What will we see during the tour?

You visit anime and manga bookstores, cosplay shops, figure and hobby stores, and souvenir shops, including Animate Akihabara and Surugaya, plus purikura booths, gacha machines, and game centers.

Can the guide help me find specific items?

Yes. Let your guide know what you are looking for, from rare manga to cosplay outfits or collectibles, and they will take you to the right shops.

What are purikura booths?

Purikura are Japanese photo booths where you take pictures and decorate them with digital stickers and effects, then print them as small photo stickers.

What are gacha machines?

Gacha are capsule toy machines. You insert coins, turn the handle, and get a random collectible, often featuring anime, manga, or game characters.

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Two young women smile and laugh while using capsule toy vending machines on a city street. One woman points at a machine, and the other holds a capsule. People and stores are visible in the background.

Busy street in Akihabara, Tokyo, lined with colorful buildings covered in large advertisements, anime posters, and signs, with a few pedestrians crossing the street and green trees along the sidewalk.

A smiling man with glasses stands behind a crowded counter in a small shop filled with various goods, boxes, and colorful items stacked on shelves and hanging from the ceiling.

Storefront of Animate, a Japanese anime and manga shop, featuring colorful posters, shelves of merchandise, and people walking by. Large signboards display anime characters and promotional events.

A busy street in a Japanese city at night, filled with people walking and colorful neon signs and advertisements on tall buildings, creating a vibrant urban atmosphere.

Tokyo

Akihabara Anime Guided Walking Tour

English

4 hours

Explore Akihabara, Tokyo's center of anime, manga, and gaming, with a local guide who knows every corner. Browse Animate and Surugaya, hunt for figures and cosplay, and try purikura photo booths and gacha machines along the way.

English-speaking guide

What's not included

Food and drinks
Transportation fees
Personal purchases

Meet your guide at 13:00 at JR Akihabara Station's Electric Town Exit.
Wait just outside the ticket gates, near the Ticket Service Center.
The tour ends at 17:00 at Akihabara Station or a spot of your choice nearby.
Tell your guide about any specific shops or items you want to find.
This tour is not wheelchair accessible.
Public transportation is available near the meeting point.
Booking confirmation is sent around 48 hours after you book.

Meet directly at this location to join the tour

JR Akihabara Station Electric Town Exit (near Ticket Service Center), 1-15-4 Sotokanda, Chiyoda City, Tokyo

Cancel more than 360 hours before the start time for a full refund.
From 360 hours before the start time until 120 hours before the start time, cancellation costs 20%.
From 120 hours before the start time until 48 hours before the start time, cancellation costs 50%.
Cancellations within 48 hours of the start time are non-refundable.