Akihabara (秋葉原), also known as Akihabara Electric Town (秋葉原電気街), is an area of Tokyo, Japan. Its name is frequently shortened to Akiba (アキバ) in Japan. Akihabara is a major shopping area for electronic, computer, anime, and otaku goods, including new and used items. New parts for PC-building are readily available from a variety of stores. Tools, electrical parts, wires, microsized cameras and similar items are found in the cramped passageways near the station. Akihabara gained some fame through being home to one of the first stores devoted to personal robots and robotics. In more recent years, Akihabara has gained recognition as the center of Japan’s otaku (diehard fan) culture, and many shops and establishments devoted to anime and manga, and including maid cafés, are now dispersed among the electronic stores in the district. The area was just out of Sujikai-gomon city gate (present Mansei bridge) which was one of the city gates (Mitsuke) of old Edo (Tokyo). It was the gateway from inner Edo to northern and northwestern Japan and Kan’ei-ji temple in Ueno. Many dealers, craftsmen and relatively lower class samurai lived there [ref].