How do I get to Akihabara Radio Kaikan?

The nearest station is Akihabara (JR), Electric Town exit. Akihabara Radio Kaikan is in Akihabara, Tokyo.

How much does Akihabara Radio Kaikan cost?

Akihabara Radio Kaikan is mid-range, marked ¥¥ on the site's price scale.

Shopping

Akihabara Radio Kaikan

Akihabara Radio Kaikan is the building that has anchored Akihabara since 1962, rebuilt in 2014 as ten floors of hobby shops opposite the station: new and used figures, plastic model kits, trading cards, dolls and a few of the old electronics dealers.

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Akihabara Radio Kaikan tower glowing with screens and signs at night on Chuo-dori — Photo: inunami / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

Nearest station Akihabara (JR), Electric Town exit

Cost ¥¥

Time needed 1 hour

Best time Afternoons

Anime and manga Rainy day

Insider tip

Take the lift to the top and work down. New-release and second-hand figure shops share the building, so compare prices across floors before you buy.

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What's on near Akihabara Radio Kaikan

Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Akihabara Radio Kaikan, from the weekly Tokyo events calendar.

Festival Free

Kanda Matsuri

神田祭

8 to 16 May (dates to be confirmed) Kanda Myojin Shrine and surrounding districts, Kanda

Station Ochanomizu (JR Chuo-Sobu Line, Marunouchi Line), 5 min walk

One of Tokyo's three great festivals, held at full scale only in odd years, so 2027 is a main festival year. The shrine's grand rite falls on May 15; around it, a day-long costumed procession winds through Kanda, Nihonbashi, and Akihabara on a Saturday, and some 200 neighbourhood mikoshi converge on the shrine the following day. The exact weekend is announced by the shrine in spring.

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A mikoshi arriving in the crowded courtyard of Kanda Myojin during Kanda Matsuri

江戸村のとくぞう, CC BY-SA 4.0

Exhibition On now Free

Art Arcade Tokyo

26 Sept to 30 Nov Hibiya Okuroji, Edo Noren, 2k540 Aki-Oka Artisan, Ginza

Autumn public art event across three commercial venues blending contemporary art with commercial spaces. Installations transform shopping districts into outdoor galleries celebrating urban creativity.

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Nearby

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Around Akihabara

Electric Town, eight floors at a time

Akihabara is the world's densest concentration of electronics, anime, manga and games, stacked in multi-storey shops around a single main street. Go in with a list and it's the best shopping in Tokyo for figures, retro games and gadgets. Go without one and it's still the most intense few blocks in the city.

Akihabara has 6 places on the Roam Tokyo map: 6 shops. Read the Akihabara guide.

2k540 Aki-Oka Artisan Shopping · 8 min walk

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Good to know

How do I get to Akihabara Radio Kaikan?: The nearest station is Akihabara (JR), Electric Town exit. Akihabara Radio Kaikan is in Akihabara, Tokyo.
How much does Akihabara Radio Kaikan cost?: Akihabara Radio Kaikan is mid-range, marked ¥¥ on the site's price scale.
How long do you need at Akihabara Radio Kaikan?: Plan for 1 hour.
When is the best time to visit Akihabara Radio Kaikan?: Afternoons.

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Median US$186 a night across 34 listings within 0.6 km for a two-night stay a month out, sampled 29 September 2026. Cheapest quarter under US$148. See the weekly index for every neighbourhood.