Akihabara
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Akihabara is a neighborhood in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan, generally considered to be the area surrounding Akihabara Station. This area is part of the Sotokanda and Kanda-Sakumachō districts of
Akihabara in 1976
Animate and Comic Toranoana stores
Club Sega
"Maids" promoting maid cafés near Akihabara Station
Akihabara massacre
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A mass murder took place on 8 June 2008 in the Akihabara shopping quarter in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The perpetrator, 25-year-old Tomohiro Katō of Susono, Shizuoka, drove into a crowd with a rented tru
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…manga, and video games. The connection between Akihabara and otaku has grown to the point that the region is a center for otaku culture. On June 8 2008, a man drove a truck into crowds at the crossing of Kanda Myōjin-dōri and Chūō-dōri streets in Akihabara, killing three people and injuring two. He then stabbed at least twelve people…
The crossing in Akihabara shortly after the incident
The rented truck used to run into the crowd
Katō during the attack, armed with a knife
The 35-year practice of closing Chūō-dōri avenue to vehicular traffic on Sundays and holiday afternoons was discontinued after the attack. The Japanese text on the sign translates in English to "Pedestrian precinct shall be discontinued for the time being from June 15."