Category: AKIBA NEWS

Don't just buy something, take home the excitement Laox Global Retailing Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Tsuyoshi Nishii) will open two stores, "Hokkaido SNOW & SWEEETS," which handles Hokkaido products, simultaneously in Akihabara and Ginza on Saturday, July 12, 2025. Hokkaido SNOW & SWEEETS is a specialty store that promotes the charms of Hokkaido, and offers a selection of popular products, limited edition flavors, and delicious sweets that you could previously only find while traveling. "See, smell, talk, take pictures, and taste" — we offer you a thrill that can be enjoyed with all five senses. ■ A sweet experience with Hokkaido's famous confections and desserts We have […]

Tohakusha Co., Ltd. (Head office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Ogiso Kazuki) has decided to hold an exhibition event "STEINS;GATE 15th Anniversary POPUP Exhibition ~Beyond 15 Years. An What-If World Line~" at Don Quijote Akihabara store from "Steins;Gate Day" on July 28th. [Outline of "STEINS;GATE 15th Anniversary POPUP Exhibition"] The story of "STEINS;GATE" began on July 28th, 2010. To coincide with "Steins;Gate Day," a day when the world diverges from the events that occurred in Akihabara, Don Quijote Akihabara will be exhibiting original artwork and selling merchandise from July 28th. A life-sized time machine display is also planned, which fans will not want to miss. In order to preserve the artwork, the […]

All VTubers affiliated with QUEST gather in Akihabara! VTuber production company QUEST Inc. (Headquarters: Meguro-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Ohata Ninori) will hold a real-life live event featuring its VTubers, "QUEST FESTIVAL -The First-," on Sunday, September 14, 2025. This event will be QUEST Inc.'s first real-life live event, where VTubers affiliated with QUEST Inc. will gather together. In addition to singing and talking, there will also be special benefits and events exclusive to visitors, providing a special time for VTubers and fans to connect in real life. Let's all sing, dance, talk and take pictures together. Each one will become a precious memory. The stage and the audience, the live streamers […]

Starting June 16th! Enjoy dishes made with luxurious ingredients prepared by the head chefs of each restaurant. Ore no Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chuo Ward, Tokyo; CEO: Toshio Tateishi) will be holding the "World's Three Great Ingredients Fair" from June 16th (Mon) to June 30th (Mon) at a total of 10 "Ore no French" and "Ore no French Italian" stores nationwide, where they will be offering special dishes using "truffles," "foie gras," and "caviar." Learn more Luxury ingredients such as "truffles," "foie gras," and "caviar" Needless to say, the world's three great delicacies, "truffles," "foie gras," and "caviar," are beloved by gourmets around the world. The head chefs of each restaurant […]

This is our third permanent store, following Akihabara and Kyoto! BANDAI NAMCO Pictures Inc., together with BANDAI NAMCO Experience Inc., which plans and sells facility and commercial equipment content, and BANDAI NAMCO Amusement Inc., which operates the facility, will open a permanent official store, "BN Pictures Store Koshigaya Laketown," which will collect merchandise from the animation production label "BN Pictures" within "BANDAI NAMCO Cross Store Koshigaya Laketown" from Saturday, June 14, 2025. Last May, we opened our first permanent store, "BN Pictures Store Akihabara" at Atre Akihabara, and last November, our second permanent store, "BN Pictures Store Kyoto" at AEON MALL KYOTO. We have been visited by many customers from […]

Card Lab Gamers Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Toshima-ku, Tokyo, https://www.gamers.co.jp/ , hereinafter referred to as Gamers) is pleased to announce that it will be holding a POP UP STORE in AKIHABARA Gamers Main Store for the TV anime "2.5-Dimensional Temptation" from Saturday, June 21, 2025. To the special page https://www.gamers.co.jp/contents/event_fair/detail.php?id=6336 – Event Overview – ◆ Store event Event period: Saturday, June 21, 2025 to Sunday, July 6, 2025 Location: AKIHABARA Gamers Main Store 7F (Business hours: Weekdays ▶ 11:00-21:00 Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays ▶ 10:00-21:00) ◆Online shop Event period: July 8, 2025 (Tuesday) 12:00 to July 24, 2025 (Thursday) 23:59 Location: Gamers Online Shop *After the pop-up closes, the items will […]

Tommytec Co., Ltd. (Representative Director and President: Michio Iwatsuki, Location: Shimotsuga District, Tochigi Prefecture), a member of the Takara Tomy Group, will open the new "Tomix Showroom Tokyo Akihabara" in Akihabara, Tokyo on Thursday, June 5, 2025. The Tomix Showroom Tokyo, which opened in Kanda in July 2019 and closed on Sunday, May 4, 2025, will be renovated and relocated to Akihabara, known as the "holy land of global hobbies." In order to allow not only railway model fans but also those who are experiencing railway models for the first time to experience the charm of railway models with all five senses, we will set up a diorama using Tomix's […]

"Mandarake Complex 2" Grand Opening Scheduled for Summer 2025! Store Distribution Net Co., Ltd. (Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Tatsuya Aoki), which provides comprehensive support for store-based urban development, is pleased to announce that Mandarake Complex 2, a symbol of subculture, will be moving into TRUNK Akihabara, a new commercial building managed by the TRN Group. It is scheduled to open in the summer of 2025 and is attracting attention as a new attraction in Akihabara. A new nine-story commercial building on Junk Street in the heart of Akihabara "TRUNK Akihabara" is a new nine-story steel-framed commercial building that replaced an old two-story wooden building owned by our company in […]

At the Earth Star Novel 10th Anniversary Summer Festival Special Stage to be held on Saturday, July 19, 2025, you can enjoy behind-the-scenes stories about each work, anime information, the latest promotional videos, and more. Today, we have released further information about the stage performers. We will continue to announce further information in the future. We are currently accepting applications for tickets to watch the stage at the event venue, so please apply. How to apply: Please see the application method for viewing the live stage on the Earth Star Novel 10th Anniversary Summer Festival special website Application period: Until 23:59 on Saturday, May 31st Event Overview <Date> Saturday, July […]

TAITO Corporation (Headquarters: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Katsuhiko Iwaki; hereinafter referred to as TAITO) will hold the grand opening of the third store of the craft beer and game bar “EXBAR TOKYO plus”, “EXBAR TOKYO plus AKIHABARA”, adjacent to the TAITO Station Akihabara Free Passage store, on Friday, May 2nd. Taito has previously operated “EXBAR TOKYO plus” in Shinjuku and Hakata. In addition to “craft beer” and “games,” the “AKIHABARA store” will offer a space where customers from Japan and abroad can enjoy themselves, with “EXBAR TOKYO plus” also featuring its first merchandise corner centered around game IP. “EXBAR TOKYO plus” offers a new space for “food” and “play” […]