Akihabara Girls
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?
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."
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.
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.
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Artist/Flash Programmer
http://wcloudxkumo.wordpress.com/
Wow, the Miku Crowd is massive!! (( O _ O ))
Human
Hatsune Miku is taking the train to Goddom. She even has her own army equipped with the latest SLRs and scopes. OMGZORZ
student
http://animesugoi.animeblogger.net/
Wow, Miku is the new goddess in Akiba with that many followers willing do to anything for her and to her lol ;p.
Rui-chan is very cute.
Catgirl Trainer.
http://www.phenie.com
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....
Hikikomori in the making
http://supermariabros.deviantart.com/
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...
Hikikomori in the making
http://supermariabros.deviantart.com/
NO! I change my mind, girls over figures and other otaku related stuff!
Man, I've changed^^;...
anime/cosplay events organizer
http://www.cosplay.ph
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!!!
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..
"A bunch of Otaku aim their piece"
So wrong, yet so funny.
Student
http://www.fotografer.net/isi/anggota/profil.php?id=98782
It's depend on d'situation, hahah..
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!
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
Student
One pic, then shop. How many pictures are you going to take if you don't have time to shop?
銀河帝国五〇一軍团 TK/TD 8316 M.E.P.D. Police Sergeant
http://gordonator.com/
i'll take a picture first then go shopping. afterall taking a pic won't take long. ('~')
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. ^^
Wannabe Web Developer
http://www.sakuafk.com
The poll is not fair lol. I can't choose between the two XD.
Non-profit org. volunteering work addict
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!
Your local Otaku Cashier.
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).
Insane Student
Some how I would clone myself to do both task. ^_^
Student
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!!!!!!!!!!"
Design Consultant
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.
Raven, AMV & MAD maker, Otaku
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=last0raven
id rather just go shopping. although taking pictures could be somtimes memorable by looking at them.
Student, Otaku, She-Geek(Sheek lol)
http://meimi132.wordpress.com/
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...
Administrative Assistant
http://bob-san.animeblogger.net
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.
Programmer
http://www.otakulinks.com
Miss the plane, but do the both :) Look & take pic of the cute girls and then do some shopping :)
seguridad
http://charlieyjapon.blogspot.com
MAMA MIA!!!!!
24/7 Otaku / 100% Haruhiist
http://www.zeroaquaduct.com
I would go shopping, unless I've been shopping so much already that there's nothing new to see. :P
Afro-ed Student
http://Mizunaga.blogspot.com/
You have left us with a hard decision! Girls, or figures.. 3D, or 2D..
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?
Gunpla Enthusiast
many have said this already, but shopping takes priority over taking photos.
ps. Rui looks very nice
Non-profit org. volunteering work addict
Oh, forgot to ask... what did that Miku impersonator choose for songs and did she succeed?
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.
IT-Architect, SysAdmin, WebDesign and Coding, Virtualization (VMware + NetApp)
http://www.milkdrop.de/
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*
Online Shop
http://wildarms.egloos.com
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 >.>
http://yuuwaku.wordpress.com
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...!
Editor
http://cavalock.blogspot.com/
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.
VF-25 Pilot. Universariate Scholar.
"A bunch of Otaku aim their piece."
LOL. that was classic!!
http://gashapons.blogspot.com/
kaho is getting better every year.
Daigakusei [Consular and Diplomatic Affairs]
http://dixinfernal.wordpress.com
"aiming their piece"...you got me there :))
University Student.
http://www.hirito.blogspot.com/
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!!!
.NET/Web Developer
http://scrumptious.animeblogger.net
kaho!!!!! gosh, she's getting prettier and prettier everyday! ^^
again...Only in japan can you see something like this. lol
Dirty Gentleman
http://cantstanzya.wordpress.com/
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.
Polytechnic Junior, Bronze Lifesaving Trainee, Mech Designer In-training.
http://thehangerbay.wordpress.com/
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.
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 ^_^
Student
http://johndiew0107.wordpress.com/
awesome !!! totally impressed by the amount of crowd....
Struggling Student.
http://calvh.blogspot.com/
can't i do both instead? xD
System Administrator
http://www.thedoitsujin.com/
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.
CEO MIrai Inc
http://www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
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.
System Administrator
http://www.thedoitsujin.com/
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 :)
Web Developer (i.e. Otaku)
http://www.brettb.com/TravelLog.Tokyo.asp
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.
http://www.khimhoe.net
my friend looks like Rui Kiriyama! o.o
Student
http://aoshi.wakarimasenlol.com
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!!!
