This is the notes post for the Otakon panel Otaku Hotspots in Tokyo hosted by Wah over at Analog Housou and I! Featuring special guest Dave Cabrera!
You can download the presentation here.
Here are some of the links to what we talked about (and some that we didn’t). This post will be updated as the panel progresses (and afterwards…).
Now that the con is over, we’ll try to update this as soon as the post-con funk goes away~
Hotels
- R&B Ueno
- VIA Inn Akihabara
- Mystays – Asakusa, Ochanomizu
Arcades
- Taito HEY arcade
- Sega arcades
- Donkii Akihabara – good place to buy cheap glowsticks. Top floor is the AKB48 theater after the arcade floors.
Akiba Shops
- Kotobukiya Akihabarakan
- Trader
- Liberty
- Mandarake Akihabara
- Akiba Culture Zone
Akiba Foods
Akiba Others
Others
- Ufotable Cafe
- Shibuya Mandarake
- Sunshine Theater Ikebukuro
- Odaiba stuff
- Koe Pota event listing
STC filmed the panel. Gee thanks!
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October 27th, 2023 at 6:32 pm
Well fuck, I’m currently in Akiba and turns out most of my favourite spots, some of which I got to know from this panel, died either during the pandemic or at the beginning of this year. I already knew about Schatzkiste and the Gundam Café dying, but turns out Little BSD and Angel & Devil Café & Bar Pray also died this year. And Sengoku Mononopu Café & Bar Mononopu only has the Osaka Branch left. Of my favourites, only A-Button and Cure Maid Café are left.
Do you know any current good alternatives for Little BSD and the like?