Akihabara Pedestrian Zone Reopens
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![January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Cosplayers, shoppers and tourists flood the 570-meter stretch of Akihabarafs main street as reopened "Pedestrian Paradise" reopens in Tokyofs electronics district on Sunday, January 23, 2011. A record crowd of about 100,000 shoppers and tourists returned to Akihabara as the pedestrian-only shopping zone reopened for the first time in two years and seven months after the 2008 stabbing rampage that left seven dead and 10 others injured. (Photo by AFLO) [3620] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000UQqm9pV6H9E/t/124/I0000UQqm9pV6H9E.jpg)
January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Cosplayers, shoppers and...
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![January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Cosplayers, shoppers and tourists flood the 570-meter stretch of Akihabarafs main street as reopened "Pedestrian Paradise" reopens in Tokyofs electronics district on Sunday, January 23, 2011. A record crowd of about 100,000 shoppers and tourists returned to Akihabara as the pedestrian-only shopping zone reopened for the first time in two years and seven months after the 2008 stabbing rampage that left seven dead and 10 others injured. (Photo by AFLO) [3620] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000r5tKHTuYG4A/t/124/I0000r5tKHTuYG4A.jpg)
January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Cosplayers, shoppers and...
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![January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Cosplayers, shoppers and tourists flood the 570-meter stretch of Akihabarafs main street as reopened "Pedestrian Paradise" reopens in Tokyofs electronics district on Sunday, January 23, 2011. A record crowd of about 100,000 shoppers and tourists returned to Akihabara as the pedestrian-only shopping zone reopened for the first time in two years and seven months after the 2008 stabbing rampage that left seven dead and 10 others injured. (Photo by AFLO) [3620] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000xcW0nL2Isbc/t/124/I0000xcW0nL2Isbc.jpg)
January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Cosplayers, shoppers and...
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![January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Cosplayers, shoppers and tourists flood the 570-meter stretch of Akihabarafs main street as reopened "Pedestrian Paradise" reopens in Tokyofs electronics district on Sunday, January 23, 2011. A record crowd of about 100,000 shoppers and tourists returned to Akihabara as the pedestrian-only shopping zone reopened for the first time in two years and seven months after the 2008 stabbing rampage that left seven dead and 10 others injured. (Photo by AFLO) [3620] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000Vyx7Hf7wl8Q/t/124/I0000Vyx7Hf7wl8Q.jpg)
January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Cosplayers, shoppers and...
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![January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Cosplayers, shoppers and tourists flood the 570-meter stretch of Akihabarafs main street as reopened "Pedestrian Paradise" reopens in Tokyofs electronics district on Sunday, January 23, 2011. A record crowd of about 100,000 shoppers and tourists returned to Akihabara as the pedestrian-only shopping zone reopened for the first time in two years and seven months after the 2008 stabbing rampage that left seven dead and 10 others injured. (Photo by AFLO) [3620] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000Omrk5a3OKs0/t/124/I0000Omrk5a3OKs0.jpg)
January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Cosplayers, shoppers and...
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![January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Cosplayers, shoppers and tourists flood the 570-meter stretch of Akihabarafs main street as reopened "Pedestrian Paradise" reopens in Tokyofs electronics district on Sunday, January 23, 2011. A record crowd of about 100,000 shoppers and tourists returned to Akihabara as the pedestrian-only shopping zone reopened for the first time in two years and seven months after the 2008 stabbing rampage that left seven dead and 10 others injured. (Photo by AFLO) [3620] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000NusUwXSIXaE/t/124/I0000NusUwXSIXaE.jpg)
January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Cosplayers, shoppers and...
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![January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Members of the governing board of "Pedestrian Paradise" patrol Tokyofs Akihabara district on Sunday, January 23, 2011. A record crowd of about 100,000 shoppers and tourists returned to Japanfs electronics capital as the pedestrian-only shopping zone reopened for the first time in two years and seven months after the 2008 stabbing rampage that left seven dead and 10 others injured. (Photo by AFLO) [3620] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000SEzx8jUoxXE/t/124/I0000SEzx8jUoxXE.jpg)
January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Members of the governing...
