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Let’s Visit Tokyo – Ueno

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [23/4/2012 - 09:02] - 2 - Japan

Here you are another nice Video sent to us by Steph! This time Steph and its Canon 7D will help us to discover and enjoy Ueno! Have something to share? Want to publish an article on AkihabaraNews.com? Don’t hesitate to send us yo[...]

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Let’s Visit Tokyo – Osaki

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [26/6/2011 - 11:28] - 7 - Japan

There is in any city in the world an area that really does not fit in, a place where whatever people try to do it will never work, and Osaki seems to me like one of this place. Osaki feel like a place that nobody really cares, people p[...]

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Let’s Visit Tokyo – Taipei Ximen backstreets or Let’s Visit Taipei Ximen

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [5/6/2011 - 03:51] - 12 - Japan

Last week I had to travel to Taipei and did not have much time to shoot anything in Tokyo or Japan for you, so I decided to shoot a few videos within Ximen in Taipei. Ximen is considered by many as the Taiwanese version of Shibuya or H[...]

Let’s Visit Tokyo – Taipei Ximen backstreets or Let’s Visit Taipei Ximen

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Computex 2011, here we come!

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [30/5/2011 - 05:36] - 3 - Announcement

Arrived safely in Taipei and preparing to cover tomorrow’s Computex 2011! Just got two pre-paid SIM cards, one for voice and one for unlimited 3G Data for respectively 300 and 700 TW$ and now going to chill out around my hotel. If you [...]

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Let’s Visit Tokyo – Kitanomaru Koen & Kokyo Gaien

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [29/5/2011 - 11:32] - 6 - Japan

Another “Special” video today since we already covered both Kitanomaru Koen & Kokyo Gaien while back (July and August 2009). This time Benoa is behind the camera for a dual combo : Testing a Sony Camcorder for Akihabara[...]

Let’s Visit Tokyo – Kitanomaru Koen & Kokyo Gaien

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Let’s Visit Tokyo – Happo-en

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [15/5/2011 - 11:48] - 6 - Japan

Here you are, once again, one of Tokyo’s finest hidden parks, Happo-en. Lost in the middle of Tokyo and located in Shirokane, Happo-en with its gorgeous Japanese Garden, Tea Ceremony houses and traditional Japanese house, is a dedicate[...]

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Let’s Visit Tokyo – Toda in Izu

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [8/5/2011 - 12:49] - 11 - Japan

The Let’s Visit Tokyo series is back and we hope for good, but since we do not like to do things like they should, we will not visit a specific area of Tokyo today but rather a small little beach and temple located in Toda City in Izu,[...]

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Let’s Visit Tokyo – Ishigaki

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [24/4/2011 - 12:54] - 5 - Japan

Things are slowly going back to normal here in Japan and we hope to be able to soon resume our weekly “Let’s Visit Tokyo” series and to provide you with your weekly fix of video! Meanwhile here you are a rather long video I shot last w[...]

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Let’s Visit Tokyo – Shinkansen Edition

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [3/4/2011 - 06:13] - 15 - Japan

Let’s Visit Tokyo is not dead and we will resume our video as soon as we can, meanwhile let’s enjoy this Shinkansen footage shot by Benoa-San a couple of weeks ago… Meanwhile let’s pray for those who are risking their life everyday at [...]

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Let’s Visit Tokyo – Rimonya park

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [6/3/2011 - 03:59] - 5 - Japan

Another day, another Park! Today we will walk alongside an artificial pound of the Rimonya park located just a few minutes away by walk from Gakugei-daigaku train station. Here as well there is nothing really special about this place b[...]

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Let’s Visit Tokyo – Shinjuku Drive

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [27/2/2011 - 12:31] - 13 - Japan

Here you are another “Drive” experiment from Benoa-San where he will drive us in its to Tokyo’s City hall in Shinjiku. Unlike last time where we replaced the video’s audio track with some background music, we decided this time to leave[...]

