could still be guaranteed a bargain on esoteric camera or computer goods. The last 3-4 years the first thing I do on seeing new goodies is look up a price on eBay, Amazon or my local PC shop and inevitably the prices are almost exactly the same barring exchange rate. The selection is still far better than you'll find in any Fry's or Best Buy though.

And yes, most normals quickly realize this too, you'll see them up and down Chuo-dori but almost never in the back alleys now because big-boxes like Sofmap have driven the smaller retailers away. As I've said before, the redevelopment of the few remaining landmark 1950s buildings such as Radio Kaikan have really been the last nail in the coffin of the old 'geek' Akihabara for both technology and anime. In ~5 years it'll be as cold and sterile as Shinjuku with nothing but department stores for consumer goods.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11815070


generally speaking, no. Japan is not a bargaining country for buying and selling like say, China or Arab countries. But if you're buying a shitton of goods - several hundred dollars worth- especially used like doujinshi at K-Books or Toranoana or goods at Mandarake, you might ask about a volume discount..

[Anonymous No.]

>>11826032

Essentially nowhere. You either give it up after getting married, 2.3 kids and a dog; it becomes your deep, dark shameful secret that must never be revealed (PAGING DOCTOR DARK FLAME MASTER); or- like several of my friends- embrace the weeaboo and actually MOVE there, get a job, get married and never come back.

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[Anonymous No.]

>>11827464

Book Off & Hard Off don't carry arcade boards and peripherals. Super Potato in years past (haven't been there since 2011) had a floor dedicated to controller boards and mainboards for 1980s and up arcade machines, so if you want to build your own cabinet, or install a NAOMI (Dreamcast) system, you could buy the electronics from them.

The *Off stores are used-goods stores, Hard Off obviously being the consumer-electronics/household goods location. Lots of good deals if you needed, say small appliances cause the Japanese always keep their stuff in pristine condition.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11846782

pft. You can get by almost everywhere without anything more than simple greetings and pleasantries. Signage at all JR stations is in english. Hotel staff will be guaranteed to speak some basic english. Major street signs are in english. If you have portable interwebs on your phone, you can look up information for nearly anything around Japan in english.

Gee, it's almost like the country had been.. I dunno.. OCCUPIED for 20 years by some foreign power..

[Anonymous No.]

>>11847496

The NO PHOTO badge is for your protection. They don't want the lens to explode in your face.

Look at those buck teeth, you'd almost think she was British.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11847627


That map looks at least 2 years out of date too, it still shows Radio Kaikan and the Radio Building under the tracks both of which have been torn down since 2011.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11856737
I would still fuck her in front of everyone

[Anonymous No.]

>>11856651
>as cold and sterile as Shinjuku

What?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11856690

Why does both of these routes seem to involve marriage at some point...