Akihabara is a district in Tokyo in where people are able to find the various shops that selling the various electronic devices as well as the shops that offering the various merchandises from the anime or the manga. It is an area that often associated with the otaku. Although that this is an area that filled with the skyscrapers, there are several cultural things that can be learned in this place. A lot of people who come into this place will be able to see a lot of shops and found the things that they might not found in other places.
Recently, the people who travel to Japan and to Akihabara have the other. Many of them wish that they will be able to meet the girls in a famous Japanese girl band called AKB48 that become the new icon of Akihabara since the year 2005. Meeting with AKB48 means that they are able to watch these girls on the stage of AKB48 theatre. Akihabara once has a dark image, but now, with the existence of AKB48 and the other efforts put to reshape the image of this place, there will be more and more people who list Akihabara in their travel agenda when they visiting Japan.
Tokyo, the capital of Japan is often referring as the capital of fashion in Asia. There is no wonder about it as people are able to see the various shops from the famous brands of clothing or the shops and boutiques from the Japanese local designers that also known by some people in some parts of the world. It makes Tokyo becomes an excellent destination for the people who love to go on a travel just to go shopping. Japan has the unique fashion sense that intrigued a lot of people from all around the world and the district like Harajuku and Shibuya have tons of fashion shops and boutiques.