In Akihabara, the otaku holy land, there are over 200 maid cafes, initially a niche attraction for the otaku culture, it's grown into a well-known part of Japanese pop culture.

As, for example, the term Otaku has blurred vastly from its original meaning, especially here in the West.

There's a lot of train otaku here, so there's special trains—there's like Shinkansen with Doctor Yellow, Doctor Yellow, big stan.

I'm an otaku.

Today we're in the center of OTAKU culture

This sauce is amazing Wow, this is so hearty quite pleased with the amount of veggies you have cabbage in here peppers So itself is from Aichi Prefecture see where Michael's from by our house Miso manufacturer and I've seen like the factories like this old-school factory if you've ever had Miso katsu, it has that same sort of flavor and thickness and it is delicious You also get this soup here There's so much umami in here it's a rich seafood and pork broth that's been simmered for more than eight hours Mm-hmm And the best thing you get to enjoy it all privately can't see a single person I can kind of see people here, but all I can see through this window is their feet You know when I first came to Japan, Akihabara is one of my favorite spots to go to I just love checking out the electronics to try to get like bargain deals But you know I can see why like something like this is popular because sometimes the otaku just want to be left alone by themselves And sometimes I feel like that too, you know, just give me my own private booth.

She's otaku when it comes to emotions.

Let me know your thoughts on if you think Nakano is a more authentic, better experience for a visit than Akihabara, which over the last five, seven years has really changed from what was an authentic otaku experience to, yeah, a tourist attraction.

It's known as Otaku Central, and otaku need a lot of energy in this town.

Otaku culture.