tora no ana

Now, I have written about Akihabara many, many times here on xorsyst.com. Even though I have never been there before, I can probably name many of the stores there just by seeing the front door. You may want to check out my Google street view tour of Akihabara. So when...

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Google street view tour of Akihabara

August 6, 2008

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 Stores: Tora no Ana

May 22, 2008

That building you see above is one of the pillars of Otakuism (yea, I probably just made up that word) in Akihabara. It’s called Tora no Ana, but to some, it’s known as the “Tiger Pit” (from the classic manga, Tiger Mask). Tora no Ana’s mascot, which is on top...