{"id":1919,"date":"2010-01-25T00:20:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T00:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/?p=1919"},"modified":"2010-01-25T00:20:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-25T00:20:00","slug":"jtb-helps-clean-up-streets-of-tokyos-electric-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2010\/01\/jtb-helps-clean-up-streets-of-tokyos-electric-town\/","title":{"rendered":"JTB helps clean up streets of Tokyo&#8217;s electric town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/S1zjujnJbkI\/AAAAAAAAIJU\/4MKM0FCXevM\/s1600-h\/Akihabara+at+night+low+res-710981.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OY-0d2rKv_Q\/S1zjujnJbkI\/AAAAAAAAIJU\/4MKM0FCXevM\/s320\/Akihabara+at+night+low+res-710981.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430465639674900034\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>JTB\u00a0HELPS CLEAN UP STREETS OF TOKYO&#8217;S ELECTRIC TOWN<\/p>\n<p>January 25, 2010 \u2013 JTB Group&#8217;s JTB Global Marketing &#038; Travel Inc. is seeking volunteers to take part in its annual Clean &#038; Cool Communication @ AKIBA! event &#8211; a clean up of the streets of Tokyo&#8217;s Akihabara electronics district \u2013 scheduled for February 15, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Clean &#038; Cool Communication @ AKIBA! coincides with Japan&#8217;s Visit Japan Year 2010 Campaign and is open to international residents and visitors.<\/p>\n<p>It is designed to give visitors to Japan and fans of Japanese pop culture a chance to connect with Akihabara on a grassroots level.<\/p>\n<p>Akihabara, called Akiba by locals, has long attracted savvy visitors seeking the latest in technology and deals on consumer electronics. In recent years, the area has gained fame for a different kind of visitor, as the international popularity of Japan&#8217;s otaku (fan\/mania) pop culture has prompted fans worldwide to flock to Akihabara&#8217;s specialty stores offering anime, manga, and video game merchandise.<\/p>\n<p>JTB Global Marketing &#038; Travel hopes that by working alongside local Japanese residents and workers, event volunteers will gain a deeper understanding of Japanese culture through Clean &#038; Cool Communication @ AKIBA!<\/p>\n<p>As a special thank you for their hard work, event volunteers will receive goods and collectibles from the event co-organizers and sponsors.<\/p>\n<p>Participants will also go in the draw to win a day trip for two to Mount Fuji and the hot spring resort of Hakone courtesy of JTB Global Marketing &#038; Travel.<\/p>\n<p>Participation is limited to the first 20 people to sign up by February 8, 2010 online at\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.japanican.com\/special\/clean_akiba\/\">www.japanican.com\/special\/clean_akiba\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JTB\u00a0HELPS CLEAN UP STREETS OF TOKYO&#8217;S ELECTRIC TOWN January 25, 2010 \u2013 JTB Group&#8217;s JTB Global Marketing &#038; Travel Inc. is seeking volunteers to take part in its annual Clean &#038; Cool Communication @ AKIBA! event &#8211; a clean up of the streets of Tokyo&#8217;s Akihabara electronics district \u2013 scheduled for February 15, 2010. Clean [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1919\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}