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Zin5ki
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Joined: 06 Jan 2008
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Location: London, UK
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 Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 6:03 am |
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| Good news for tourists, but won't some of the smaller niche shops get irritated by a larger number of foreign visitors? |
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BleuVII
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Location: Fukushima, Japan
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| Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 6:41 am |
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| This IS Akiba we're talking about. If they don't want foreign customers, they simply shouldn't list their shop on the map. As it is, Akiba is about 15% Gaijin anyway. |
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Punynari
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| Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 4:35 pm |
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| BleuVII wrote: | | This IS Akiba we're talking about. If they don't want foreign customers, they simply shouldn't list their shop on the map. As it is, Akiba is about 15% Gaijin anyway. |
So true. Me being one of them. 
Dang, I didn't know they were opening up a new Gamers. Are they closing the old one and just relocating it? |
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Sydney2K
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| Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 5:06 pm |
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| About time. There is a DenDen tourist guide which comes out in English, Korean and Chinese (I think) and list every shop that anyone could be interested in- hobby shops, comics shops, even the maid cafes. It's far superior to anything that Akihabara came out with previous to this article. |
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Michi
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Location: Novato, California, USA
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| Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:08 pm |
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| Zin5ki wrote: | | Good news for tourists, but won't some of the smaller niche shops get irritated by a larger number of foreign visitors? |
I doubt it. Like others have said, there are already a large number of foreigners in Akihabara as it is. I think they're pretty used to it, even the smaller shops. |
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fighterholic
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| Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 1:35 am |
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| Well, it is obviously helpful to tourists since more and more people seemingly want to go Akihabara. Whenever someone mentions that name I get people around saying anime, which is actually only part of what makes Akihabara what it is. |
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