What other travelers are saying about GiGO Akihabara
What a wonderful blast to the past 🫶🏻 Each floor is dedicated to a specific genre of arcade games, and the space was sprawling with loads of machines. I had so much fun here even by myself! You can play multiple rounds of a rhythm game for just 100 yen — No wonder the arcade hobbyists can spend hours here. I also tried a driving simulator which surprisingly had 4D rocking effects. This arcade is the perfect place to end your night if you’re in the Ueno/Akihabara area.
GiGO Akihabara offers a variety of games including classic arcade machines, claw cranes, rhythm games, and the latest video game titles across multiple floors.
GiGO Akihabara is situated in the heart of Akihabara, a major shopping area for electronics and otaku culture in Tokyo. It is easily accessible from the JR Akihabara Station.
There is no entry fee to visit GiGO Akihabara. Visitors pay per game or activity they wish to enjoy within the arcade.
We came in today specifically for a new prize release, but it turned into one of the most frustrating experiences we’ve ever had. We are very experienced with arcades, but this machine was clearly set to "impossible." We watched as person after person tried to win this prize with zero luck, and even with our experience, we couldn't get it to move even a single centimeter.
Because we really wanted the item, we ended up spending over 20,000 yen on that one machine. When we finally reached out for help, the interaction was incredibly strange and uncomfortable.
We approached a male staff member (a larger man with glasses)2 times, the first time he opened the machine and did a small move to look like as if he helped us , the second time instead of assisting us, he completely froze! He stood there with his eyes closed, mumbling to himself for 3 minutes while we waited in total confusion. Even after we used a translator to explain the situation, he still did the same , moved the prize a millimeter to look like he helped.
It wasn't until he went to verify with another staff member that we had actually spent that much money that he finally changed his mind. Only then did he come over and place the prize in a winning position.
By that point, the excitement was completely gone. We left the store feeling drained, insulted, and almost in tears. It shouldn’t take a "trance-like" standoff and a massive financial loss to be treated with basic decency. Avoid this place at all cost because they clearly don't care about their customers.
Probably the best arcade in Akihabara. 6th floor has many classics like Outrun, House of the Dead 1-4 (and Typing of the Dead!), A wildly immersive police shooter, and many tabletop classics. There is also a seating area to rest and enjoy vending machine drinks. The other floors are what you expect from akihabara arcades: claws, rhythm, and racing.
Amazing and worth the visit. The retro 90s floor was in my opinion the best. They even have places to sit and eat with vending machines. They have change machines on every floor but we couldn’t find a place to use standard foreign credit cards to get cash, so you can bring your own. We did spend the time on how to figure out the game card, games were 200yen
6 floors of arcade machines covering anything you could ask for!
Floor 6 is where the real action is - wall to wall 90s arcade machines from House of the Dead to Daytina, Outrun to Star Wars, Space Invaders to Street Fighter.
ESSENTIAL!
