Also known as Electric Town, Akihabara is a district of electronics stores clad in illuminated signs.

CNN: Tokyo: Where to shop

For more manga, and a glimpse into the future, you'll want to go to Akihabara .

CNN: Tokyo: Where to shop

Heading north from Tokyo Station, the Yamanote Line traces the gradual lowering of the skyline though Kanda, Akihabara and Okachimachi to Ueno.

BBC: Seeing Tokyo along the Yamanote Line

Buyers faced the "Akihabara" syndrome of too many choices, without direction.

ENGADGET: Entelligence: Aiming high or another Mylo?

But for geeks the global temple of their culture is Akihabara, a neon-splashed Tokyo neighborhood full of multi-story comic warehouses, elaborate game arcades and stores full of cryptic hardware.

FORBES: Magazine Article

When Pioneer, a consumer-electronics firm, sacked some of its managers in 1993, for example, shoppers in Akihabara, a Tokyo neighbourhood devoted to electronics shops, organised a boycott of its products.

ECONOMIST: Gang sackings | The

Colombian pop star Shakira hung out in Ginza with defender Gerard Pique, while Cesc Fabregas shopped for electronic gadgets in Akihabara and soft-spoken midfielder Andres Iniesta was spotted on the Tokyo subway.

WSJ: Barcelona: Club Champions of the World

Transparency of company strategy is a key, in very simple terms for all staff members, even for foreign food sales at a Shenzhen Wal-Mart or PC software in the Akihabara electronics bazaar in Tokyo.

FORBES: Asia's Leadership Struggle