Akihabara Anime Guide

Akihabara is a town in Tokyo. They used to call Akihabara "Electric Town", because there are a lot of electrical appliance stores. However, this town changed to "Computer Town", and now it seems to chage to "Anime Town".

Shops Guide

This is a guide to some anime goods shops in Akihabara.

Gamers

A famous anime specialty store. Many TV commercial are aired, and its mascot, Di Gi Charat, has many fans(^^)

Animate

An anime store of long standing, and there are many shops in whole the country. They also sell anime goods by mail, and I confirmed they took on export. However, they don't have English page, so you have to understand Japanese perfectly (^_^;

Liberty

Liberty treats used LDs and DVDs. I think they generally sell at a low price, but you've got to be on your guard. Sometimes prices are different between Liberty shops (^_^; Liberty4 and Liberty5 are the biggest and the most convenient. ([Liberty1] / [Liberty2] / [Liberty3] / [Liberty4] / [Liberty5] / [Liberty6] / [Liberty7])

Yamagiwa

They treat not only anime goods, but software, hardware, and electrical products comprehensively. However, they have 4 anime related shops in Akihabara.

Ishimaru Denki

There are many shops in Akihabara. Soft One treats LD and CD, and they have a lot of stock always.

Chara

It's a quite small shop, but sometimes has rare items. [map] (Bauhaus BLD. 4F)

Train Access Info

I think train is the best way to go to Akihabara. There are many lines which stop at Akihabara. If you want to know how to go from Narita Airport or Haneda Airport, please see Akihabara Access Guide

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