Akihabara, commonly called "Akiba", is located in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, with Akihabara station at its center. It has Japan's largest concentration of shops selling electronic parts and appliances, making it the world's electronics quarter and a popular destination for tourists from overseas. Akihabara started off from a group of vendors selling junk parts and electronic goods, of which some later turned into game shops and hobby shops. Anime shops came last but largely contributed in making the town widely known as the "Mecca for Otaku (Nerd's Mecca)". Akihabara also is known as the trendsetter of subculture, particularly with its many maid cafes where female service staff members dress as maids. There has been much development in the infrastructure with the opening of Tsukuba Express Railway in 2005 and the completion of several commercial complex buildings next to the station.
By Train
- Akihabara Sta.
- JR Sobu Line, Yamanote Line, Keihin-Tohoku Line, Tsukuba Express
- Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line
AKIHABARA TRAVEL SPOT GUIDE
- The Kanda Myojin was enshrined in the Edo period and has a history of almost 1,300 years. Formally named the Kanda Shrine, it was revered by both the general public and the Shogunate as the "Protector of Edo". ...
- The distinguishing feature of Kisekae Café CANDY FRUIT strawberry is its female staffers, all of them around 1.54 m (approx. 5 ft) in height or shorter, dressed in petite size clothing. ...
- Maid Cafe Pinafore is a chain of Maid Cafes themed on Moe (affection for female characters in manga, anime and so on) and Iyashi (healing). With more than sixty beautiful female staff employees, the cafe moves into its 7th year. ...
- POPOPURE is a new style of maid cafe with an annexed animation studio. In the recording studio "POPO" within the cafe, customers can have a try at voice-dubbing for a short animation, and have the film as an original DVD. ...
- GUNDAM Cafe is a theme restaurant inspired by the successful sci-fi animation series "Mobile Suit Gundam". The primary purpose of this futuristic cafe is to provide the latest information related to Gundam, and to become the ultimate destination for core and casual fans of the more-than-three-decade ...
- @home café is one of the largest and most popular maid cafes in the Akihabara district, with an accumulated total number of visitors exceeding 1.5 million. About 200 waitresses dress up as french maids and welcome their valued customers with the utmost friendliness. ...
Electronics Retail Store
The biggest feature of the electronics retailers in the Akihabara district is their low price. Highly specialized shops selling electronics and multimedia products are entertaining just to walk into and watch.
Anime and Comic Specialty Shop
Akihabara features a huge number of specialty stores offering a matchless range of PVC figures, Doujinshi (coterie magazines), maid costumes and other anime-related merchandise which are hard to come by. These stores attract customers from far and wide, domestic and overseas.
Yushima Seido
This is known as "the birthplace of Japanese education", and lots of test-takers praying for success in an entrance examination visit here throughout a year. As culture lectures by first-rate lecturers are held throughout a year, it is possible to learn traditional full-scale Chinese classic literature.
Akihabara Information Center
"Akiba Map," a free map full of helpful information on shops in the Akiba district is available here. Girls in maid costumes offer a helping hand to unfamiliar tourists as well as to those versed in the area.
Akihabara Radiokaikan
After serving as icon of Akihabara for more than 50 years, the main building was torn down in 2011. Tenants in the building have all relocated to the new Radio Kaikan No.1, No.2, and No.3 buildings, spread around Akihabara. A new Radio Kaikan building will be constructed in a couple of years at the same location.
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