NEET part-time - Technical Support Officer - Network security engineer
http://burugureibi.blogspot.com/
[ ]Take pics of girls
[X]Take pics of stormtrooper
[ ]Go shopping
you have your fans too danny
Ork Warlord
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!!
Student
http://mrshawn16.blogspot.com
There seems to be a big invisible circle guarding the girls. What if some broke that circle?
Non-profit org. volunteering work addict
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.
Engineer first, On-taku second.
http://karumichi.deviantart.com
I would say: "Maiming. And lots of it... By the secret bodyguards hiding in one of the alleys"
Student
Rui Kiriyama is very looks like one of girls in our shcool..incredible..><..
otaku? lol
http://www.thebanzaieffect.com
she has that girl next door look imo
Student, Blogger and Almost-Mac-and-PalmOS-Programmer
http://www.tupalm.net
Eeeem ... I would take photos to the cute girls (if they were cute...).
consultant
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.
Art Production Manager, Computer/Graphic Design Tutor
http://www.studioartmix.com/cosplay
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.
medicine student & otaku
ummmm I'D GO & LOOK FOR SOMETHING TO BUY OF COURSE!! CHICKS FOR LATER!!
Digital animation
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.
office worker
The haruhi girls look so sweet!
C.E. Student
Real interesting area and streets. Oh, and the girls do look nice.
U.S. Army Officer
http://www.forum.the554.com
why isn't get one of the school girl's number an option?
lecherous wretch
http://graeble.deviantart.com/
wow, i'd love to do both!
gotta get some shopping done? don't forget to bring your camera.
http://t-navi.blogspot.com/
go shopping, of course
19 Kilo United States Army
Im with you on that decision. I prefer not to go with a crowd anyway.
Recording Engineer, Musician, IT Technician
It is amazing how fasts the crowds gather.
otaku? lol
http://www.thebanzaieffect.com
orz ...yea ..the crowd is impressive, all armed with DSLRs, wonder how the girls feel .
college student
http://otakuartist.wordpress.com/
i would go shop first than go see if there is good looking girls to take pic off XD
Vintage Motorcycle Nut, Game freak, Anime fanatic, Callboy.....
http://profiles.friendster.com/shinigami7
A very valuable piece of advice from a friend there, dont bring all of your money in akiba.... you'll go hiome without a single dime in your pockets. :)
大学の学生 １st year
http://otakunaka.blogspot.com/
dont they even feel alittle provoked by a crowd of that many O_O i would
Otaku/ Secondary School Student/
http://kawaiiboyz.blogspot.com/
wow....
there was suzumiya in the photo...
Blogger, Entomologist
http://gamingdungeon.ikrell.com/
My first time at Akihabara would be mostly shopping, but repeat visits may involve more photography.
Student
first time I was in Akiba, my dad made us leave... He said all tha "porn" was discusting. >_<
The quick poll you have there needs a both option. I'd be a tourist so sightseers take pictures as well as buy souvenirs.
Employee
http://ghostlightning.wordpress.com
Every time I think I'm going overboard with my anime hobby I should just go back to this post... Seriously, this is incredible.
Freelance otaku
I would need to bring more space memory cards for my camera...
Transportaion
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32193739@N06/
Uh why isn't both an option!?!?!?!
Anime Figure Collector
http://www.facebook.com/people/Alex-Isdaman/1007891658
With girls like that around. I would never get my shopping done.
College student, Mech programmer and striving photographer.
http://moeforme.blogspot.com
*Drools* School girls galore O.o
I wonder how many girls get camera-raped like that each day in Akiba.
Student Game Development.
Amazing :D
Student Game Development.
I wonder what the parents would say to their child showing themselves like that.
NEET!
http://profiles.friendster.com/lightandglass
woah...megaherd...maybe 60% of the crowd is perv...lol!~
studying comp studies, planning to look for part time job
http://bruneian-otaku.blogspot.com
I'll go shopping and take several photos XD
Photographer Wanna-be
I've never seen so many folks using so many cheap amateur cameras in one spot. Ah, that's my beloved Japan for ya. But really, get a pro-level camera guys!
student
http://www.ax3battery.com/blog/protoductions
i long for the day that mainstreams over here in Canada... hahahaha
Shinigami
http://superchan-oktaku.blogspot.com/
lol when i pay for Japanese trip to Akihabara i can not wasted to much time on checking girls on the main street. Or is most mine favorite 2D girl get cosplay then i will change mine thoughts.
QA
aoi yuu is in that picture with kaho!
Student
http://www.KiroStory.com
Rui Kiriyama is seriously sooo cute!
Student
hatsune miku maddness!!!~~