Akihabara Radio Kaikan
Akihabara, Tokyo
- Daily
- 10:00 to 20:00
The basement restaurant floor keeps its own hours. Shops post their own closures on the building's site.
Source: akihabara-radiokaikan.co.jp, checked 5 Oct 2026.
Akihabara Radio Kaikan is the building that has anchored Akihabara since 1962, rebuilt in 2014 as ten floors of hobby shops opposite the station: new and used figures, plastic model kits, trading cards, dolls and a few of the old electronics dealers.
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Insider tip
Take the lift to the top and work down. New-release and second-hand figure shops share the building, so compare prices across floors before you buy.
What's on near Akihabara Radio Kaikan
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Akihabara Radio Kaikan, from the weekly Tokyo events calendar.
KonoSuba Exhibition: Cheerful (10th anniversary)
『この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！』展～Cheerful～
Time Timed entry slots chosen when buying Station Akihabara (JR, Electric Town exit), 2 min walk
Tenth anniversary exhibition for the KonoSuba anime, following Kazuma's party through the story with production material from each season.
Digital Games Expo 2026 (indie and doujin games fair)
デジゲー博2026
Time 11:00 to 16:00 (last year's hours) Station Akihabara (JR, Hibiya Line, TX), Electric Town exit, 2 min walk
A one-day fair in Akihabara where hundreds of independent and doujin game makers let you play their games and sell their own copies and goods.
Sanchi Matsuri 2026 (Mandarake fan event)
さん家祭り2026
Time 11:00 to 16:00 Station Akihabara (JR, Electric Town exit), 2 min walk
A one-day Mandarake fan event at AKIBA_SQUARE with admission by lottery order on the day.
OFFKAI 2027 (VRChat offline meetup and creator market)
OFFKAI2027
Station Akihabara (JR, Electric Town exit), 2 min walk
A two-day offline meetup for VRChat users run by VRChat Inc., Polygon Tailor Consulting and Skeb, with entry and exhibitor details still to be announced.
Kanda Matsuri
神田祭
Station Ochanomizu (JR Chuo-Sobu Line, Marunouchi Line), 5 min walk
One of Tokyo's three great festivals, held at full scale only in odd years, so 2027 is a main festival year. A day-long costumed procession winds through Kanda, Nihonbashi and Akihabara, and some 200 neighbourhood mikoshi converge on the shrine the next day. Kanda Myojin hasn't published the 2027 dates yet, so these are the usual mid-May dates.
江戸村のとくぞう, CC BY-SA 4.0 Smaller local events nearby
Akihabara pedestrian zone on Chuo-dori Market
Every Sunday, weather permitting. Next: Sun 25 Oct · Chuo-dori, Sotokanda 5-chome to Manseibashi
Chuo-dori is closed to cars for about 570 metres on Sundays so you can walk the middle of the Electric Town, with no selling, street performances or cycling allowed. Cancelled in bad weather.
13:00 to 17:00 (October to March), 13:00 to 18:00 (April to September) · Map · Source: Akihabara Electrical Town Organization (秋葉原電気街振興会) · 秋葉原歩行者天国
Chuo-dori rest areas trial during the pedestrian zone Market
Sun 25 Oct · Three rest spaces off Chuo-dori, Akihabara (near Laox, Akki and AOKI), Sotokanda
On nine Sundays Akihabara puts temporary benches on side roads next to the pedestrian zone, with a neighbourhood interaction event and start-up demonstrations at one of the three spots.
13:00 to 16:30 · Map · Source: Akihabara Electrical Town Organization (秋葉原電気街振興会) · 「回遊と滞留空間の分離による魅力あるまちづくり」社会実験
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Around Akihabara
Electric Town, eight floors at a time
Akihabara is the world's densest concentration of electronics, anime, manga and games, stacked in multi-storey shops around a single main street. Go in with a list and it's the best shopping in Tokyo for figures, retro games and gadgets. Go without one and it's still the most intense few blocks in the city.
Akihabara has 6 places on the Roam Tokyo map: 6 shops. Read the Akihabara guide.
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Good to know
- What is the address of Akihabara Radio Kaikan?
- 1-15-16 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (in Japanese: 東京都千代田区外神田1-15-16).
- What are the opening hours of Akihabara Radio Kaikan?
- Daily 10:00 to 20:00. The basement restaurant floor keeps its own hours. Shops post their own closures on the building's site.
- How do I get to Akihabara Radio Kaikan?
- The nearest station is Akihabara (JR), Electric Town exit. Akihabara Radio Kaikan is in Akihabara, Tokyo.
- How much does Akihabara Radio Kaikan cost?
- Akihabara Radio Kaikan is mid-range, marked ¥¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Akihabara Radio Kaikan?
- Plan for 1 hour.
- When is the best time to visit Akihabara Radio Kaikan?
- Afternoons.
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