Chiyoda, Tokyo / 秋葉原電気街
Akihabara Electric Town
Once 1,000 electrical shops packed into 1 km square, now "Akiba", a hub of pop culture full of PC, anime and manga shops; the main street goes car-free on Sunday afternoons.
Location
Approximate location: this pin comes from Wikidata (a public database), not from an official page. We checked that it is close to the official address.
Smaller pins are other spots nearby.
Last official check
1 Oct 2026
Traveler reports
0
Reports open in Phase 2
Next scheduled check
24 Dec 2026
Decide before you go
A short summary made from the official facts below. Check the rows for details.
- Getting there
- Train
Before you go
Only facts we confirmed on official sources are shown. Anything else is listed under “Not yet confirmed”.
- Opening hours
Varies by shop (GO TOKYO: "varies by shop, facility or floor").
Checked 1 Oct 2026 on a tourism board site- Getting there
5 minutes on foot from the Electric Town exit of Akihabara Station (JR Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines, Hibiya Line, Tsukuba Express and more).
Checked 25 Sept 2026 on a tourism board site- Not yet confirmed
Closed, Admission, Parking, Payment, Accessibility
we have not confirmed this on an official source yet. Check with the spot before you go.
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Address: Chiyoda, Tokyo (Japanese address: 東京都千代田区外神田)
Official site: https://www.gotokyo.org/jp/spot/55/index.html
Nearby spots
Photo: Fg2 / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (cropped)Kanda Myojin ShrineTokyoLess than 1 km away (straight line)
Photo: Daderot / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0 (resized)Yushima Tenmangu ShrineTokyoLess than 1 km away (straight line)- No photo yetAmeyoko Shopping StreetTokyo1 km away (straight line)
- No photo yetEast Gardens of the Imperial PalaceTokyo2 km away (straight line)
- No photo yetThe National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo / MOMATTokyo2 km away (straight line)
Distances are straight-line distances, not travel distances. Some locations are approximate, so treat these distances as a rough guide.
Crowds
- Busiest days
Every Sunday the main street is car-free (13:00-18:00 April-September, 13:00-17:00 October-March; cancelled in bad weather).
Checked 25 Sept 2026 on a tourism board site- Not yet confirmed
Crowd level, Best time to visit, Peak time, Busiest season
no official source yet, and not enough traveler reports.
- Latest traveler report
- None yet
Traveler crowd data by time of day appears after 5 traveler reports (0 so far).
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Verification log
- 1 Oct 2026First check · Tourism board · https://www.gotokyo.org/jp/spot/55/index.htmlRead from the GO TOKYO facility information for Akihabara Electric Town.
- 25 Sept 2026First check · Tourism board · https://www.gotokyo.org/jp/spot/55/index.htmlAccess and description read from a tourism organization's site.