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![January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Cosplayers, shoppers and tourists flood the 570-meter stretch of Akihabarafs main street as reopened "Pedestrian Paradise" reopens in Tokyofs electronics district on Sunday, January 23, 2011. A record crowd of about 100,000 shoppers and tourists returned to Akihabara as the pedestrian-only shopping zone reopened for the first time in two years and seven months after the 2008 stabbing rampage that left seven dead and 10 others injured. (Photo by AFLO) [3620] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000v95OwFzD4Y4/t/124/I0000v95OwFzD4Y4.jpg)
January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Cosplayers, shoppers and...
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![January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Police patrol "Pedestrian Paradise" in Tokyofs Akihabara district on Sunday, January 23, 2011. A record crowd of about 100,000 shoppers and tourists returned to Japanfs electronics capital as the pedestrian-only shopping zone reopened for the first time in two years and seven months after the 2008 stabbing rampage that left seven dead and 10 others injured. (Photo by AFLO) [3620] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00007XF2cdNiecI/t/124/I00007XF2cdNiecI.jpg)
January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Police patrol "Pedestrian...
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January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Flowers are placed at the...
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January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Insense sticks are burned at...
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![January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Police patrol "Pedestrian Paradise" in Tokyofs Akihabara district on Sunday, January 23, 2011. A record crowd of about 100,000 shoppers and tourists returned to Japanfs electronics capital as the pedestrian-only shopping zone reopened for the first time in two years and seven months after the 2008 stabbing rampage that left seven dead and 10 others injured. (Photo by AFLO) [3620] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000ne0L2cF2eT8/t/124/I0000ne0L2cF2eT8.jpg)
January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Police patrol "Pedestrian...
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![January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Surveillance cameras keep watch as Tokyo's Akihabara district reopens "Pedestrian Paradise" on a trial basis until June, allowing shoppers and tourists to browse shops and manga on Sunday, January 23, 2011. Police with 50 surveillance cameras along about 230 local citizens kept watch as the 570-meter stretch of the main street was reopened to a record crowd of about 100,000 for the first time in two years and seven months after the 2008 stabbing rampage that left seven dead and 10 others injured. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000hDiUicvkb4c/t/124/I0000hDiUicvkb4c.jpg)
January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Surveillance cameras keep...
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![January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Surveillance cameras keep watch as Tokyo's Akihabara district reopens "Pedestrian Paradise" on a trial basis until June, allowing shoppers and tourists to browse shops and manga on Sunday, January 23, 2011. Police with 50 surveillance cameras along about 230 local citizens kept watch as the 570-meter stretch of the main street was reopened to a record crowd of about 100,000 for the first time in two years and seven months after the 2008 stabbing rampage that left seven dead and 10 others injured. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000CQqqqQk4rBA/t/124/I0000CQqqqQk4rBA.jpg)
January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Surveillance cameras keep...
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![January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Surveillance cameras keep watch as Tokyo's Akihabara district reopens "Pedestrian Paradise" on a trial basis until June, allowing shoppers and tourists to browse shops and manga on Sunday, January 23, 2011. Police with 50 surveillance cameras along about 230 local citizens kept watch as the 570-meter stretch of the main street was reopened to a record crowd of about 100,000 for the first time in two years and seven months after the 2008 stabbing rampage that left seven dead and 10 others injured. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000_X643Dv80to/t/124/I0000_X643Dv80to.jpg)
January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Surveillance cameras keep...
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![January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Surveillance cameras keep watch as Tokyo's Akihabara district reopens "Pedestrian Paradise" on a trial basis until June, allowing shoppers and tourists to browse shops and manga on Sunday, January 23, 2011. Police with 50 surveillance cameras along about 230 local citizens kept watch as the 570-meter stretch of the main street was reopened to a record crowd of about 100,000 for the first time in two years and seven months after the 2008 stabbing rampage that left seven dead and 10 others injured. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000_HfdnxCHW08/t/124/I0000_HfdnxCHW08.jpg)
January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Surveillance cameras keep...
