We all know Akihabara as the mecca of the Japanese Pop Culture. It is where everything from your favorite anime, to the cutest maids ever is located. But what others might not know is that Akihabara is not the only place in Japan to offer such things. On the eastern part of Japan, in the Osaka Perfecture, lies the “Baby sister of Akihabara”, Nipponbashi.

Den-den town, as most of the people call it, it showcases all the Akihabara goodness for the Eastern Japanese people dubbing it as the “Akiba in the East”. Anime shops, appliance stores, and everything in between. In its early ages (Edo-Meiji Period), Nipponbashi was called Nagamachi wherein second-hand bookshops are abundant. It is after the Second World War when the electronic shops emerged therefore naming it as the “Den-den Town” (FYI: Den-den means electric) it is around the nineties-early 2000s when otaku specialty stores emerged around the vicinity. Continue reading “Den-den Town: Akihabara’s “Baby Sister”” »