Patrick Macias (L) and Patrick W. Galbraith (R) plot the destruction of Akihabara.
My new Otakool column is happening in today's Japan Times.
Akihabara's awful truths
While the Establishment packages Electric Town as a mecca for manga and anime obsessives, and a magnet for camera- toting tourists, the reality differs: 'Akiba' is alienating the geeks who once made it great
Read it (and weep) here...
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