A walk around NAKANO BROADWAY ✨ Tokyo 2024
Nakano Broadway is a shopping mall in Tokyo with shops selling all sorts of memorabilia, collectibles, anime merchandise, figures and otaku goods.
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See what it’s like in our walk around, including the Sun Mall, food options in the basement, shops in Nakano Broadway and a look around the alleyways nearby. There are lots of restaurants and great places to eat, including a standing sushi bar, one of my favourite Japanese bakeries, a place to get cheap sushi bento boxes and the famous giant rainbow ice cream cone! No matter what games, anime, manga or movies you’re into, you can go hunting for merch in the shops in Nakano Broadway. Prices are slightly lower than Akihabara, and there are lots of secondhand stores, so there’s a chance you’ll find sold out or limited edition items, plus retro collectibles.
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00:00 Intro & how to get there
00:40 Sun Mall
02:44 Nakano Broadway
03:18 Food in the basement
05:07 Nakano Broadway tour
13:10 Alleyways outside
14:11 Cakes from Cozy Corner
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22 Comments
Can’t wait to visit it one day 😊❤
I love "treasure hunting" in Nakano Broadway!
There is definitely something for Everyone there.
Nankano Broadway there in Japan 🇯🇵 looks beautiful here! Thanks for sharing, Amy & I'll put this on my to-do list when I visit soon!! ❤
really like the place. Akiba is great but its alot of walking to visit all the places. you can easily lose time Nakano and still see all the shops and get a feel for them. hoping to visit again and also Iikebukuro mega anime store next visit. that arcade really is a TARDIS. it looks like a tiny one with 2-3 entrances but it runs the length of the complex and plenty of games there. feels like you are entering a secret arcade when there. funny enough here in pointe-claire montreal there is a small strip mall 1 level near highway 20 that feels so very much like Nakano broadway. not many pop culture places in it but the vibes are nakano. one of the weirdest bars??? i found was Error 404 in Saga prefecture near Ogi station. no online presence or website. seems more scare than spiders bar.
Loved it, if you’re in Tokyo and visit Akihabara then you should also visit Nakano 💯
Thanks Amy!
That place looks amazing 🤩
Loved this area even if I did go on the day lots were closed. Did you see the insect snack vending machine? Lots of interesting options 😂
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Outstanding Video you've made! Of all the YouTube videos about Nakano Broadway, yours is the best because not only you have showed the several collectible stores inside but you also showed the outside. I have always wanted to know the different stores around Nakano Broadway from restaurants to merchandise stores. With your video I now know where to go eat good food and desserts! Thanks!
We always stay in Nakano. I just love the neighborhood overall! Great video! Also, love the Kera magazine shout out. I so wish it would come back!!
Loved Nakano Broadway when I went to Japan for the first time last year.
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March 2025 can’t wait to return to Japan!
I never really considered Nakano but it looks like such a lovely vibe, especially in the side streets at the end of the video and that cake looked delicious! You might not know and it might not be your area of expertise so apologies for asking if so, but since it looks kind of an old-japan area and I saw a few clothes shops around there, I’m hoping to buy either jinbei pajamas or samue for house clothes, but been struggling to find suggestions online aside from Asakusa which I’d prefer not to visit again (of all the places we went in Tokyo it seemed, at least to me, the most overwhelming touristy area). Any thoughts?
I can't wait to visit this place 😍. Thanks Amy 🫶
The first time I ever saw a video of Nakano Broadway I had the strongest sense of deja vu. Maybe it reminded me of the smaller, older malls that were around when I was younger? Anyway I think the fact that it's a bit dark and shabby gives it its charm. It's high on my list to visit when I finally make it to Japan!
What a timing, we're headed over to that area today. Thank you!
I love Nakano Broadway so much!! It was one of our first stops on my trip this past May. We went there mainly for Mandarake but finding the Haruya book store was so amazing!! Those little vintage goods shops and miscellaneous anime shops were also super fun to browse. Since most of it's indoors it's a great rainy day place. One of the floors has some really interesting gallery-style shops as well, so it's a good idea to walk around every corner and really investigate the entire building when possible! I can't wait to go back!
The alley on the East side of Sun Mall are packed full of amazing restaurants. Last time we were in Japan, we stayed in a Nakano airbnb because we like the neighborhood and food so much. The food inside of Nakano Broadway is great for grocery shopping, but the food outside in the alley is much better. Also, there are coin lockers in the East alley that do not fill up, unlike the station lockers that fill up quickly. Great for storing luggage and things you buy.
8:29 Yes, you can spend so long looking at all the gachapon in that shop. I know because I have. Twice.
You didn't even mention the small store in the corner that sells Anime Cells.
The WATCH SHOPS! I couldn't believe how many were there.
I didn't really like Nakano Broadway but I'm beginning to think we went on a day when everything was closed.