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| Above, the entrance to Nakano Broadway from Nakano Station. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Whether or not you've ever been to Japan, most undoubtedly you have heard of Nakano Broadway.
It is a mecca for otaku, whether it is manga, books, anime and toys (for kaiju fans, there's Godzilla toys to be found there).
JAPAN Forward has an article on what people will find at the Nakano Broadway.
They wrote (in part):
Nakano Broadway is also the secret otaku paradise, and it’s this specification that makes the area so compelling. Above the grocery market and ice cream parlor obscured in the basement are an array of stores selling vintage toys, manga, anime merchandise, and art books. Mandarake, a company whose flagship store began in Nakano Broadway which focuses on the culture of anime and manga, expands throughout nearly every floor in the shopping complex. The walls of these stores tower high with specialty goods and books. Even their entrances are like something out of a steam-punk, sci-fi fantasy, with corroded pipes and larger-than-life robots grafted into the walls.
To read more, go here.
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