Akihabara
Akihabara Electric Town, Chiyoda City
Akihabara is a neighborhood in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan, generally considered to be the area surrounding Akihabara Station. This area is part of the Sotokanda and Kanda-Sakumachō districts of Chiyoda. There is an administrative district called Akihabara, located north of Akihabara Electric Town surrounding Akihabara Neribei Park.
The name Akihabara is a shortening of Akibagahara, which comes from Akiba, named after a fire-controlling deity of a firefighting shrine built after the area was destroyed by a fire in 1869. Akihabara gained the nickname Akihabara Electric Town shortly after World War II for being a major shopping center for household electronic goods and the post-war black market.
Photo: JOHN LLOYD (CC BY 2.0); Aimaimyi (CC BY-SA 3.0); ElHeineken (CC BY 4.0)
The name Akihabara is a shortening of Akibagahara, which comes from Akiba, named after a fire-controlling deity of a firefighting shrine built after the area was destroyed by a fire in 1869. Akihabara gained the nickname Akihabara Electric Town shortly after World War II for being a major shopping center for household electronic goods and the post-war black market.
Photo: JOHN LLOYD (CC BY 2.0); Aimaimyi (CC BY-SA 3.0); ElHeineken (CC BY 4.0)