TOKYOMANGO: New Service Offers Akiba Tours in English & Chinese

July 22, 2008

New Service Offers Akiba Tours in English & Chinese

Akiba is great for Japanese otakus, but what about the thousands of geeks that flock electric town from places like the US and China? The Tokyo Anime Center in Akihabara just opened a new tourism office that offers information on Tokyo's geek heaven in English and Chinese. The guides are dressed in cosplay, of course, and they'll tell you all you need to know to navigate the figurine stores, aisles of manga, and multiple floors of electronics here. Pictured left are Jane Fong, the Singaporean CEO of Akiba tourism company GI Jane, and her Shanghainese maid friend Cherry Drop.

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