Akihabara (秋葉原), also known as Akihabara Electric Town (秋葉原電気街, Akihabara Denki Gai) or simply Akiba (アキバ), is an area of [[Chiyoda (tokyo)|]]. While there is an official locality named Akihabara nearby, the area known to most people as Akihabara is actually Soto-Kanda, a part of Chiyoda-ku.

Akihabara is a major [[shopping]] area for electronics, anime, and [[otaku]] goods.

h4. External links
* "Official website":http://www.akiba.or.jp/english/
* "Wikipedia article":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akihabara
秋葉原 アキバ