Akihabara Girls
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Mon 2008/03/03 13:39
Just got back from a sunny afternoon in Akihabara and noticed more nice girls than usual. So what does one do when there are nice girls in Akiba? Do what everybody else does and take a load of photos ^^;
This is the sweet Rui Kiriyama who was out n about promoting Fist which seems like some sort of online mag.
A load of people crowd around Rui-chan. Somebody got a video of her a few weeks ago at Akiba below.
Took this at about 2PM and still saw a huge crowd around her at 4PM.
You are in Akiba and only have an hour before you need to leave for the airport. You can take pics of the Akiba girls or look for something to buy - what do you do?
You are in Akiba and only have an hour before you need to leave for the airport. You can take pics of the Akiba girls or look for something to buy - what do you do?
The word to describe the side of a face is YokoGao [横顔].
Yoko [横] is "side."
Kao [顔] is "face."
The "K" in "Kao" is softened to a "G" and thus YokoGao and not YokoKao.
In this case you can say...
"Rui-chan wa kawaii YokoGao shiteimasu ne" [るいちゃんはかわいいな横顔していますね] meaning "Rui has a cute YokoGao."
Yoko [横] is "side."
Kao [顔] is "face."
The "K" in "Kao" is softened to a "G" and thus YokoGao and not YokoKao.
In this case you can say...
"Rui-chan wa kawaii YokoGao shiteimasu ne" [るいちゃんはかわいいな横顔していますね] meaning "Rui has a cute YokoGao."
More cute girlies at the entrance of Radio Kaikan handing out fliers.
ZOMG! A huge crowd around three school girls.
The muchi muchi girl on the left is cute (whats muchi muchi?)
A bunch of Otaku aim their piece.
Otaku aiming their piece in broad daylight.
More school girls on the march.
Double ZOMG! Billions (ok hundreds) swarming around Hatsune Miku!
A great way to do instant free promotion.
Most are equipped with a digital SLR.
Many live bands play in Akiba too. Not sure what the policy is but the police seem to shoo the performers or cosplayers away depending on their mood.
Sometimes they shoo everybody, sometimes they leave the performers be.
Sometimes they shoo everybody, sometimes they leave the performers be.
I notice more n more cosplayers in Akiba. Was going to go in armor today but its in maintenance mode right now.
More school girls.
The gorgeous kaho spotted at Yodobashi camera.
More from Akiba during the week.
More from Akiba during the week.
Have heard of chocolates being given to idols but never expected to receive chocolates *...(more)
Fri 02/15 04:39 comments (113)
Bikini girls...
...and bikini boys.
Bikini boy pic from Tokyo Times. I promise...(more)
Sat 11/24 09:31 comments (74)
Wow, the Miku Crowd is massive!! (( O _ O ))
(ID #99926) Posted on 2008/03/02 22:05
Hatsune Miku is taking the train to Goddom. She even has her own army equipped with the latest SLRs and scopes. OMGZORZ
(ID #99927) Posted on 2008/03/02 22:09
Wow, Miku is the new goddess in Akiba with that many followers willing do to anything for her and to her lol ;p.
(ID #99939) Posted on 2008/03/02 22:41
Rui-chan is very cute.
(ID #99944) Posted on 2008/03/02 22:45
That poll is just too cruel ;_; I'd shop for 30 minutes and picture for 30 minutes? :P Truth be told I guess I'd pick shopping. That Miku was so cute though....
(ID #99947) Posted on 2008/03/02 22:48
Part human, part student, 100% loser
If I was shopping for clothes or whatevr, I'd rather go take pictures of the cutesy girls... But if I were to be shopping for figures and gundam and otaku stuff... I'll pick shopping, so yea, depends on the situation...
(ID #99950) Posted on 2008/03/02 23:02
anime/cosplay events organizer
Rui is kawaii~ *heart* i'll use my chrono ability and slow down time...it'll give me more time to take photos and shop and plenty of time to go to the airport XDDD TIEM PARADOX!!!
(ID #99952) Posted on 2008/03/02 23:11
Student and full-time otaku
I'd say I'd go shopping to have some goodies to take home, as you obviously can't take the girls. But...depending on how cute the girls are, well..
