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IkebukuroCentred on Otome Road, this area is strongest in content aimed at women. The Animate flagship store and gachapon specialist shops are clustered here, and with ordinary shops and restaurant streets alongside them it works well as a full day out. A good hunting ground for BL, voice actor and idol goods. AkihabaraThe classic otaku destination. Close to 100 anime and game shops sit packed together, covering everything from figures and trading cards to doujinshi. Huge anime and game billboards line the streets, so the whole district feels part of the world you came for. Anime cafes and maid cafes are plentiful, but as an electronics wholesale district it has fewer ordinary restaurants and izakaya. NakanoA deep, collector-focused area where a single multi-tenant building, Nakano Broadway, holds a huge concentration of second-hand anime goods. Used and reimported stock means you can turn up rare or out-of-print finds you will not see elsewhere. The surrounding shopping street is not touristy, and its many restaurants and bars make it a good place for an everyday Japanese meal.

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Yodobashi Camera Akihabara Akihabara Steins;GateSword Art Online Ryogoku Tourist Information Center Lycoris Recoil Benkei Bridge Kimi no Na wa

Sunshine-dori Ikebukuro Durarara!! Fujimi-zaka The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Parfait Terrace Milky Way Tokyo Ghoul Akihabara Electric Town Akihabara Sword Art Online Nakano Sun Mall Nakano Fate/Zero Toshima City Tokiwa-so Manga Museum Astro Boy

Photo of Belle Salle Akihabara (Sumitomo Fudosan Akihabara Building)

Belle Salle Akihabara (Sumitomo Fudosan Akihabara Building) Akihabara Steins;Gate "Otsuka 4-chome" Intersection Chihayafuru Kitchen Jiro (Kudanshita) Jashin-chan Dropkick

Cafe Mailish Akihabara Steins;Gate Chuo-dori (Akihabara) Akihabara Steins;Gate Nakacho-dori (Ueno) Akane-banashi Nakano Broadway Nakano SSSS.Gridman Ueno Onshi Park Love Live School Idol ProjectGintama Sunshine City Ikebukuro My Dress-Up DarlingDurarara!! Shinjuku Monolith 5 Centimeters per Second Royal Garden Cafe (Aoyama) Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon University of Tokyo, Hongo Campus Ouran High School Host Club

Higashi-Ikebukuro Central Park Ikebukuro My Dress-Up DarlingDurarara!! Mandarake Complex Akihabara Akihabara Steins;Gate Sendagaya Station Kimi no Na waThe Garden of Words Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden The Garden of Words Animate Akihabara Akihabara Steins;Gate Japanese Sword Museum Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu Shintoshin Pedestrian Bridge Durarara!!Kimi no Na wa Sumitomo Building 5 Centimeters per Second Sangubashi Station 5 Centimeters per Second

Naka-Ikebukuro Park Ikebukuro My Dress-Up Darling Asahi Inari Shrine (Ginza) Weathering with You Shinjuku 3-chome East Intersection Jujutsu Kaisen Kita-Shinjuku, Under the Chuo Line Tracks Darker than Black Nakai Shoyukai Arch Clock The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Suzumoto Engeijo Akane-banashi Ekoda Sengen Shrine Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso Don Quijote Akihabara Akihabara Steins;Gate Pokemon Store Tokyo Station Pokemon

Photo of Side Street in Front of Nakano Station

Side Street in Front of Nakano Station Nakano Fate/Zero JR Shibuya Station New South Exit Jujutsu Kaisen Tezuka Productions Astro Boy Sangubashi Park 5 Centimeters per Second Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building Jujutsu KaisenGhost in the ShellTerror in Resonance Ueno Station Iriya Exit Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works Ishibashi Music Ochanomizu Store Bocchi the Rock! Pokemon Center MEGA Tokyo Ikebukuro Pokemon Radio Center Akihabara Steins;Gate In Front of Tenkaippin Weathering with You MIYASHITA PARK Jujutsu Kaisen

