{"id":9180,"date":"2024-11-05T08:25:31","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T08:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/exploring-wonder-akihabara-tokyos-electric-town\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T10:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:04:07","slug":"exploring-wonder-akihabara-tokyos-electric-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/exploring-wonder-akihabara-tokyos-electric-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Exploring Akihabara In Tokyo,The Electric Town Of Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amongst other places of course&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>If there ever was a <a href=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/2017\/08\/01\/18-fun-things-you-have-to-see-and-do-in-tokyo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">place in Tokyo<\/a> that looks and feels exactly like everything the movies, on TV or in photos, it&#8217;s definitely Akihabara (also known as <em>Electric Town<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>We decided to start off our day though at <a href=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/2017\/08\/01\/18-fun-things-you-have-to-see-and-do-in-tokyo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sens\u014d-ji<\/a>; one of the most important temples in Tokyo, with pitstops at the Sky Tree and the Imperial Palace before working our way slowly to Akihabara.<\/p>\n<p>In retrospect, I have no idea how I managed it. Not because it&#8217;s hard or tricky but because despite the jetlag (which seemed always ready to whoop my ass come 6 pm; only to be remedied by gallons of coffee), some of us decided to go out in <a href=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/2015\/10\/04\/10-things-to-do-in-shinjuku-japan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shinjuku<\/a> the night before and didn&#8217;t make it back to the hotel till around 6.30 am.<\/p>\n<p>We had like 2\/3 hours sleep and hit the road again the very next morning &#8211; how we managed to not constantly fall asleep is a huge testament to the sheer energy and excitement being in Tokyo gives you.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, enough from me; here&#8217;s our latest video from our time in Tokyo!<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a6UjAs-Ef_s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WATCH THE VIDEO<\/a><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a6UjAs-Ef_s\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/HLOBlog?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to subscribe to our YouTube channel<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/HLOBlog?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38021\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/IMG_0042.jpg?resize=1000%2C1500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Exploring The Wonder Of Akihabara - Tokyo's Electric Town! 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