Category: AKIBA NEWS

NoB is a vocalist of former “Make-up”, and also is known as the original anime theme song of Knights of the Zodiac (Saint Seiya) “Pegasus Fantasy”, released 2nd Album “No Regrets” on July 4, 2018. Starting off with the tours in Brazil, the album has worldwide finish unique to NoB who has experienced in event in various countries around the world. From Hard rock/Metal fans to Anime fans can enjoy this album. Album release live show will be on August! There is no way to miss this precious opportunity to listen to Pegasus Fantasy as well as new songs. NoB Official Website https://www.nobuo-yamada.net/     CD information 『No Regrets』 Released […]

“Portable audio festival 2018 SUMMER TOKYO AKIHABARA” in which earphones and headphones all over the world meet together Bersalle Akihabara 7/14, 15   As a global corporate magabond company, Thermos Corporation, which proposes a comfortable and environmentally friendly lifestyle for people and society, is aiming to provide a lifestyle that is friendly to the people and society during the period from Saturday, July 14th to Sunday 15th (Sunday) We will exhibit at Portable Audio Festival 2018 SUMMER TOKYO AKIHABARA (common name: Potafesu). This exhibition is one of the world’s largest events in which brands related to portable audio such as earphones and headphones all over the world gather together and […]

“Akihabara Tourism Ambassador Kamen Joshi AKIBA REPORT” is Akihabara Tourism Ambassador, Kamenjoshi members report Akihabara’s attractive shops, events and more! We visited “Nagomi style.cafe” today!     What is Nagomi style cafe?   Tsubaki Nagomi style café is Akihabara’s Internet/comic café that has a concept of healing, relaxing, and comforting. Inside of the café is like the ryokan in Kyoto and you can forget the hustle and bustle of the city for a while.   Shihori Yukino As soon as you get into the cafe, there is Karesansui(枯山水). *Karesansui(枯山水) : The dry landscape gardens constructed only with rock and sand. Although no actual water is present, the sand and stones […]

Star cat & popular writer large congregation · July 27 – August 26 at Tokyo Asakusabashi BACON (Bekon) Co., Ltd., a festival of summer festivals "Festival holiday exhibition" joint photo & merchandise exhibition gathering popular cat creator who mobilized more than 450,000 people, Friday, July 27, 2018, ~ Sunday, August 26 at TODAYS GALLERY STUDIO (Tokyo · Asakusabashi). "Cat holiday exhibition" also entered the third anniversary. This summer festival will be the new main exhibition and will be held at the largest past exhibitors and the largest scale! URL: http://tgs.jp.net/event/neko-break ■ In addition to the popular pop-up new work, a collaborative cat is covered with dogs ♪ Total SNS followers […]

  With the purpose of introducing shops/services that can represent Akihabara to tourists from home and abroad, WE, Akihabara Area Tourism Organization has started a certified shops/services system by awarding AKIBA RECOMMEND MARK.   We always hear the following voices from the visitors to Akihabara. “Where to go” “How to have fun in Akihabara” “No idea of what shops are reliable and safe”   Facing these problems, we are dedicated to creating and generalizing a new standard for best selection of destination in Akihabara so as to offer tourists new discoveries during their journey. Shops/services that meet the requirements above will be awarded AKIBA RECOMMEND MARK.     Firstly, a certified shop/service will be shown […]

  7 duty-free stores in Akihabara are going to hold a sales event from Mar. 29 to Apr. 1. During the event period, one who purchase more than 5,000 yen in any participating duty-free store will have an opportunity to take part in a lucky draw for winning souvenirs made in Japan, Akihabara’s original goods and other gifts. The participating duty-free stores are as follows, AKKY GROUP (3 stores), ONODEN, Sofmap AKIBA, LAOX Akihabara Main Store and EISAN DUTY FREE AKIHABARA. Please take advantage of the good opportunity to enjoy your shopping in Akihabara’s duty-free stores!   【premiums by lottery】 ・Fox Mask Fox masks are often used for Japan’s traditional […]

