How do I get to Mandarake Complex?

The nearest station is Akihabara (JR), Electric Town exit. Mandarake Complex is in Akihabara, Tokyo.

How much does Mandarake Complex cost?

Mandarake Complex is mid-range, marked ¥¥ on the site's price scale.

Shopping

Mandarake Complex

Mandarake Complex is eight floors of second-hand manga, anime goods, retro games, figures and collectibles in a black building on the backstreets west of Chuo-dori. Each floor has its own theme, and it's the place in Akihabara to look for older and out-of-print items.

More photos of Mandarake Complex

Tall black Mandarake Complex tower with its vertical sign on a side street in Akihabara — Photo: street viewer / Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Red-lit ground floor entrance and display windows of Mandarake Complex at night, Akihabara — Photo: street viewer / Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Glowing red display windows full of collectibles at Mandarake Complex in Akihabara — Photo: street viewer / Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Nearest station Akihabara (JR), Electric Town exit

Cost ¥¥

Time needed 1-2 hours

Best time Weekday afternoons

Anime and manga Rainy day

Insider tip

It opens at noon and closes at 8pm, every day of the year. Check the floor directory at the entrance and go straight to the floor you need.

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What's on near Mandarake Complex

Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Mandarake Complex, 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

Kanda Myojin Shrine Shrine · 4 min walk Kanda Myojin is a 1,300 year old shrine that guards Tokyo's old merchant district, and the Akihabara tech crowd has adopted it, coming to have... Akihabara Radio Kaikan Shopping · 4 min walk 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... mAAch ecute Kanda Manseibashi Shopping · 4 min walk mAAch ecute Kanda Manseibashi is shops and cafes built into the red-brick arches of the old Manseibashi Station, a 1912 terminus designed by Tatsuno... Akihabara Electric Town Shopping · 5 min walk Akihabara Electric Town is the densest concentration of electronics, anime and manga in the world. Yodobashi Camera Akihabara Shopping · 5 min walk Yodobashi Camera Akihabara is nine floors of every electronic object Japan makes, from camera lenses to rice cookers to gaming chairs. 2k540 Aki-Oka Artisan Shopping · 6 min walk 2k540 Aki-Oka Artisan is a craft and design arcade built into the whitewashed arches under the Yamanote tracks between Akihabara and Okachimachi.

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.

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Good to know

How do I get to Mandarake Complex?: The nearest station is Akihabara (JR), Electric Town exit. Mandarake Complex is in Akihabara, Tokyo.
How much does Mandarake Complex cost?: Mandarake Complex is mid-range, marked ¥¥ on the site's price scale.
How long do you need at Mandarake Complex?: Plan for 1-2 hours.
When is the best time to visit Mandarake Complex?: Weekday afternoons.

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