Akihabara in Tokyo is the symbolic town for anime, game fans. Thanks to the Storm san and Christine san from United States, I could make this video that can be a good guide for the first time visitors to Akihabara.
♢Tokyo Area Guide♢
TOKYO TRAVEL GUIDE: https://youtu.be/QAhFZUjrapc
10 Must See Areas of Tokyo : https://youtu.be/tsd_92r9c2M
UENO – A Must See Area for Sight Seeing in Tokyo : https://youtu.be/fEXckBiHdjQ
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1. Super Potato
2. Animate
3. Radio Kaikan
4. Mandarake Complex
5. Blister Comics
6. Tamashii Nation
7. Radio Depart and Dempa Kaikan
8. Yodobashi-Akiba
9. Military Goods shops
10. Gachapon
11. Vending Machine
12. Chabara
13. 2k 540 Aki-Oka artisan
14. Foods in Akihabara
15. Ecute
16. Kanda Myojin Shrine and Yushima Seido Temple
17. Walking streets of Akihabara
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Saving this for next month!..thanks for the great information Kenchan!!!😄
Thanks again for the video, Day 1 starts on Feb 23, Akihabara.. Day 2, Day 3 and so on… Always included in my itinerary.
Instead of buying many of the things you want from the area just write them down and check for them online. Alot of times it's cheaper and a better option if you live overseas
Excellent quality. Kenchan keeps evolving . The detail that is given with the maps is great. Good going sir.
It also have some great hifi stores
Kenchan! Next month! Thanks like always for your help, every time I watch a video I feel more secure about what to do, on my first travel alone to Japan 😄
Thank you Kenchan for another great video. I really like Akihabara, even though I am not into Anime and Manga. I just find it a very interesting part of Tokyo to walk around and to discover at random. It is so different from home (Switzerland).
Thank you for all the wonderful information, it will come in handy when I go in a month! Greetings from costa rica
I land in tokyo in 2 weeks! Could you do a video Shinjuku Ni-chōme or other Gay districts/bars in Tokyo? Great video!
I am really enjoying your videos. Excellent quality. Thank you.
Kenchan, thank you for sharing! By the way, my travel arrangements are done for my visit in May.
I have plans to visit Tamashii Nations since it's right outside the Akihabara Station and seems to have a decent number of figurines on display and purchase. I will then take a walk to and take in what may suit my interest. Gachapon (not to go overboard) for my grandson and of course the food!
Have you considered a short video on visiting the Gracery Hotel and Godzilla? It would be interesting to provide tips on how to get to the roof to have our pics taken with Godzilla! 😂 I believe you can get access to the roof by visiting the cafe on the rooftop?
I will be in Tokyo and as I mentioned a side trip to Wakayama / Kishi Station (Tama chan) two nights and three days. I want try to ride the four different trains back and forth from Wakayama to Kishi Station. I also plan to take the train from the Wakayama Train Station (Granvia Hotel) to Kuroshio Fish Market and have lunch then a walking tour thru Wakayama and back to hotel.
Again, thanks for sharing. 🙏
Great video, congrats on the 5k. I remember it was not very long ago you were celebrating 1k. Happy for your success!
I'm so glad you showed Kyushu Jangara Ramen 🙂. It's so tasty!
Fantastic video Kenchan! Love how you keep trying new things – it’s always so Interesting to see what you come up with 👍☺️
Another great video Kenchan. I'll be staying in Akihabara for 6 nights in May, so thankyou for some ideas.
Nice tour! I really appreciate you taking the time to make a map. Like you, I’m not really into anime or video games much, so i never thought Id be interested in this area. But after your video, I’ll definitely check it out when I visit. Thanks!
Thank you, Ken-chan! Your videos are so relaxing and are a breath of fresh air when compared to other traveling Youtubers. Please keep up the great work!
“2K540 AKI-OKA ARTISAN” sounds very interesting. I had not heard of this place until now. Thanks!
HI Ken Chan,
thank you for watching. I have never dared to explore the stores in akihabara in all my previous trips to Tokyo, only along the streets. This time in March, i intend to spend a day here and will follow your recommendations in the video (except for some of the food)
There are lots of different things there but if you're already into the sort of stuff here you probably already know what you're looking for and could spend days perusing the aisles if given the chance. I also like Akiba Cultures Zone, the gray building on the map between 1 and 4… in terms of something I can actually explain how to find and is AFAIK still there.
I remember seeing some tour for German tourists or something- probably mostly 60+. They looked bored. Probably hadn't been there over 30 minutes. They clearly didn't know anything about this sort of stuff and probably had no business being taken there on their tour.
If that includes you but you still want to visit, look around a little and just pay the 1500-4000 yen or so per person and have a memorably awkward time at Maidreamin or @home cafe or something for an hour or two. Check off Akihabara and then go somewhere more to your interest.
When I went to Japan I often go to Akihabara because soooo many different lines go to this general area, and this is pretty much the hub station for this less expensive region, including Asakusa, where many of the hostels are located, so it's common to be transfer here or just stop off on the way back to Asakusa. When it comes to Akiba culture stuff it's the idols that I personally have the most interest in. But not many of the venues are actually in Akihabara anyway.
Still, if I was to design say a 5000-10000 yen day experience for Akihabara it'd probably start from Ochanomizu side, then Kanda Myoujin, something like Maid Cafe lunch, figure and shopping and arcades if there are any left…='( idol show, and then something like late night ramen or curry to wrap it up.
But again, if you already know what you like, you could spend all day, or even multiple days, sifting through trading cards or manga or whatever. I'd probably be more into the games, but compatibility issues makes it hard for many systems. I've bought about 10 games total over the years that never got a USA release or not one on a system I owned or that just plain weren't out in the USA at the time. But I don't think I bought any of these in Akihabara.
Your guests were very helpful!
Kengo-San, arigattogozaimasu for the video! I am currently traveling to Kyoto from Nagano, started in Tokyo last week and we are having such a good time! Never get tired of coming back to Japan!
I went to akihabara for the first time also and I loved it. I did go to the last store I bought a few figures 🙂
my favourite youtuber. thank you so much
I hadn't had a chance to watch this video, Im so happy I did now! Your videos are so well made! I appreciate your effort into making the video even though it was harder to make! I've seen videos about Akihabara that don't show very well what you will find in these areas, so I wasn't very interested. This video changed my mind! I would definitely like to go someday.
Another awesome video like always! 👍
We will certainly be visiting the electronics stores, thank you for another great video Ken san.