With the cooperation of various shops and tourist spots, we have updated the homepage of our tourist information website AKIHABARA JAPAN. We would be very glad if visitors to our website could get some hints of how to enjoy the trip in Akihabara from our contents.   Today, we would like to introduce some “untraditional” tourist spots in Akihabara that cooperated for the shooting.   ■Meat Soup Noodle SUSUMU Meat Soup Noodle SUSUMU, a noodle restaurant born in Akihabara, is famous for its huge amount of meat topping! The restaurant may leave you deep impression due to its huge amount of pork (the maximum could be 800g). Although a bowl […]

Best Place for Enjoying Your Night Life in Akihabara Nagomi style.cafe AKIBA 【Hours】 Hours around the clock   ALCHEMIST 【Hours】 19:00～5:00   Maid Cafe Pinafore Petit Branch 【Hours】 【Weekdays】12:00～29:00 【Weekends】12:00～29:00   Maid Cafe Pinafore Labyrint Branch 【Hours】 12:00～5:00   Laffine 【Hours】 Lunch: 11:30～15:00 Dinner: 17:00～5:00   DOMA-DOMA Akihabara Branch 【Hours】 Mon.-Sun. Holidays & the previous day of holidays: 16:00～5:00 （Food L.O. 4:00 Drink L.O. 4:30） Entrance after 22:00/24:00 is OK. Hours until the first train in the morning coming. Hours on Sunday.   Don Quijote Akihabara Branch 【Hours】 09:00-05:00 (2F-4F) 10:00-05:00 (5F) *Business hours of specialized shops might be different.   KAMADOKA Akihabara Branch 【Hours】 16:00～5:00 Entrance after 22:00/24:00 is […]

公演チケットサイト「Confetti（カンフェティ）」を運営するロングランプランニング株式会社は、外国人観光客向けのチケット販売ブース「Tickets Today」を、秋葉原UDX２階「アキバ・インフォ」内に2018年1月19日（金）に開設しました。   Tickets Today秋葉原店がオープンしたインフォメーションセンター「アキバ・インフォ」では、秋葉原や東京都の地図、周辺イベント情報を発信し、現在では英語対応が可能な専属スタッフが、最新の情報を訪日外国人に案内しています。   「Tickets Today」では、歌舞伎や能といった伝統芸能をはじめ、 クラシックコンサートやダンスなど言語による制約が少ない公演、 近年アジアにも市場拡大している「2.5次元」ミュージカルのチケットなどを取り扱っています。   ・アキバ・インフォについて   店舗名称 アキバ・インフォ ※英文名　AKIBA_INFO. 所在地 〒101-0021 東京都千代田区外神田4-14-1（秋葉原UDX 2階） 対応言語 日本語、英語 定休日 月曜、年末年始数日 （月曜が祝祭日の場合、翌営業日休み） 営業時間 11：00～17：30 （併設のショップ「TOKYO ATOM」は11:00～19:00） 公式サイト 日本語 http://ticketstoday.jp/ja/booths/akihabara.html English http://ticketstoday.jp/en/ 简体字 http://ticketstoday.jp/zh-cn/ 繁體字 http://ticketstoday.jp/zh-tw/ 한국어 http://ticketstoday.jp/ko/

Reservation of luggage storage sharing service “ecbo cloak” (https://cloak.ecbo.io/) at “Softmap AKIBA #5 shop, a second-hand digital wing and a purchase center” has became available from Friday September 29, 2017. SERVICE DESCRIPTIONS “Softmap AKIBA #5 shop, a second-hand digital wing and a purchase center,” operated by Sofmap Co., Ltd., has joined ecbo cloak. This enabled the luggage storage service. Operation Hours: 11:00-19:00 Capacity: Bag size 100 pieces / Suitcase size 100 pieces Fees: bag size 300 yen / day, suitcase size 600 yen / day (tax included) Access: 1 minute on foot from JR Akihabara station Ecbo cloak plans: – Bag Size: Luggage less than 45 cm at the largest […]