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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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Former Site of Yoyogi Kaikan (Shinjuku) Weathering with You Radio Center Akihabara Steins;Gate Behind Shinjuku Police Station Kimi no Na wa

Naka-Ikebukuro Park Ikebukuro My Dress-Up Darling Nakano Sun Mall Alley Nakano Fate/Zero Ginkgo Avenue Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Nakacho-dori (Ueno) Akane-banashi Sudacho Intersection Akihabara Steins;Gate Ishibashi Music Ochanomizu Store Bocchi the Rock! Koban in Front of Ueno Zoo Mitsuboshi Colors Ichigaya Police Box Golden Time Pokemon Center MEGA Tokyo Ikebukuro Pokemon Sugamo Jizo-dori Shopping Street Joshiraku Shibuya Scramble Crossing [Oshi No Ko]Jujutsu KaisenTokyo Revengers Cafe La Boheme Shinjuku Gyoen Kimi no Na wa Sunshine Aquarium Ikebukuro Rent-A-Girlfriend Shimbashi Station West Exit Plaza (SL Plaza) Lycoris Recoil Tokyo Character Street Futari wa Pretty Cure Don Quijote Akihabara Akihabara Steins;Gate Nihonbashi Gintama

Photo of Nakano Station North Exit Plaza

Nakano Station North Exit Plaza Nakano Fate/Zero JR Akihabara Station / Akihabara UDX (Log Horizon) Akihabara Log Horizon Harajuku Takeshita Street [Oshi No Ko] Fork in the Road (Takada) The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Ryogoku Kokugikan Gintama

Gamers Akihabara Main Store Akihabara Steins;Gate The Eye of Shinjuku Bakemonogatari Tokyo Dome City [Oshi No Ko] JR Takadanobaba Station Waseda Exit After the Rain Yodobashi Camera Akihabara Akihabara Steins;GateSword Art Online Namco Nakano Nakano The Idolmaster Nozoki-zaka Weathering with YouBakemonogatari Japanese Sword Museum Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu Tezuka Productions Astro Boy Tokyo National Museum Katsugeki/Touken RanbuThe Girl Who Leapt Through Time Sendagaya Station Kimi no Na waThe Garden of Words

Photo of In Front of Yoshinoya Nakano Kitaguchi

In Front of Yoshinoya Nakano Kitaguchi Nakano Fate/Zero "Ginza 7-chome" Intersection Sword Art Online

In Front of World Kaikan Nakano Fate/Zero Bunkyo Civic Center Observation Lounge Sword Art Online Onna-zaka Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc

Sunshine-dori Ikebukuro Durarara!!

Bikkuri Gado (Underpass) Ikebukuro My Dress-Up Darling Ueno Onshi Park Love Live School Idol ProjectGintama Natural Hot Spring Hisamatsuyu Rent-A-Girlfriend Animate Ikebukuro Main Store Ikebukuro Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku (Live-Action Film)

Photo of Belle Salle Akihabara (Sumitomo Fudosan Akihabara Building)

Belle Salle Akihabara (Sumitomo Fudosan Akihabara Building) Akihabara Steins;Gate Shinjuku Police Station The Devil Is a Part-Timer! Sangubashi Station 5 Centimeters per Second

Dia Gate Ikebukuro Ikebukuro My Dress-Up Darling Mixed-Use Building, Nakano Station North Exit Nakano Hikaru no Go National Museum of Nature and Science (Ueno) Mitsuboshi Colors Tokyo Station Marunouchi Building Lycoris Recoil KFC Shinjuku West Exit Jujutsu Kaisen Tokyo Skytree Station Lycoris Recoil Yoyogi Park Sword Art Online5 Centimeters per Second Mandarake Complex Akihabara Akihabara Steins;Gate Consumer Life Center (Iidabashi) The Devil Is a Part-Timer! Otemachi Station Exit C10 Sword Art Online In Front of Tenkaippin Weathering with You Gusto Shinjuku Yasukuni-dori Jujutsu Kaisen

