Tokyo Realtime: Akihabara Audio Guided Walking Tour

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TOKYO REALTIME is a series of audio guided walking tours through Tokyo’s most interesting neighborhoods. The tours interweave narration and interviews within a soundscape of on-site recordings to deliver a seamless mix of cultural insight, narrative elements and navigation within real world spaces.

About the Tour

AS YOU WEAVE THROUGH the streets of countless bars, strip joints, love hotels, and eateries, you’ll learn about the area’s colorful personalities and history, and get insights into the real action behind those closed doors. You’ll also get introduced to great places for a drink, a bite to eat, and to soak in the local ambience at your leisure.


Interviews with:

Lee Xiao Mu - Kabukicho guide & writer
Hiroshi - Kabukicho tout
Naito Chin - Golden Gai bar owner
Jim O’Connell - Photographer & Golden Gai regular
Osada Steve - Japanese rope bondage artist


Music by:

cEvin Key - download
Mark Spybey - dead voices on air
Steven Schultz - bouninjoutai
Xavier Guiter - Xerak
and others... TOKYO REALTIME is a series of audio guided walking tours through Tokyo’s most interesting neighborhoods. The tours interweave narration and interviews within a soundscape of on-site recordings to deliver a seamless mix of cultural insight, narrative elements and navigation within real world spaces.

About the Tour

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Converting price to USD... JPY 1,200

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TOKYO REALTIME is a series of audio guided walking tours through Tokyo’s most interesting neighborhoods. The tours interweave narration and interviews within a soundscape of on-site recordings to deliver a seamless mix of cultural insight, narrative elements and navigation within real world spaces.

Tokyo Realtime - Akihabara takes you on an insiders tour of Akihabara, a subculture hotspot for anime, manga, games and figures that attracts hardcore fans - and curious visitors - from all over the world. Internationally recognized experts on the area take you on an unforgettable behind-the-scenes tour. You'll visit all the must-see shops, gain historial knownledge, cultural insights and learn insider jargon like otagei, mo�, itasha and more.

PRAISE FOR THE TOUR
Akihabara is one of the world's most densely intricate urban enclaves, and producer Max Hodges has assembled a crack team of uber-geeks from Japan and abroad to navigate its alleys and decode its mysteries. The audio guide is an illuminating portal into the neighborhood's colorful history and vibrant currents of contemporary pizzaz.
- Roland Kelts, author of Japanamerica

Patrick W. Galbraith reveals an Akihabara that even a long-term resident like me didn't fully understand.
-Jean Snow, Tokyo-based design writer

ABOUT THE NARRATOR
Patrick W. Galbraith is the author of "The Otaku Encyclopedia" and is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Tokyo where he researches Akihabara and Otaku culture. He is a frequent contributor to Metropolis, Otaku USA Magazine and Otaku2.com

INTERVIEWS WITH
Patrick Macias - Author of "Cruising the Anime City" and editor of "Otaku USA Magazine"
Morikawa Kaichiro - Professor at Meiji University & author of several books including "Learning from Akihabara"
Danny Choo - blogger and Tokyo Stormtrooper
Kobayashi Takaya - local ward councilman
Kristina Dryza - consumer trend researcher
Mei-chan - otaku and former little sister at a sister caf�

MUSIC BY
Paletee of @HomeCaf� - Happy Happy Morning
Cutie Pai - Tokyo Refrain
Shane Berry - Canned Oden
Damn Dangerous - Nine to Five
and others... TOKYO REALTIME is a series of audio guided walking tours through Tokyo’s most interesting neighborhoods. The tours interweave narration and interviews within a soundscape of on-site recordings to deliver a seamless mix of cultural insight, narrative elements and navigation within real world spaces.

Tokyo Realtime - Akihabara takes you on an insiders tour of Akihabara, a subcult...Read more More questions? Ask the seller