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Highlights
- Explore Akihabara with a Japanese teacher and anime fan who guides you into hidden shops and extra floors packed with finds that most visitors miss.
- Begin a 4-hour private walking tour with an English- or Japanese-speaking guide who follows a preplanned route built around your anime, manga and games.
- Browse anime, manga and game shops as your guide leads you through each planned stop, with free entry into every store along your Akihabara route.
- Get hands-on help with tax-free forms, price comparisons and chatting with shop staff, plus a written list of extra Akihabara spots to explore later.
Your Experience
Explore Akihabara on a 4-hour private walking tour tailored to your favourite anime, manga and games, with an English- or Japanese-speaking guide.
Getting started
Meet your English- or Japanese-speaking guide in Akihabara and confirm your favourite anime, manga and games so the route can be finalized. Once your 4-hour private walking tour outline is set, you start exploring the district on foot at your own pace. Entry to the shops on the planned route is free, so you can follow your guide straight inside whenever a stop interests you.
What to expect
Akihabara
Akihabara is Tokyo's electronics and subculture district, filled with multi-floor anime shops, game centres and themed venues. During this private experience, your guide focuses the route around your own titles and genres, from classic series to current favourites.
Features
- A route planned around your favourite anime, manga and games shapes the entire walk, so time is spent in shops and areas that match your specific interests instead of a fixed itinerary.
- Your 4-hour private walking tour moves through hidden shops and floors that most tourists never reach, giving you access to niche merchandise, specialty collections and harder-to-find items linked to your fandoms.
- An expert English- or Japanese-speaking guide, who is also a lifelong anime fan and working Japanese teacher, explains local etiquette, store layouts and how Akihabara’s subcultures fit together while you explore.
- Entry to shops on the planned route is included, since Akihabara stores are free to enter, and your guide helps you decide which buildings and floors to prioritize within the time.
- Shopping support covers tax-free paperwork, price comparison and help talking to shop staff, so you can ask detailed questions, check versions or editions, and complete tax-free purchases with confidence.
- Practical shopping tips on tax-free procedures, price comparison and etiquette are woven into your visit, so you learn how to spot good deals and behave appropriately in different types of shops and venues.
- A written list of extra shops to explore after the tour is handed to you near the end, so you can continue visiting additional locations that match your interests once the guided time in Akihabara finishes.
Wrapping up
Your guide concludes the tour in Akihabara and reviews your written list of extra shops to explore after the tour, so you can continue browsing, visit maid cafes or game centres on your own, or head back using your own transport when you are ready.
Inclusions & Exclusions
- 4-hour private walking tour
- Entry to shops on planned route
- Expert English- or Japanese-speaking guide
- Route planned around your favourite anime, manga and games
- Shopping support, tax-free paperwork, price comparison and help talking to shop staff
- Written list of extra shops to explore after the tour
- Transport to and from the meeting point
- Food and drinks
- Entry fees for maid cafes, game centres or other paid venues
- Gratuities
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Ticket Delivery
- Your voucher will be emailed to you shortly.
- Display the voucher on your mobile phone with a valid photo ID at the starting point.
- Please check your final voucher for the starting point details & specific instructions.
Cancellation Policy
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts.
Frequently asked questions
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