Akihabara
Akihabara is a neighborhood in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan, generally considered to be the area surrounding Akihabara Station.
Akihabara is a neighborhood in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan, generally considered to be the area surrounding Akihabara Station. This area is part of the Sotokanda (外神田) and Kanda-Sakumachō districts of Chiyoda. There is an administrative district called Akihabara, located north of Akihabara Electric Town surrounding Akihabara Neribei Park.
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Where to eat
There is a large number of good eateries in Akihabara, but not much in the way of haute cuisine. Under the railway tracks around Okachimachi station (JR Yamanote line), on the East side, you will find ramen noodle bars, izakayas and the like. Yoshinoya (across the road from the north exit of Yodobashi Camera). Chain fast food restaurant selling gyudon beef bowls.
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It sells high-quality donkatsu even if there is a small amount of money.
From Wikivoyage: Akihabara, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Akihabara
- Airports
- Tokyo Haneda (HND), 17 km · Narita (NRT), 56 km · Ibaraki (IBR), 79 km
- Narita → Akihabara50 km · quickest by road, 1h 28m · ¥690–950
- Omitama → Akihabara80 km · quickest by road, 2h · ¥980–1,340
- Makinohara / Shimada → Akihabara174 km · quickest by road, 3h 17m · ¥2,290–3,120
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Akihabara
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Akihabara. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextThe street markets and museums of Ueno are directly west of Asakusa, while Sumida of Skytree and sumo fame is immediately across the river.
- Go nextAsakusa is a large Tokyo hub of the private Tobu railway, and you can be transported to a different world in two hours: Ashikaga Kinugawa — a hot-spring resort fallen on hard times Nikko — with its national parks and opulent shrines Tatebayashi Tochigi — A worthwhile day trip from Tokyo for its preserved architecture and old shops.
From Wikivoyage: Tokyo/Asakusa, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Akihabara
Akihabara is 6 km from Shinjuku, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.