Ikebukuro

I went to Ikebukuro, a part of Tokyo I haven't been to before. It's said to be a little like Akiba Electric town, and also is the setting for the anime series Durarara.

However, when I came to Ikebukuro, it was hard to find any of the places from the anime. No Russian sushi, for example :(.

Also, the connection to Akiba seemed tenuous at best. Sure, there were some electronic stores, but nothing really special that assoicated to otaku culture.

However. There were of course, places like... eh... these:

So maybe the connection to Akiba and Otaku culture is the porn part :-/