According to the Akiba Souken website (in 2009), Asobit City, an anime store filled with manga, figures, and anime, will be closing its doors. The store will be replaced by JeansMate 24 which opened on 12/11/2011 and will be open for 24 hours a day. The clothes store will have 5 floors consisting of Akiba character goods, Tokyo apparel souvenirs, men’s wear, etc.
My thoughts: I’m slightly saddened by Asobit City closing down. I visited the store back in May of 2009 (while on my way to Super Potato) and I thankfully took video of the store while I was there. I will at some point, dig the video out of my vault of Japan vids and release it to youtube. But anyway, at the same time of being sad that it’s gone, I’m also quite interested in JeanMate’s choice of merchandise even though it does seem to be a bit random for a clothes store to be in the heart of the electronics city. I plan to go back to Tokyo very soon and this store will definitely be on my list of places to visit.
Sources:
http://akiba.kakaku.com/en/hobby/0910/23/184501.php
http://akiba.kakaku.com/etc/0910/14/222000.php (Japanese)
