Tag Archive for 'Akihabara'

Instant Ramen In A Can

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September 25th, 2008 by PhoneBoy

Only in Japan–and specifically, only in Akihabara, can you buy the ultimate geek food–ramen–in can in a vending machine. Must have nourishment while you shop in geek paradise.
I don’t really know what to say about this. I’m curious in the way a driver seeing an accident slows down to look. I’m wondering just how horribly [...]

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Need Your Gadgets Blessed? Go to Japan!

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September 10th, 2008 by PhoneBoy

Leave it to the Japanese to come up with a way to get your gadgets blessed. Shinto shrines are everywhere in Japan, and the Kanda-Myojin Shinto shrine is within walking distance of Akihabara, Tokyo’s world-famous electronic and geek mecca.
Guess what this Shinto shrine will do? You guessed it, it will bless its devotee’s gadgets with [...]

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