Best around Akihabara Spot List

Witness Japanese paper dyeing, a traditional craft that is designated a cultural heritage of Bunkyo Ward, here at Ochanomizu Origami Kaikan, or Japanese paper folding center.

One of Japan's biggest anime specialty shops. Loaded with DVDs, comics and original goods you can't get anywhere else.

A studio shop that makes and sells original products of excellent design. You can find Japanese traditional crafts here as well.

A unique back street of Akihabara Electric Town, full of stores selling PC peripherals.

A store specializing in nostalgic secondhand games and consoles such as the Super NES.

Welcome to Duty-free shop ”LAOX”

Connecting journeys, people and hearts of all travelers. This hostel stands in Akihabara, a town that grew with the increasing popularization of Japanese modern culture.

A large-scale event in Tokyo where you can enjoy a collection of festivals and taste from hometowns all over Japan at the same time.

The observation lounge of Bunkyo Civic Center with a restaurant with a view

A calm traditional Japanese style inn with a garden. Its wooden building creates warm ambiance. Authentic Japanese cuisine is served in a traditional, Nekoashi-zen (a tray with cat like four legs). Enjoy thoroughly a good old Edo spirit (the Edo Period, when a family of Tokugawa ruled in Japan, for 265 years from 1603). The main building has been listed as a tangible cultural property.

A specialty shop for character goods is born

The Festival Connected with the Tokugawa Shogun Visits to the Kanda Shrine

One-stop purchase of popular Japanese products.

An art center open to all where you can enjoy exhibitions, workshops, and a variety of other events.

This is an area where you can find all kinds of antique books. There are shops with new books as well.

Hijiri-bashi is a bridge over the Kanda River. Its three-dimensional piers are beautiful.

Akihabara Radio Kaikan is an iconic commercial building, brimming with Akiba-culture (Akiba is a shortened form of Akihabara), with various stores selling action figures, TV and media idol goods, and electrical parts.

The store handles a large selection of the latest consumer electronics and unique Japanese souvenirs. It is reassuring to shop there because a multilingual staff provides thorough services.

This is a large duty-free store that faces the Chuo-dori Street in the Akihabara area. It handles a wide selection of products, such as English-version PCs and digital cameras made according to overseas specifications.

Akihabara Gachapon Kaikan, with an array of approximately 500 gachaphon machines. Various events are also held.