Sunshine Street 2 Ikebukuro Durarara!! Ichigaya Police Box Golden Time Sakae-dori (Takadanobaba) After the Rain JR Akihabara Station / Akihabara UDX (Log Horizon) Akihabara Log Horizon Nakaitabashi Shopping Street Rent-A-Girlfriend Rakugo Cafe Akane-banashi Mutsumata Overpass Durarara!! Trois Bagues Vert Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc

Sunshine 60-dori (60-kai Dori) Ikebukuro Durarara!! Hotel New Otani Tokyo Kimi no Na wa Dogenzaka Koji Alley Jujutsu Kaisen Bunkyo Ward Karuta Memorial Otsuka Hall Chihayafuru Sumida Aquarium Lycoris Recoil Consumer Life Center (Iidabashi) The Devil Is a Part-Timer! JR Shinjuku Station Death Note Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall Darker than Black "Otemon" Intersection Sword Art Online Kabukicho, Near Torino-za Darker than Black Japan National Stadium Blue Lock Sugamo Jizo-dori Shopping Street Joshiraku

Photo of Nitori Ikebukuro Sunshine 60 Street Store

Nitori Ikebukuro Sunshine 60 Street Store Ikebukuro Durarara!! Sensoji Temple: Kaminarimon Gate Akane-banashiLycoris Recoil Around Shin-Okubo Station Weathering with You Shinanomachi Station Pedestrian Bridge Kimi no Na wa Harajuku Takeshita Street [Oshi No Ko] Yodobashi Camera Shinjuku West Main Store Jujutsu Kaisen Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel Jujutsu Kaisen Gusto Shinjuku Yasukuni-dori Jujutsu Kaisen Gachapon Kaikan Akihabara Love Live School Idol Project Kanda Suzuran-dori Jashin-chan Dropkick

In Front of World Kaikan Nakano Fate/Zero In Front of Yotsuya Station (Traffic Light) Kimi no Na wa "Ginza 7-chome" Intersection Sword Art Online

Photo of Alley Beside Tendon Tenya Nakano

Alley Beside Tendon Tenya Nakano Nakano Fate/Zero Central Common Government Office No.2 (National Police Agency) Death Note Bondy (Jimbocho) Jashin-chan Dropkick Ueno Park The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Saboru Jashin-chan Dropkick KFC Shinjuku West Exit Jujutsu Kaisen Ryogoku Kokugikan Gintama Bridge in Front of Takashimaya Chihayafuru Asakusa (Ouran High School Host Club) Ouran High School Host Club Former Site of Yoyogi Kaikan (Shinjuku) Weathering with You

Photo of Nakano Station North Exit Plaza

Nakano Station North Exit Plaza Nakano Fate/Zero

Mandarake Nakano Nakano SSSS.Gridman

Gamers Akihabara Main Store Akihabara Steins;Gate Igo Salon Tengen Nakano Nakano Hikaru no Go Sofmap Akihabara Main Store Akihabara Sword Art Online SHIBUYA109 [Oshi No Ko]Jujutsu Kaisen Recycle Shop Zack Koenji SSSS.Gridman Akihabara UDX Akihabara Steins;Gate[Oshi No Ko]Love Live School Idol Project

Spanish Steps (Sunshine City) Ikebukuro My Dress-Up Darling Namco Nakano Nakano The Idolmaster Hotel Grand Hill Ichigaya Golden Time Shin-Ochanomizu Station Akihabara Steins;Gate Koshu-kaido Avenue (Shinjuku Station South Exit toward Shinjuku Gyoen) The Garden of Words Chiyoda City Uchisaiwaicho Hall Akane-banashi Natural Hot Spring Hisamatsuyu Rent-A-Girlfriend The Eye of Shinjuku Bakemonogatari

