AKIHABARA

Welcome to otaku mecca, Akihabara.

  • Akihabara Station

    Searching for electronic items? Hop on a train and make your way over to Akihabara. Served by five different train lines, take the Electric Town Exit for the largest collection of electronic stores.

  • Sweets Paradise Akihabara

    If you're bored with regular-shaped cakes, head over here for cakes that look exactly like ramen and large pieces of meat...an easy game-changer.
    Hours: 9:30am-10pm (No holidays)
    Tabelog (English) | Official website (Japanese only)

  • Super Potato

    Classic Nintendo games from the 80s and the 90s were not lost in time, they just made their way to retro game heaven, Super Potato. Travel back in time with these 8-bit sounds and know that the late nights gaming are bound to ensue.
    Weekdays: 11am-8pm
    Sat, Sun, Holidays: 10am-8pm
    Yelp (English) | Official website (Japanese only)

  • Akihabara Electrical Town

    Lined up with electronic goods and games, this is only an introduction to the many niche electronic stores you'll bump into during your adventure here.

  • Gachapon Kaikan

    You've most likely only seen capsule toy machines in a batch of 10 or so until Gachapon Kaikan came and placed 430 machines in their mighty capsule toy (gachapon) store. Because what's more convenient than getting 'em all at once?
    Weekdays: 11am-8pm
    Fri, Sat: 11am-10pm
    Sun, Holidays: 11am-7pm
    Official website (Japanese only)

  • Kanda Myojin Shrine

    In this digital age, our dependency on electronic devices are extremely high which is why it makes sense to drop by this shrine that's entrusted by the nation's techgeeks, complete with talisman that protect their devices from harm. No tech worries no more.
    Hours: Always open
    Trip Advisor (English) | Official website (Japanese only)

  • Havikoro Toy Akihabara (Radio Kaikan)

    Looking for trading cards, figures and stuffed animals? Here's a store that won't disappoint.
    Official website (Japanese only)

  • Naporitan Pancho Akihabara

    Everything is normal about this Naporitan (tomato-based) spaghetti restaurant aside from the fact that you can order a spaghetti meal that weighs 2.3kg. You know that's where the fun starts.
    Mon-Fri: 11am-11pm
    Sat, Sun, Holidays: 11am-10pm
    Tabelog (English) | Official website (Japanese only)

Three Primary Colors

Grouping themselves as Three Primary Colors, the colors that stand on its own without the help of any others, this instrumental-threesome subtly hints at how they each got a groove unlike any other, blending seamlessly when coming together. The creators of this graceful amalgam of jazz and rock are Toru Yamashiro (Gt.), Emi Murata (Keys, Bass), and Hiroyuki “PiRO” Nakayama (Dr.). Kickstarting their career in 2012, they have since released two albums: with each and every song on the 1st album being just one take, the trio quickly took storm in the J-Jazz field upon release. Their sophomore album reached out to artists in similar fields such as Motoharu from SOIL &”PIMP” SESSIONS and YUKI from JABBERLOOP, achieving an even more dynamic sound than its predecessor.