'Maid' girls tour helps Akihabara newcomers

'Maid' girls tour helps Akihabara newcomers

TOKYO, Japan - An Akihabara tour guide who calls herself Minezaki demonstrates how to use the Gachapon toy vending machine during a two-hour 2,980 yen tour of Tokyo's Akihabara district on Oct. 19, 2010.

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