Mandarake Nakano Nakano SSSS.Gridman SHIBUYA109 [Oshi No Ko]Jujutsu Kaisen Yodobashi Camera Shinjuku West Main Store Jujutsu Kaisen Shinjuku Station West Exit Solo Leveling5 Centimeters per Second Akihabara Electric Town Akihabara Sword Art Online Baseball Field, Tetsugakudo Park The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Bondy (Jimbocho) Jashin-chan Dropkick Pokemon Center Tokyo Pokemon Kitchen Jiro (Kudanshita) Jashin-chan Dropkick Around Ichigaya Station Darker than Black Hotel Grand Hill Ichigaya Golden Time Asakusa (Ouran High School Host Club) Ouran High School Host Club Fujimi-zaka The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Sunshine Central Street Ikebukuro Durarara!! Chuo Bridge Lycoris Recoil Sumida River Walk Lycoris Recoil Around Shin-Okubo Station Weathering with You JR Shinjuku Station Death Note Hachiko Statue Jujutsu Kaisen Chuo-dori (Akihabara) Akihabara Steins;Gate Nakai Shoyukai Arch Clock The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Gachapon Kaikan Akihabara Love Live School Idol Project Parfait Terrace Milky Way Tokyo Ghoul Animate Akihabara Akihabara Steins;Gate Central Common Government Office No.2 (National Police Agency) Death Note

Photo of Nitori Ikebukuro Sunshine 60 Street Store

Nitori Ikebukuro Sunshine 60 Street Store Ikebukuro Durarara!! Ueno Station Iriya Exit Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works Busta Shinjuku Kimi no Na waA Place Further than the Universe Sumida Aquarium Lycoris Recoil Nakaitabashi Shopping Street Rent-A-Girlfriend Sofmap Akihabara Main Store Akihabara Sword Art Online Nakano Sun Mall Nakano Fate/Zero Ikebukuro East Exit Five-Way Intersection Ikebukuro My Dress-Up Darling

Akihabara Radio Kaikan Akihabara Steins;Gate Shiseido Parlour: Salon de Cafe Sword Art Online Shinanomachi Station Pedestrian Bridge Kimi no Na wa JR Shibuya Station New South Exit Jujutsu Kaisen Tokyo Metropolitan Toyama High School Kuroko's Basketball Igo Salon Tengen Nakano Nakano Hikaru no Go Nikolai-do (Holy Resurrection Cathedral) Akihabara Steins;GateLove Live School Idol Project Sumitomo Building 5 Centimeters per Second Japan National Stadium Blue Lock

Photo of Alley Beside Tendon Tenya Nakano

Alley Beside Tendon Tenya Nakano Nakano Fate/Zero

Higashi-Ikebukuro Central Park Ikebukuro My Dress-Up DarlingDurarara!! Ryogoku Tourist Information Center Lycoris Recoil Sunshine City Ikebukuro My Dress-Up DarlingDurarara!! Shin-Ochanomizu Station Akihabara Steins;Gate

Spanish Steps (Sunshine City) Ikebukuro My Dress-Up Darling Benkei Bridge Kimi no Na wa

Sunshine Street 2 Ikebukuro Durarara!!

Sunshine 60-dori (60-kai Dori) Ikebukuro Durarara!! Pokemon Store Tokyo Station Pokemon In Front of Yotsuya Station (Traffic Light) Kimi no Na wa

Cafe Mailish Akihabara Steins;Gate Akihabara Station Square Akihabara Steins;Gate Yoyogi Station Kimi no Na wa Shinjuku-sanchome Station The Garden of Words Kita-Shinjuku, Under the Chuo Line Tracks Darker than Black Hermes 5 Centimeters per Second MIYASHITA PARK Jujutsu Kaisen Shinjuku 4-chome Intersection Kimi no Na wa Rakugo Cafe Akane-banashi Recycle Shop Zack Koenji SSSS.Gridman Go-no-zaka The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Saboru Jashin-chan Dropkick