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![January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Police patrol "Pedestrian Paradise" in Tokyo's Akihabara district on Sunday, January 23, 2011. A record crowd of about 100,000 shoppers and tourists returned to Japan's electronics capital as the pedestrian-only shopping zone reopened for the first time in two years and seven months after the 2008 stabbing rampage that left seven dead and 10 others injured. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000d7G7IZxb5Bw/t/124/I0000d7G7IZxb5Bw.jpg)
January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Police patrol "Pedestrian...
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![January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Police patrol "Pedestrian Paradise" in Tokyo's Akihabara district on Sunday, January 23, 2011. A record crowd of about 100,000 shoppers and tourists returned to Japan's electronics capital as the pedestrian-only shopping zone reopened for the first time in two years and seven months after the 2008 stabbing rampage that left seven dead and 10 others injured. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00008mltCWp9GCk/t/124/I00008mltCWp9GCk.jpg)
January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Police patrol "Pedestrian...
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![January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Members of the governing board of "Pedestrian Paradise" patrol Tokyo's Akihabara district on Sunday, January 23, 2011. A record crowd of about 100,000 shoppers and tourists returned to Japan's electronics capital as the pedestrian-only shopping zone reopened for the first time in two years and seven months after the 2008 stabbing rampage that left seven dead and 10 others injured. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000.WFi2PBbZxw/t/124/I0000.WFi2PBbZxw.jpg)
January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Members of the governing...
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![January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Shoppers and tourists flood the 570-meter stretch of Akihabara's main street as reopened "Pedestrian Paradise" reopens in Tokyo's electronics district on Sunday, January 23, 2011. A record crowd of about 100,000 shoppers and tourists returned to Akihabara as the pedestrian-only shopping zone reopened for the first time in two years and seven months after the 2008 stabbing rampage that left seven dead and 10 others injured. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000OyFyQDBYrU0/t/124/I0000OyFyQDBYrU0.jpg)
January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Shoppers and tourists flood...
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![January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Shoppers and tourists flood the 570-meter stretch of Akihabara's main street as reopened "Pedestrian Paradise" reopens in Tokyo's electronics district on Sunday, January 23, 2011. A record crowd of about 100,000 shoppers and tourists returned to Akihabara as the pedestrian-only shopping zone reopened for the first time in two years and seven months after the 2008 stabbing rampage that left seven dead and 10 others injured. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000_VlDOMKNIDE/t/124/I0000_VlDOMKNIDE.jpg)
January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Shoppers and tourists flood...
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![January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Shoppers and tourists flood the 570-meter stretch of Akihabara's main street as reopened "Pedestrian Paradise" reopens in Tokyo's electronics district on Sunday, January 23, 2011. A record crowd of about 100,000 shoppers and tourists returned to Akihabara as the pedestrian-only shopping zone reopened for the first time in two years and seven months after the 2008 stabbing rampage that left seven dead and 10 others injured. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000TY_0VQoiYsg/t/124/I0000TY_0VQoiYsg.jpg)
January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Shoppers and tourists flood...
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![January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Shoppers and tourists flood the 570-meter stretch of Akihabara's main street as reopened "Pedestrian Paradise" reopens in Tokyo's electronics district on Sunday, January 23, 2011. A record crowd of about 100,000 shoppers and tourists returned to Akihabara as the pedestrian-only shopping zone reopened for the first time in two years and seven months after the 2008 stabbing rampage that left seven dead and 10 others injured. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000DGl.T_0o1no/t/124/I0000DGl.T_0o1no.jpg)
January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Shoppers and tourists flood...
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![January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Shoppers and tourists flood the 570-meter stretch of Akihabara's main street as reopened "Pedestrian Paradise" reopens in Tokyo's electronics district on Sunday, January 23, 2011. A record crowd of about 100,000 shoppers and tourists returned to Akihabara as the pedestrian-only shopping zone reopened for the first time in two years and seven months after the 2008 stabbing rampage that left seven dead and 10 others injured. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000TgEQ24Fqsds/t/124/I0000TgEQ24Fqsds.jpg)
January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Shoppers and tourists flood...
