FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Direct tranlations of Japan's prefectures' names into English
Old Dec 16, 2013 | 6:46 am
  #15  
jib71
FlyerTalk Evangelist
10 Countries Visited
All eyes on you!
20 Years on Site
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: NRT
Programs: Tokyo Monorail Diamond-Encrusted-Platinum
Posts: 10,043
Originally Posted by 5khours
BTW it used to be pronounced Akibahara, which IMHO is much more mellifluous.
Ah. I can finally reconcile myself to the abbreviation, "Akiba."
jib71 is offline