Manseibashi Bridge Akihabara Darker than BlackSteins;GateLove Live School Idol ProjectLog Horizon Sangubashi No. 3 Railroad Crossing (Odakyu Line) 5 Centimeters per Second Sakae-dori (Takadanobaba) After the Rain Kanda Station 5 Centimeters per Second Royal Garden Cafe (Aoyama) Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Mutsumata Overpass Durarara!! Nakano Broadway Nakano SSSS.Gridman Ikebukuro Engeijo Ikebukuro Akane-banashi

Horin Park Akihabara Steins;Gate Shibuya Stream Jujutsu Kaisen Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel Jujutsu Kaisen Kudanshita Station (Exit 2) Golden Time "Otemon" Intersection Sword Art Online Bunkyo Ward Karuta Memorial Otsuka Hall Chihayafuru "Otsuka 4-chome" Intersection Chihayafuru Sangubashi Park 5 Centimeters per Second Hotel New Otani Tokyo Kimi no Na wa Ueno Park The Girl Who Leapt Through Time JR Shinjuku Station South Exit Weathering with You Shinjuku Station Southern Terrace Exit ChihayafuruKimi no Na wa5 Centimeters per Second

Photo of Side Street in Front of Nakano Station

Side Street in Front of Nakano Station Nakano Fate/Zero Trois Bagues Vert Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall Darker than Black Chiyoda City Uchisaiwaicho Hall Akane-banashi Kishou Shrine (Koenji Hikawa Shrine) Weathering with You Around Nerima Station Rent-A-Girlfriend Hosei University Ichigaya Campus Golden Time Imperial Palace Otemon Gate Lycoris Recoil In Front of Shinjuku Station East Exit The Devil Is a Part-Timer! Ushigome Bridge Tsuki ga Kirei Shibuya Mark City (Restaurant Avenue entrance) Jujutsu Kaisen Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Ikebukuro Akane-banashi Shintoshin Pedestrian Bridge Durarara!!Kimi no Na wa Railway Crossing Beside Araiyakushimae Station (Seibu Shinjuku Line) The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden The Garden of Words Mohan Dry Cleaning Nakai The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Hibiya Park Lycoris Recoil Shinjuku Central Park Water Plaza The Devil Is a Part-Timer! Otonokizaka (Kanda Myojin to Yushima) Love Live School Idol Project Suzumoto Engeijo Akane-banashi University of Tokyo (Yasuda Auditorium) Chihayafuru Toshima City Tokiwa-so Manga Museum Astro Boy Takemura Akihabara Love Live School Idol Project Takadanobaba Station Astro Boy Shosen Grande Jashin-chan Dropkick