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![January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Shoppers and tourists flood the 570-meter stretch of Akihabara's main street as reopened "Pedestrian Paradise" reopens in Tokyo's electronics district on Sunday, January 23, 2011. A record crowd of about 100,000 shoppers and tourists returned to Akihabara as the pedestrian-only shopping zone reopened for the first time in two years and seven months after the 2008 stabbing rampage that left seven dead and 10 others injured. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I000030UTC9Ov8m8/t/124/I000030UTC9Ov8m8.jpg)
January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Shoppers and tourists flood...
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![January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Flowers are placed at the site of the 2008 stabbing spree in Tokyo's Akihabara district on Sunday, January 23, 2011. After two years and seven months, Akihabara partially reopened "Pedestrian Paradise" on a trial basis until June, allowing shoppers and tourists to browse shops and manga stores in Japan's electronics mecca. Police with 50 surveillance cameras along about 230 local citizens kept watch as the 570-meter stretch of the main street was reopened to a record crowd of about 100,000. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00006hnRqa7uzuw/t/124/I00006hnRqa7uzuw.jpg)
January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Flowers are placed at the...
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![January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Flowers are placed at the site of the 2008 stabbing spree in Tokyo's Akihabara district on Sunday, January 23, 2011. After two years and seven months, Akihabara partially reopened "Pedestrian Paradise" on a trial basis until June, allowing shoppers and tourists to browse shops and manga stores in Japan's electronics mecca. Police with 50 surveillance cameras along about 230 local citizens kept watch as the 570-meter stretch of the main street was reopened to a record crowd of about 100,000. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000G8FLaE62OxA/t/124/I0000G8FLaE62OxA.jpg)
January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Flowers are placed at the...
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![January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Flowers are placed at the site of the 2008 stabbing spree in Tokyo's Akihabara district on Sunday, January 23, 2011. After two years and seven months, Akihabara partially reopened "Pedestrian Paradise" on a trial basis until June, allowing shoppers and tourists to browse shops and manga stores in Japan's electronics mecca. Police with 50 surveillance cameras along about 230 local citizens kept watch as the 570-meter stretch of the main street was reopened to a record crowd of about 100,000. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00003g0N6pN3BW4/t/124/I00003g0N6pN3BW4.jpg)
January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Flowers are placed at the...
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![January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Shoppers and tourists flood the 570-meter stretch of Akihabara's main street as reopened "Pedestrian Paradise" reopens in Tokyo's electronics district on Sunday, January 23, 2011. A record crowd of about 100,000 shoppers and tourists returned to Akihabara as the pedestrian-only shopping zone reopened for the first time in two years and seven months after the 2008 stabbing rampage that left seven dead and 10 others injured. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00003uxEtRFXBzU/t/124/I00003uxEtRFXBzU.jpg)
January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - Shoppers and tourists flood...
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![January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - A well-packed crowd await the reopening of reopened "Pedestrian Paradise" in Tokyo's Akihabara district on Sunday, January 23, 2011. A record crowd of about 100,000 turned out as the 570-meter stretch of the main street in Japan's electronics mecca reopened to shoppers and tourists for the first time in two years and seven months after the 2008 stabbing rampage that left seven dead and 10 others injured. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00007cxb6rQBDw0/t/124/I00007cxb6rQBDw0.jpg)
January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - A well-packed crowd await...
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![January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - A well-packed crowd await the reopening of reopened "Pedestrian Paradise" in Tokyo's Akihabara district on Sunday, January 23, 2011. A record crowd of about 100,000 turned out as the 570-meter stretch of the main street in Japan's electronics mecca reopened to shoppers and tourists for the first time in two years and seven months after the 2008 stabbing rampage that left seven dead and 10 others injured. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000qC9hIAE036I/t/124/I0000qC9hIAE036I.jpg)
January 23, 2011, Tokyo, Japan - A well-packed crowd await...