Above: Today, Akihabara is a giant web ofsuper stores and high-rise buildings. But it was born under the train tracks But it wasn’t always this way. Akihabara used to be all about radios.

Gamers looking for a place to drink in the neighbourhood should check out this bar and restaurant under the train tracks near Akihabara Station. This gaming haven has a full bar and café menu ...

It’s not just Akihabara, of course ... multistory towers to tiny independent component sellers huddling under train tracks. It’s changed over the years, to be sure. Iconic stores like Super ...

Attention geeks: each weekend the space under the railway tracks near Akihabara Station’s Electric Town exit transforms into an otaku paradise, with about 40 booths selling manga and anime ...

1980s Japanese PC gaming has never really been as widely fetishised overseas as its console counterpart, which lent my first trip to ... pleasure of laying out train tracks across a digital ...