(ID #99953) Posted on 2008/03/02 23:16
"A bunch of Otaku aim their piece" So wrong, yet so funny.
(ID #99954) Posted on 2008/03/02 23:20
Student
It's depend on d'situation, hahah..
(ID #99955) Posted on 2008/03/02 23:22
Nice running into you today in front of Asobit City Danny. Thanks for taking a moment to chat. I can't vote on today's poll as I usually do both!
(ID #99958) Posted on 2008/03/02 23:29
hi, Yojimbo. I really like Japan and want to make friends with the girls who are living in Japan. Would you please help me to find a Website or a forum that i can make friends with them ?? Thank you very much. My email is : rd152@yahoo.com
(ID #251115) Posted on 2008/07/30 04:10
One pic, then shop. How many pictures are you going to take if you don't have time to shop?
(ID #99973) Posted on 2008/03/03 00:15
宅男 Otaku/ 工程师 Engineer
i'll take a picture first then go shopping. afterall taking a pic won't take long. ('~')
(ID #99978) Posted on 2008/03/03 00:27
ひきこもり/Hikikomori. Suits my current state more than a 大学生/University Student. ^^
I will take photos of only the cosplayers and then start on shopping which is supposed to be my main purpose to be in Akiba. ^^
(ID #99983) Posted on 2008/03/03 00:49
The poll is not fair lol. I can't choose between the two XD.
(ID #99990) Posted on 2008/03/03 01:09
Yup, one photo or two and shopping in good measure like the others rightfully said. And if it's even not possible, full shopping mode! Rui-Chan = super cute!
(ID #99997) Posted on 2008/03/03 01:25
To answer the question of what I would do in the last hour, I would probably go shopping. Mostly because I don't have a good camera to take pictures with. (Walks into a store and buys a camera then proceeds to take pictures).
(ID #99999) Posted on 2008/03/03 01:42
Some how I would clone myself to do both task. ^_^
(ID #100014) Posted on 2008/03/03 02:05
Go shopping, and THEN take pictures of the cute girls. Danny, if I ever see a stormtrooper in Akihabara, I will shout randomly to him and go ran up to him and hug him. "DANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNY!!!!!!!!!!"
(ID #100015) Posted on 2008/03/03 02:21
Id just go shopping, girls like this get too much attention as it is. Let someone else take the pictures so I can enjoy my day (Ill just look them up on the internets laterz). Plus, If Im going shopping, Im on a mission to buy something specific. I can look at girls anytime.
(ID #100016) Posted on 2008/03/03 02:22
Raven, AMV & MAD maker, Otaku
id rather just go shopping. although taking pictures could be somtimes memorable by looking at them.
(ID #100023) Posted on 2008/03/03 02:30
(University)Student and Mcdonalds Grease monkey.
Whoa.... I didnt really know much about this kinda stuff, but its intresting to see how the different cultures work. You would never see this kinda thing in cities in the UK... it would be awesome to go to Japan just to see that kinda thing...
(ID #100024) Posted on 2008/03/03 02:34
Administrative Assistant
Also something you would never see around the US. Normally. At least around where I live. State Street in Madison could probably be considered a decent cultural locale as it's on the UW campus. but you're bound to find more Panhandlers than cosplayers.
(ID #100032) Posted on 2008/03/03 03:08
Miss the plane, but do the both :) Look & take pic of the cute girls and then do some shopping :)
(ID #100035) Posted on 2008/03/03 03:53
MAMA MIA!!!!!
(ID #100049) Posted on 2008/03/03 05:12
ZeroAquaduct (Registered on 2007/09/16 17:16)
24/7 Otaku / 100% Haruhiist
I would go shopping, unless I've been shopping so much already that there's nothing new to see. :P
(ID #100079) Posted on 2008/03/03 06:48
Afro-ed Student
You have left us with a hard decision! Girls, or figures.. 3D, or 2D..
(ID #100087) Posted on 2008/03/03 07:02
helena (Registered on 2008/03/03 09:57)
something I never understood - are males in Japan that lustful over girls? These events never occur in Southern CA (well, except for concentrated Asian areas in LA). Seriously - these people are, like, fully equipped with photo paraphernalia... for these marketing girls? And...err...STUDNETS? Are they THAT desperate?
