This time we explore Akihabara, Japan's cutting-edge pop culture hub. It's an international shopping district packed to the brim with video games, anime-related merchandise and electronics.

In the second half of the program, we look at how Ikebukuro became an anime and manga destination on the same level as the famous Akihabara district. But I only found out much later to my great ...

Ten years after it debuted in the capital's sanctuary for anime fans, Gundam Cafe Akihabara is undergoing ... in Tokyo's Odaiba waterfront district in 2012, Osaka's Dotonbori district in March ...