Akihabara Electric Town Experience and Photography Blowout

Being a fan of anime, manga, gadgets and tech, one of the places I spent the most time at and enjoyed the most while visiting

Shinkansen 700 and N700 series gallery – A Densha Otaku’s Wetdream

I may have had a romantic experience with the Narita Express but the Shinkansen has had been captivated for years and while in

Pedestrian Zone in Akihabara to Reopen

Akihabara is a sacred place for otaku and technophiles. Massive department stores stocked with electronics, maid cafes, stre

Seya Police Station’s new Kawaii Mascots

Japan is well renowned to be a land of lovers of all things cute. Hello Kitty and Pikachu are two of the biggest starts in Jap

Shinkansen Chopsticks FTW!

I saw something recently that made me realize realize something very very important – I love Japanese trains more than S

Otaku Encyclopedia – Book Review

The Otaku Encyclopedia: An Insider’s Guide to the Subculture of Cool Japan is a book I picked up and blogged about earl

Otaku Encyclopedia and Crazy for Kanji

My quest to rediscover my reading mojo has been proving quite successful, the last Japan related book I read through was Japan

Cosplay + English Classes = Cosplish

There is a brand new English Language school in Tokyo Japan that caters to the needs of Japanese otaku who want to learn Engli

Two of the best cosplaying Photoblogs

I as I stated in my previous post about my own photoblog I have recently been taking a lot of photographs, gaining experience

Otaku Fest in Guam a Big Success

The Otaku conquest of the world continues with our latest ally turning out to be a small island in the middle of the pacific o

Otaku – they come in all shapes and sizes

There are lots of fans of Japan in the world, we geeks dont have hide in our basements or hide or “otakuness” to r

Proper explanation of the origins of the term “Otaku”

I have already branded myself as one but learned so much more about the term from a short post on a new Japan related blog I r

Japan’s Empire of Cool

Ran into this interesting article written way back in December 2003 for the Washington Post. I thought I’d share it with

Two words that describe me – Japanophile and Otaku

Anime, video games and technology are some of my main interests and that naturally led me to become interested in Japan becaus