Akihabara
秋葉原
A shopping street where browsing is the point, not just buying.
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Photos
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- Untitled — Jmho · CC0 · source · resized
- Untitled — Eavesdropper6735 · CC BY 4.0 · source · resized
- Untitled — Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France · CC BY 2.0 · source · resized
- Untitled — Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France · CC BY 2.0 · source · resized
- Untitled — Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France · CC BY 2.0 · source · resized
- Untitled — Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan · CC BY 2.0 · source · resized
- Untitled — Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan · CC BY 2.0 · source · resized
- Untitled — Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan · CC BY 2.0 · source · resized
- Untitled — Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan · CC BY 2.0 · source · resized
- Untitled — Dick Thomas Johnson from Tokyo, Japan · CC BY 2.0 · source · resized
What this place is
Akihabara (Japanese: 秋葉原) is a neighborhood in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan, generally considered to be the area surrounding Akihabara Station (nicknamed Akihabara Electric Town). This area is part of the Sotokanda (外神田) and Kanda-Sakumachō districts of Chiyoda. There is an administrative district called Akihabara (part of Taitō ward), located north of Akihabara Electric Town surrounding Akihabara Neribei Park. The name Akihabara is a shortening of Akibagahara (秋葉ヶ原), which comes from Akiba (秋葉), named after a fire-controlling deity of a firefighting shrine built after the area was destroyed by a fire in 1869. Akihabara gained the nickname Akihabara Electric Town (秋葉原電気街, Akihabara Denki Gai) shortly after World War II for being a major shopping center for household electronic goods and the post-war black market.
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What to expect at this type of place: Shopping
Nearby station
Nearby station: Akihabara, about 50 m from the spot in a straight line.
Worked out on 2026-09-14 from this place’s map position, using HeartRails Express station data and station names from Wikidata. The distance is a straight line, not a walking route, and says nothing about buses, transfers or timetables — plan the trip on Google Maps.
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