Are you kidding? You could be a 60 year old dressed in a banana suit in Akihabara, and no one would say a word (though some might look twice, trying to figure out who you were cosplaying, or wondering where you got the costume as they might want one too).

I've seen people in Tokyo dressed more strangely than what I just described. Every day here is Halloween (with a few other holidays mixed in), so don't worry about it.

i've seen plenty of old men/women at arcades in japan. mainly playing the card based games, but still games. i don't see a problem with age in the arcades

Ha!

I think this is definately a legit fear!!!!!!

Honestly, I've freaked out about the same thing and I'm still in my teens.
I've never truelly been pressed with this issue, as I haven't gone to Japan.
but after I got interested in the Japanese language, my japanese friend introduced me to anime, and I found myself really liking it. And like any cartoon(American and Japanese alike, I'm a cartoon-aholic^^), it pretty much consumed my life. After about a year...I started noticing other people were interested in it, like a lot, like I was! And I was talking to them...and I noticed they were really annoying, and that there life seemed to revolve around anime... like there was nothing else......and I was scared and annoyed. When I started HS, I swore off anime...to the public, though for a while, I still slept with my plushies. lol^^
But I still now wonder, if this is Japanese culture, and I'm in Japan, trying to celebrate the culture, while not insulting it, would I be better off just accepting it, or pretending I don't really care...But idk, it's just.....a different world, you know?



As to your question, I don't think it will be a problem. As I've said, I haven't actually been to Japan(*sob*), but I know if I saw a cool looking old dude, in dress or in face, then I'd be like BOMB!!!!! And all excited, but if it was a nerdy dude all by himself, or with a bunch of nerds, I'd be like "Nerd! He lives with his mom"....which just shows you how judgemental I really am...And I figure if I'm this bad, and I consider myself a pretty nonbiased person, then the majority of the world could easily be worse...so it all depends.

But of course, the best advice anyone can give is.

F*** WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

^^

i say who cares im 24 an still find time to pop in to an arcade to play .....guilty gearXX is a personal favorite

I think you are only overthinking it by about 1000%.

Most arcades in Akihabara are full of 20 and 30 year olds who have no time to judge anyone else for hanging out in an Akihabara arcade because they themselves are hanging out in an Akihabara arcade.

Interesting... I know that otaku is also the word for house/home. It's more polite than uchi/ie.

It technically is. But it`s used in a similar way as people use "uchi" to refer to self. Uchi is me/my house - Otaku is you/your house.

Oh and...
This is the best answer for the thread.