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Let’s Visit Tokyo – Rinshin No Mori

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [20/2/2011 - 12:00] - 6 - Japan

A few minutes away by walk from Musashi-Koyama, Rinshi No Mori is one of these typical Japanese public parks where kids comes to play with parents, enjoy playing baseball and where adults comes to jog a little. Nothing particular at Ri[...]

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Let’s Visit Tokyo – Musashi-Koyama

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [6/2/2011 - 10:16] - 4 - Japan

Musashi-Koyama is one of these little villages in Tokyo that we love visiting. There is nothing special about Musashi-Koyama, except maybe its very long covered shopping street, its small restaurants and the fact that a famous British [...]

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Let’s Visit Tokyo – Ryogoku

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [23/1/2011 - 11:00] - 4 - Japan

Heartland of professional sumo Ryogoku is more famous around Japan and the world of its Sumo Hall also known as Ryogoku Kokugikan. If you want to Sumo wrestler and the game, Ryogoku is the place to be! But beside that, Ryogoku is quite[...]

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Let’s Visit Tokyo – Ikaho

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [16/1/2011 - 01:43] - 2 - Japan

Located in Gunma prefecture, Ikaho is famous of its hot springs and this all over the region and even in Tokyo. If you are looking for a nice place to relax outside of Tokyo and enjoy both hot spring & fresh air, Ikaho is definitiv[...]

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Let’s Visit Tokyo – Sky Tree

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [9/1/2011 - 10:44] - 8 - Japan

Sky Tree is set to be the tallest building in Tokyo area, and set to compensate Tokyo Tower lack of “power” when it comes to broadcast digital TV within Tokyo Area. Yes, like the Effeil Tower, both Tokyo Tower and Sky Tree are mainly u[...]

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Let’s Visit Tokyo – Teppanyaki Fever II

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [2/1/2011 - 06:30] - 19 - Japan

I admit that during this period of long holidays I did not have much time nor much courage to shoot some video for you guys, however, yesterday for first lunch of the year my family and I decided to treat ourselves with a nice little T[...]

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Sound Asleep Pillows with Integrated Speakers Hit Japan

By Akihabara News Team - [13/12/2010 - 10:51] - 0 - Peripherals

If you ever tried listening to music in bed or on the plane but had trouble with the cable snaking around your arms and torso and neck in the middle of the night as you tossed and turned, this new three-model line of pillows may be for[...]

Sound Asleep Pillows with Integrated Speakers Hit Japan

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Let’s Visit Tokyo – Tachiaigawa

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [12/12/2010 - 10:51] - 4 - Japan

Tachiaigawa, is one of many villages stuck in Tokyo. There is nothing really mind-blowing about Tachiaigawa, but having a fisherman like village stuck in the amazingly huge Tokyo and between highways and huge corporation is somehow sur[...]

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Let’s Visit Tokyo – Quick walk Yasukuni

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [5/12/2010 - 03:38] - 11 - Japan

Benoa-san‘s Canon S95 is giving us a quick overview of the rather popular but also highly controversial Yasukuni Shrine. This Shrine (Temple) is dedicated to soldiers or anyone who died fighting for the Japanese Emperor mainly du[...]

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Let’s Visit Tokyo – Yurikamome-Line

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [21/11/2010 - 11:55] - 8 - Japan

Todays’ video is a bit special; I shot this while going to visit a friend of mine who was staying in a Hotel at Odaiba. This video has been shot with my 5D MK II at night with the 24-105 from Canon at ISO 4000. This may not the most am[...]

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Let’s Visit Tokyo – Kawaguchiko

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [14/11/2010 - 11:28] - 14 - Japan

And nope today we won’t visit some of Tokyo’s finest street, but we will rather join once again Benoa-San who decided to shoot some gorgeous videos around Kawaguchiko, a none the less splendid lake closed to Fujisan (mount Fuji). I had[...]