(ID #100141) Posted on 2008/03/03 10:03
many have said this already, but shopping takes priority over taking photos. ps. Rui looks very nice
(ID #100143) Posted on 2008/03/03 10:10
Oh, forgot to ask... what did that Miku impersonator choose for songs and did she succeed?
(ID #100145) Posted on 2008/03/03 10:11
If there was only one hour before my plane my money would already be gone from all of the stuff I would have already bought. This makes it an easy choice for me.
(ID #100154) Posted on 2008/03/03 10:31
WebDesign, Coding, Administration
All the Otaku guys are covered in thick warm jackets looking at girls with thin top-stuff and mini-skirts... no gentleman. ^o^ I would do shopping, unless there would be some Hiroshi Tamaki about. *heart eyes* That Fist online mag seems to be something for Otakus too, considering the first few pages. And some of their sites talk to me uhh kowaii ne. +_+ It even said farwell... *runs off*
(ID #100158) Posted on 2008/03/03 10:46
Online Shop
I would definitely go shopping when I have an hour before I have to leave for airport. Shopping literally all I do when I go to Japan, it's scary sometimes >.>
(ID #100170) Posted on 2008/03/03 11:37
suneo (Registered on 2007/12/17 19:42)
I went to Akihabara twice during my one week stay in Japan a couple years back, but didn't get to go on a Sunday :( Next time....next time...!
(ID #100191) Posted on 2008/03/03 12:02
Believe it not, I been to japan 5 times (4 vacations n 1 working/photoshoot trip) but hv yet to go to akihabara. Thing is wife n 1 usually stay in Shinjuku n after one day shopping in Shinjuku or Uneo I already have a suitcase filled with figures, mags etc. hah! My last trip late last year was all in Osaka and I did buy lots of stuff at Den Den town. Kinda like akihabara I suppose, but it was a week day so it was rather quiet and no girls.
(ID #100194) Posted on 2008/03/03 12:06
VF-25 Pilot. Universariate Scholar.
"A bunch of Otaku aim their piece." LOL. that was classic!!
(ID #100198) Posted on 2008/03/03 12:13
kaho is getting better every year.
(ID #100200) Posted on 2008/03/03 12:24
Daigakusei [Consular and Diplomatic Affairs]
"aiming their piece"...you got me there :))
(ID #100206) Posted on 2008/03/03 12:55
University Student.
Chances are I would have bought everything I wanted and the only cash I would have left is needed for the train to the airport, so I'll be taking photos of the girls. But! If I still have extra cash on me... Surely it has got to be shopping for more goods!!!
(ID #100212) Posted on 2008/03/03 13:35
.NET/Web Developer
kaho!!!!! gosh, she's getting prettier and prettier everyday! ^^ again...Only in japan can you see something like this. lol
(ID #100216) Posted on 2008/03/03 14:09
Q: While I see hordes of people snappin pics OF idols and cosplayers. I seldom see people snap pics WITH them (except trooper). Is that frowned upon esp with females? I'd go shopping. That's what I did when I went. Didn't take any pics at all. Though it was late in the day.
(ID #100231) Posted on 2008/03/03 15:08
radical anime fan in Singapore; starting to freeze up. Mmm, end-of-year weather. (Registered on 2007/01/25 21:20)
Polytechnic Freshman. Mmm... fresh.
I'd be (window)shopping. Can't bring myself to spend any cash unless I really want something; besides, I'm not into idols and cosplayers.
(ID #100269) Posted on 2008/03/03 16:58
pepsi??? (Registered on 2007/09/29 21:48)
wow lots of people..i only see this much of people when there's a protest or strike in my country wish i was in japan ^_^
(ID #100287) Posted on 2008/03/03 18:08
Student
awesome !!! totally impressed by the amount of crowd....
(ID #100292) Posted on 2008/03/03 18:31
Struggling Student.
can't i do both instead? xD
(ID #100297) Posted on 2008/03/03 18:50
System Administrator
Spending your day at akihabara - you're doing it wrong. I guess i will never understand the true motivation of resident otaku to just photograph whatever schoolgirl/idol/cosplayer runs around in akihabara. Well, to every it's own.