Myojin Otoko-zaka Akihabara Love Live School Idol Project Phone Booth (in front of Jimbocho Hakusan-dori Office) Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc Hijiribashi Bridge Akihabara Steins;GateBakemonogatari Asakusa / Azuma Bridge Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Nerima Ward (Nobita's Town) Doraemon Shinjuku Island Tower Durarara!!Bakemonogatari Dogenzaka Koji Alley Jujutsu Kaisen Taki's Route to School (Around Yotsuya) Kimi no Na wa Sumida Park Lycoris Recoil Yushima Seido Akihabara Love Live School Idol Project Railway Crossing Beside Nakai Station (Seibu Shinjuku Line) The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Shinjuku L Tower Darker than Black Kabukicho Ichibangai Tokyo Ghoul Shinjuku Center Building Kimi no Na waJujutsu Kaisen Asahi Inari Shrine (Ginza) Weathering with You Shinjuku Central Park Terror in Resonance Shinjuku Monolith 5 Centimeters per Second Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium (Haikyu!!) Haikyu!! Shibuya Station Underground (Fukutoshin Line platform, Hikarie basement, connecting passages) Jujutsu Kaisen Asakusa Engei Hall Akane-banashi Shinjuku Suehirotei Akane-banashi Shinjuku Station South Exit Sword Art OnlineKimi no Na waWeathering with YouBakemonogatari5 Centimeters per SecondThe Garden of Words In Front of the Metropolitan Government Building The Devil Is a Part-Timer!Weathering with You Sakuradai Station Rent-A-Girlfriend Kagurazaka Weathering with You Kuramae Bridge Lycoris Recoil Tokyo Station (Tokaido Shinkansen Platform 14, North Side) Chihayafuru Shinjuku 3-chome East Intersection Jujutsu Kaisen Shinjuku Mitsui Building (55HIROBA) 5 Centimeters per Second Imperial Palace East Gardens Sword Art OnlineLycoris Recoil Yurakucho Center Building (Yurakucho Mullion) Sword Art Online Ikebukuro Sunshine 60 Observatory Ikebukuro Weathering with You

Kanda Shrine (Kanda Myojin) Akihabara Steins;GateLove Live School Idol ProjectGintama Sensoji Temple: Kaminarimon Gate Akane-banashiLycoris Recoil Above Akihabara Akihabara Sword Art Online In Front of Sasazuka Station (Model for Villa Rosa Sasazuka) The Devil Is a Part-Timer! Kabukicho, Near Torino-za Darker than Black Shinjuku Wald 9 [Oshi No Ko]

Ikebukuro West Exit Park Ikebukuro Durarara!! Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery (Meiji Jingu Gaien) Kimi no Na wa Rikkyo University Ikebukuro Campus Ikebukuro Tokyo Ghoul

Photo of Akihabara Station Electric Town Exit

Akihabara Station Electric Town Exit Akihabara Steins;Gate Tokyo Metro Ginza Line Suehirocho Station Akihabara Steins;Gate Kabukicho Weathering with YouGintama Shohei Bridge Akihabara Love Live School Idol Project Tokyo Dome City Attractions Tsuki ga Kirei University of Tokyo, Hongo Campus Ouran High School Host Club Kadokawa No. 3 Headquarters Building Tsuki ga Kirei Koshu-kaido Avenue (Shinjuku Station South Exit toward Shinjuku Gyoen) The Garden of Words Shinjuku Fukutoshin (Sub-Center) Code Geass: Lelouch of the RebellionKaiju No. 8 Suga Shrine Kimi no Na wa Mitake Park Tokyo Revengers Kanda Suzuran-dori Jashin-chan Dropkick Ekoda Sengen Shrine Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso Shinjuku Central Park (Seraph of the End) Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign Around Shinjuku Station East Exit (SAO) Sword Art Online Nippori Station (JR Joban Line) Charlotte In Front of Aoi Building Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc Ekoda Station Rent-A-Girlfriend Tokyo Station: Marunouchi Exit Kimi no Na wa5 Centimeters per Second Bridge in Front of Takashimaya Chihayafuru Tabata Station South Exit Weathering with You Shinjuku Station East Exit ToradoraJujutsu KaisenTokyo GhoulThe Garden of Words Shopping Street in Front of Akihabara Station (Model for "Akiba") Akihabara Log Horizon Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building Jujutsu KaisenGhost in the ShellTerror in Resonance Akihabara UDX Akihabara Steins;Gate[Oshi No Ko]Love Live School Idol Project

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

Underground Passage, Ikebukuro Station (East Exit 35/36) Ikebukuro Durarara!! Tokyo University of the Arts The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Sensoji Temple The Pet Girl of SakurasouGintama Yanagimori Shrine Akihabara Steins;Gate Tokyo Station Marunouchi North Exit Love Live School Idol Project Tokyo Dome Sword Art Online Hayashi Fumiko Memorial Hall The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

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