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.
Traveler reviews
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!
The 6th floor has lots of fun retro arcades, like Type of the Dead, Time Crisis I and II and many more racers, DDR and bizar ones like Final Furlong where you race on plastic horses.
On a Monday afternoon it was not busy at all.
All games are ¥100, or ¥200 for the special ones.
Even if you are not a serious gamer or an arcade fan, you can still spend a couple of hours easily here and have a lot of fun playing all the games you used to play as a kid. I pretty much sucked at every single game and lost money playing all those crane/claw games but still loved the experience. And the whole setup is just crazy!
Name one other arcade in Japan that has Scud Race, Gunblad New York, Lucky & Wild, Outrun 2006, Sky Target, and Armadillo Racing in the same room with a cup noodle vending machine in the corner. I rest my case as to why I rate it five stars.
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.
