Akihabara
Sign in to saveis a neighborhood in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan, generally considered to be the area surrounding Akihabara Station (nicknamed Akihabara Electric Town). This area is part of the and Kanda-Sakumachō districts of Chiyoda. There is an administrative district called Akihabara (part of Taitō ward), located north of Akihabara Electric Town surrounding Akihabara Neribei Park.
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Akihabara is a neighborhood in Tokyo's Chiyoda ward centered around Akihabara Station, commonly known as Akihabara Electric Town. The area is notable as a commercial district that spans parts of the Kanda-Sakumachō neighborhoods, with a separate administrative district of the same name located nearby in Taitō ward.
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- Akihabara Electric Town, The Otaku Capital of the World, Anime City
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- 秋葉原
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is a neighborhood in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan, generally considered to be the area surrounding Akihabara Station (nicknamed Akihabara Electric Town). This area is part of the and Kanda-Sakumachō districts of Chiyoda. There is an administrative district called Akihabara (part of Taitō ward), located north of Akihabara Electric Town surrounding Akihabara Neribei Park.
The name Akihabara is a shortening of , which comes from , named after a fire-controlling deity of a firefighting shrine built after the area was destroyed by a fire in 1869. Akihabara gained the nickname shortly after World War II for being a major shopping center for household electronic goods and the post-war black market.