Akihabara Radio Kaikan Akihabara Steins;Gate

Dia Gate Ikebukuro Ikebukuro My Dress-Up Darling

Sunshine Central Street Ikebukuro Durarara!! Shibuya Mark City (Restaurant Avenue entrance) Jujutsu Kaisen Takemura Akihabara Love Live School Idol Project Hachiko Statue Jujutsu Kaisen Asakusa / Azuma Bridge Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Animate Ikebukuro Main Store Ikebukuro Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku (Live-Action Film) Bunkyo Civic Center Observation Lounge Sword Art Online Busta Shinjuku Kimi no Na waA Place Further than the Universe Hermes 5 Centimeters per Second Shinjuku-sanchome Station The Garden of Words Shiseido Parlour: Salon de Cafe Sword Art Online Yanagimori Shrine Akihabara Steins;Gate Suga Shrine Kimi no Na wa Shopping Street in Front of Akihabara Station (Model for "Akiba") Akihabara Log Horizon Kudanshita Station (Exit 2) Golden Time National Museum of Nature and Science (Ueno) Mitsuboshi Colors Yoyogi Park Sword Art Online5 Centimeters per Second

Photo of In Front of Yoshinoya Nakano Kitaguchi

In Front of Yoshinoya Nakano Kitaguchi Nakano Fate/Zero Ginkgo Avenue Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon JR Shinjuku Station South Exit Weathering with You Cafe La Boheme Shinjuku Gyoen Kimi no Na wa Baseball Field, Tetsugakudo Park The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Otemachi Station Exit C10 Sword Art Online Koban in Front of Ueno Zoo Mitsuboshi Colors Go-no-zaka The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Nakano Sun Mall Alley Nakano Fate/Zero Behind Shinjuku Police Station Kimi no Na wa Around Ichigaya Station Darker than Black Sumida River Walk Lycoris Recoil Nikolai-do (Holy Resurrection Cathedral) Akihabara Steins;GateLove Live School Idol Project JR Takadanobaba Station Waseda Exit After the Rain Tokyo Skytree Station Lycoris Recoil Yoyogi Station Kimi no Na wa Tokyo Station: Marunouchi Exit Kimi no Na wa5 Centimeters per Second Sangubashi No. 3 Railroad Crossing (Odakyu Line) 5 Centimeters per Second Nozoki-zaka Weathering with YouBakemonogatari Chuo Bridge Lycoris Recoil Sunshine Aquarium Ikebukuro Rent-A-Girlfriend Mixed-Use Building, Nakano Station North Exit Nakano Hikaru no Go Onna-zaka Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc Pokemon Center Tokyo Pokemon Tokyo Dome Sword Art Online Ikebukuro Sunshine 60 Observatory Ikebukuro Weathering with You

Bikkuri Gado (Underpass) Ikebukuro My Dress-Up Darling Fork in the Road (Takada) The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Manseibashi Bridge Akihabara Darker than BlackSteins;GateLove Live School Idol ProjectLog Horizon Ikebukuro Engeijo Ikebukuro Akane-banashi Kuramae Bridge Lycoris Recoil Above Akihabara Akihabara Sword Art Online Kadokawa No. 3 Headquarters Building Tsuki ga Kirei Tokyo Station Marunouchi North Exit Love Live School Idol Project Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium (Haikyu!!) Haikyu!! Kagurazaka Weathering with You Ikebukuro East Exit Five-Way Intersection Ikebukuro My Dress-Up Darling Shibuya Stream Jujutsu Kaisen Rikkyo University Ikebukuro Campus Ikebukuro Tokyo Ghoul

Ikebukuro West Exit Park Ikebukuro Durarara!! Shimbashi Station West Exit Plaza (SL Plaza) Lycoris Recoil Shinjuku Police Station The Devil Is a Part-Timer! Shinjuku Suehirotei Akane-banashi Nippori Station (JR Joban Line) Charlotte Ekoda Station Rent-A-Girlfriend Tabata Station South Exit Weathering with You Mohan Dry Cleaning Nakai The Girl Who Leapt Through Time In Front of Sasazuka Station (Model for Villa Rosa Sasazuka) The Devil Is a Part-Timer! Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery (Meiji Jingu Gaien) Kimi no Na wa Otonokizaka (Kanda Myojin to Yushima) Love Live School Idol Project Around Shinjuku Station East Exit (SAO) Sword Art Online

