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Akihabara has undergone a few transformations over the decades. From general electronics, to computers, and now anime and video games.
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Near JR Akihabara Station is a new building called Akihabara UDX (Crossfield). On the 4th floor is this Tokyo Anime Center which has anime displays, a theater, and voice acting recording studio. Free admission.
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Display case of dolls and cells
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Anpan Man
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Anime film
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Maids to greet you
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Maids, the costume rage in Japan for several years already.
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Welcome!
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Tokyo Anime Center
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Many life-size costumed characters on display.
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Tokyo Anime Center, Akihabara
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Big expressive eyes.
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Straight black hair is pretty too.
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Blue ponytails
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Goldilocks?
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Space teen?
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School uniform
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Redhead in school uniform
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Anybody who knows the names of these characters are welcome to enlighten me...
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Sakura
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Merry Christmas
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Pikachu, Astro Boy, Doraemon
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Kyoto International Manga Museum
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The Kyoto International Manga Museum is housed in a former school. This space in front was the playground.
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There is a cafe on the 1st floor. The walls are autographed by manga artists.
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Large hinotori phoenix sculpture from Tezuka Osamu.
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Principal's office.
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Numerous shelves of manga for people to read freely.
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Children's room.
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K-ON Gallery. Guitars, life-size cutouts, dolls, manga books, figurines, and all kinds of K-ON merchandise donated and left here by fans are displayed.
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K-ON stands for kei-ongaku (軽音楽) meaning light music or casual/informal music. The manga/anime is about a group of five junior high school girls in the Light Music Club.
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The K-ON! manga artist used Toyosato Elementary School as the artistic backdrop in K-ON!. However, the K-ON school's name and place are different.
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K-ON! fans have donated and dropped off numerous K-ON! merchandise like these figurines of the K-ON! characters.
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K-ON! dolls. Too bad they don't sell any K-ON! merchandise.
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Colorful and artistic K-ON! postcards written by fans.
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K-ON! fan's car.
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On the third floor is the music room where live bands play on weekends.
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