There is usually some event happening in Akihbara (AKA, Akiba) on Sundays. Not to mention pedestrian hours in the afternoon which makes it easier to walk around in the popular tourist spot with the roads sealed off from traffic. That's why I decided to reserve Sundays for walks in Akiba. While I was there, I thought I'd tour the spots...

Haven’t been much of an early morning start this journey round compared to previous trips where I would get up at 5am to get ready for the early train. It was almost 3 hours to get there from Ueno so I put in the effort this time for the 6:30 train. Took the Hakutaka bullet train from Ueno to Shin-Takaoka early morning and the station was...