Horin Park Akihabara Steins;Gate Tokyo Metropolitan Toyama High School Kuroko's Basketball Shinjuku Wald 9 [Oshi No Ko] Tokyo Metro Ginza Line Suehirocho Station Akihabara Steins;Gate Mitake Park Tokyo Revengers Akihabara Station Square Akihabara Steins;Gate Tokyo University of the Arts The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Shinjuku Island Tower Durarara!!Bakemonogatari Hosei University Ichigaya Campus Golden Time In Front of Shinjuku Station East Exit The Devil Is a Part-Timer! Shinjuku Mitsui Building (55HIROBA) 5 Centimeters per Second Kabukicho Ichibangai Tokyo Ghoul Shinjuku Station Southern Terrace Exit ChihayafuruKimi no Na wa5 Centimeters per Second Shinjuku L Tower Darker than Black Shinjuku 4-chome Intersection Kimi no Na wa Railway Crossing Beside Nakai Station (Seibu Shinjuku Line) The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Photo of Underground Passage, Ikebukuro Station (East Exit 35/36)

Underground Passage, Ikebukuro Station (East Exit 35/36) Ikebukuro Durarara!! Shosen Grande Jashin-chan Dropkick Takadanobaba Station Astro Boy Around Nerima Station Rent-A-Girlfriend Asakusa Engei Hall Akane-banashi Tokyo Dome City [Oshi No Ko] Nihonbashi Gintama Taki's Route to School (Around Yotsuya) Kimi no Na wa

Kanda Shrine (Kanda Myojin) Akihabara Steins;GateLove Live School Idol ProjectGintama Sudacho Intersection Akihabara Steins;Gate Sumida Park Lycoris Recoil Shinjuku Center Building Kimi no Na waJujutsu Kaisen Hijiribashi Bridge Akihabara Steins;GateBakemonogatari Phone Booth (in front of Jimbocho Hakusan-dori Office) Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc Shinjuku Station West Exit Solo Leveling5 Centimeters per Second Tokyo Station (Tokaido Shinkansen Platform 14, North Side) Chihayafuru Yushima Seido Akihabara Love Live School Idol Project Tokyo National Museum Katsugeki/Touken RanbuThe Girl Who Leapt Through Time Nerima Ward (Nobita's Town) Doraemon Imperial Palace East Gardens Sword Art OnlineLycoris Recoil Shibuya Scramble Crossing [Oshi No Ko]Jujutsu KaisenTokyo Revengers Kabukicho Weathering with YouGintama Shinjuku Fukutoshin (Sub-Center) Code Geass: Lelouch of the RebellionKaiju No. 8 In Front of Aoi Building Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc

Myojin Otoko-zaka Akihabara Love Live School Idol Project Hibiya Park Lycoris Recoil Hayashi Fumiko Memorial Hall The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Shinjuku Central Park Terror in Resonance Kanda Station 5 Centimeters per Second Sakuradai Station Rent-A-Girlfriend Tokyo Dome City Attractions Tsuki ga Kirei Shinjuku Station East Exit ToradoraJujutsu KaisenTokyo GhoulThe Garden of Words Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Ikebukuro Akane-banashi Shinjuku Central Park (Seraph of the End) Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign Shinjuku Station South Exit Sword Art OnlineKimi no Na waWeathering with YouBakemonogatari5 Centimeters per SecondThe Garden of Words Ushigome Bridge Tsuki ga Kirei Sensoji Temple The Pet Girl of SakurasouGintama In Front of the Metropolitan Government Building The Devil Is a Part-Timer!Weathering with You

Photo of Akihabara Station Electric Town Exit

Akihabara Station Electric Town Exit Akihabara Steins;Gate Shohei Bridge Akihabara Love Live School Idol Project Shibuya Station Underground (Fukutoshin Line platform, Hikarie basement, connecting passages) Jujutsu Kaisen Kishou Shrine (Koenji Hikawa Shrine) Weathering with You Tokyo Station Marunouchi Building Lycoris Recoil Shinjuku Central Park Water Plaza The Devil Is a Part-Timer! Tokyo Character Street Futari wa Pretty Cure Railway Crossing Beside Araiyakushimae Station (Seibu Shinjuku Line) The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Imperial Palace Otemon Gate Lycoris Recoil University of Tokyo (Yasuda Auditorium) Chihayafuru Yurakucho Center Building (Yurakucho Mullion) Sword Art Online

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