so
i'm out in akihabara tonight or as some
people call it akihabara don't call it
that put them fastest on the first
syllable and we're going to do some
exploring akihabara is one of tokyo's
biggest anime and gaming and electronics
districts and this area right here is
actually called electric town tokyo has
been undergoing a lot of changes over
the past couple years so i've been on a
little bit of a personal mission to
document or capture as many of my
personal favorites as i can
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you see japan is different from a lot of
other countries in the sense that while
land value will likely appreciate over
time
real estate or the buildings themselves
will gradually depreciate in value and
more often than not need to be torn down
or rebuilt once every couple decades
then since akihabara is obviously not
immune to this i've been wanting to come
out and explore it at night for
for some time now
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like i don't know about you but
akihabara has always been one of my
favorite areas just to walk and explore
there's so many things just tucked and
hidden around every single little corner
of this can you see the excitement for
example back there near the station
right underneath the tracks there's this
whole set of electronic shops that's
just hidden there it's got multiple
floors and it's just the coolest little
space and that truck is really noisy but
actually right over here there's an area
that i once was trying to get as my
office or my my studio
right down this super
narrow little corridor here
there's a space
right here this is perfect little space
just tucked in the back of akihabara and
it's got a sign that says they're
looking for tenants and it has been like
this for as long as i can remember so a
year or two ago i reached out to them
and inquired into renting the space and
they said that it's simply too old and
that they need to take down the the sign
and and here we are the signs still
there they haven't taken it down but how
how cool would have that been to have an
office
right in the center of akihabara i would
have
loved that
and in retrospect it is probably a good
thing because now i have my home office
which is larger has a way better commute
and i don't know if you notice but the
locks back they just do not seem secure
i would not want to be leaving my gear
there but you know a couple years back i
did a video on akihabara where we went
to this tiny little shrine hidden in the
gap between
buildings and i'm kind of wondering
if it's if it's still there
so much has changed
it should be this way
if i'm not mistaken we should be able to
access it down this
super narrow alleyway
oh wow this brings back memories
and it should be
just right
through here
there it is
oh wow
i am just so happy that this is still
here and probably equally excited that
the camera can actually pick all of this
up because this area looks really cool
at night but check this out this little
shrine here actually has
its own address like it says
so that has its own address and
apparently
there's a secret society of super
villain artists
also just for good measure that there is
is not the accurate date and time
which probably didn't need to be said
but you know
internet
and right around the corner here there
are some
moderately interesting vending machines
that sell cards like this one here has
pokemon cards this one here sells photos
of idols
and these ones here have figurines you
can actually buy
figurines
from a vending machine so that's a thing
and that reminds me of another spot that
i want to pay a 10 second visit to
regular viewers you'll know exactly
where we're headed right now
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this space here is the i can have it a
strange vending machine corner there's
even a popcorn vending machine but
you'll find some of the strangest
vending machines in all of japan here
like all these ones here have boxes with
really creepy stuff written on them i
came in with my friend charlotte a
couple years back we did a video that
i'll link up above and i can barely
barely squeeze through here but i'm
actually surprised that this
is
still standing this building itself this
can't last much longer this is not a
structurally secure building look at
this this is in absolutely
terrible condition i wouldn't be
surprised if this entire thing got torn
down in the next year or two
there's
no way no
dude's just got a cart back there well
it can be sad to know that so many of
the places that we've grown to love will
change or get torn down
for someone like me it kind of helps to
combat the complacency
that comes with living somewhere so long
you actually have to get out and enjoy
places while they're still around
because they won't be forever like this
lawson right here this used to be a
dragon quest themed lawson and now now
it's not japan does this a lot with
products as well i can't count how many
kikangente or limited edition products
that i have fallen in love with over the
years just for them to disappear weeks
later they don't stick around for long
so if you find a product that you really
like
get it and get a lot of it like a few
weeks ago i did this video on japan's
most famous game center closing down and
although that was the very first game
center that i ever had the chance to go
to in japan it had been years since i
went there it it just becomes all too
easy
to kind of fall into fall into a
comfortable pattern just assume that
everything is going to be there forever
but there's one more place that i've
always wanted to check out at night in
akihabara and to do that
we're gonna need to head into some of
the back streets
also akihabara has really emptied out i
got here kind of early tonight so the
area was still a little bit busy when i
got here but it's well past midnight now
and there's just
there's no one left i'm actually what
i've never tried to go to this place at
night so i'm a little bit curious as to
whether or not it's it's even going to
be open accessible
let's go find out
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okay so it should be
just down this way and then around the
corner of it
seriously you see what i mean about all
the construction
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always with the stairs though if you
know akihabara you know the area you
should have a pretty good idea of where
we're heading right now
and look at this amazing parking job
this right here this is why you don't
buy a big car in tokyo
and this right here
is kanda myojin shrine
tucked right behind akihabara
and that
that
that is terrifying
what in the world is he doing what is
nope
okay i'm 100 noping right out of here
this shrine is actually a really
beautiful shrine and i've always thought
it would be a great place to
explore at night so
let's take a peek
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something so beautiful the way the
shrine itself is juxtaposed against the
city and it is just extrapolated
at night i really
really love this space and amazingly you
can actually see we're in the core of
tokyo right now and you can actually see
some stars tonight it's it's a nice
clear night this building right here is
actually like a multi-floored
performance hall it's beautiful inside
i've done shamisen jobs there i think
it's called the edo culture complex this
entire place is just stunning at night
this is 100 made very close to the top
of my list of things that you have to do
if you come out to explore akihabara
during the night time
seriously look at how much akihabara
empties out at night
there's just nothing there's nobody it
is just
completely empty
that
that was a lot of stuff that goes around
the corner and everything
this right here is actually one of my
favorite akihabara spots it's not really
akihabara it's more near ochano mizu but
you get to see the trains go i love it
here
it's two o'clock in the morning and i am
absolutely famished this is the main
entrance to kanda myojin by the way
i need to get some food
then i gotta get up early tomorrow too
also to the trifecta squad to those of
you who watch early and all the way to
the end and leave me comments let me
know how how have you been how are you
doing
i'm so glad that we got to do this today
this has just been so much fun honestly
thank you thank you so much for joining
i'll see you again
real soon
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