Den-Den Town, Namba & Osaka's Retail Landscape

Den-Den Town (でんでんタウン — the electronics, manga, and anime goods district in the Nipponbashi area of southern Osaka, the Osaka equivalent of Tokyo's Akihabara): the Nipponbashi-Denden Town area (the shopping street of Nipponbashi in the Namba area, approximately 600 metres long) is the largest concentration of electronics retailers, manga/anime merchandise shops, vintage game stores, and maid cafes in western Japan — less crowded and less touristified than the Tokyo Akihabara, making it the preferred destination for serious manga/anime collectors.