Google street view tour of Akihabara

I’m surprised more sites aren’t talking about this since it was talked about on Japan Probe. Google’s street view is now available for Tokyo!. I almost instantly started to search around Akihabara to see what I could find. It seems the Google street view car cruised around Tokyo during the...

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Akihabara Cafe: Miko-san Cafe

Akihabara Cafe: Miko-san Cafe

The Japanese tradition of Miko-san or shrine maiden, goes back thousands of years. They are the female attendants of Shinto shrines. Their duty is to assist the priests in ceremonies and weddings, and to perform ordinary shrine functions. However, in Akihabara, the Miko-san also have a new duty. To perform...

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