(ID #100298) Posted on 2008/03/03 18:52
Director/代表取締役
Yojimbo2112, Was great meeting you too. helena, Folks have hobbies. D_Blade. Didnt stay long enough to find out. FatB, they usually take pics of and not with. Not frowned upon. I guess they are just shy. Lazerbeak, I'm sorry for doing it wrong.
(ID #100301) Posted on 2008/03/03 18:59
System Administrator
maybe my comment came out too negative. don't get me wrong ;) what i meant was that i think that one who doesn't live in jp (i.e. me) cannot grasp why you would take your time photographing girls on the streets, when you have a whole city to explore. then again when interested in idols and doing this for a living, it's an good enough explanation :)
(ID #100307) Posted on 2008/03/03 19:19
Web Developer (i.e. Otaku)
Taking photos of cute girls was really cool and made Akihabara even more enjoyable while I was there. I also saw a guy making a manga-like drawing of one of the girls, but I think a camera is a lot easier.
(ID #100328) Posted on 2008/03/03 20:12
HMMaster (Registered on 2007/09/03 23:40)
my friend looks like Rui Kiriyama! o.o
(ID #100334) Posted on 2008/03/03 20:23
Finally made myself an account here. :D Anyway, I'd go *click click* And why does everyone seem to have a DSLR? I WANT ONEEEEEEE!!!
(ID #100358) Posted on 2008/03/03 21:13
[ ]Take pics of girls [X]Take pics of stormtrooper [ ]Go shopping you have your fans too danny
(ID #100475) Posted on 2008/03/04 04:20
Lately I see thinks like this on the usual freak places here in Madrid, people cosplaying like Haruhi crew, and dancing Hare Hare on street, but anyway this kind of things made even worth visit Akihabara!!
(ID #100492) Posted on 2008/03/04 05:52
Student
There seems to be a big invisible circle guarding the girls. What if some broke that circle?
(ID #125557) Posted on 2008/03/04 12:58
If one were to break the circle? It would be... Hmmm... madness... and Hmmm... blasphemy... and the one at the origin of all this mess would be kicked, I guess.
(ID #125582) Posted on 2008/03/04 13:40
Engineer first, On-taku second.
I would say: "Maiming. And lots of it... By the secret bodyguards hiding in one of the alleys"
(ID #203652) Posted on 2008/06/04 00:44
Rui Kiriyama is very looks like one of girls in our shcool..incredible..><..
(ID #125641) Posted on 2008/03/04 17:13
she has that girl next door look imo
(ID #236598) Posted on 2008/07/13 14:43
Student, Blogger and Almost-Mac-and-PalmOS-Programmer
Eeeem ... I would take photos to the cute girls (if they were cute...).
(ID #125941) Posted on 2008/03/05 09:57
i aint going to akiba just to check out girls, ill buy some electronics, but thats it for me. im not that into otaku mode.
(ID #153235) Posted on 2008/03/09 01:47
Art Production Manager, Computer/Graphic Design Tutor
I wish we had a place like Akiba here in So.Cal. Actually the only place is Little Tokyo in LA, but it's pretty dead since the Japanese depression. The only way to see girls like that are at anime conventions...ahem, or at a local shopping mall. But no pictures taking there.
(ID #154148) Posted on 2008/03/11 02:41
ummmm I'D GO & LOOK FOR SOMETHING TO BUY OF COURSE!! CHICKS FOR LATER!!
(ID #156042) Posted on 2008/03/14 12:58
I would most likely ignore the girls unless they were putting on some kind of performance. I love women and all, but I'm not to fond of their ability to promote and sell things. Though the live performances sound really fun.
(ID #173658) Posted on 2008/04/22 10:37
The haruhi girls look so sweet!
(ID #174607) Posted on 2008/04/24 07:44
Real interesting area and streets. Oh, and the girls do look nice.
(ID #175862) Posted on 2008/04/27 05:39
U.S. Army Officer
why isn't get one of the school girl's number an option?
(ID #183158) Posted on 2008/05/08 00:07
lecherous wretch
wow, i'd love to do both! gotta get some shopping done? don't forget to bring your camera.
(ID #195449) Posted on 2008/05/24 08:58
go shopping, of course
(ID #204773) Posted on 2008/06/05 06:19