Akiba TownCard: Soon to be the Otaku's "don't leave home without it" card?

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Geeks offered 'spiritual home' in Tokyo
AFP, November 19 2005 at 04:46AM
Tokyo -Japanese companies announced plans on Wednesday to promote Tokyo's electronics district haunted by computer buffs and fanatic hobbyists as a global tourist destination....
...The area, known to frequent visitors as Akiba, could also be a "spiritual hometown" for science-minded people around the world, said Kenichiro Senoo, heading a new organization launched to promote it.....
The plan also calls for the creation of the "AKIBA Techno Club House", or A-tech, where engineers and researchers in Japan and abroad would exchange information and deepen friendships....more...