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2012

AKIBA Cultures Zone

AKIBAカルチャーズZONE

10 stores

Floor by floor

  1. 6FTRIO DX
  2. 5Fat-home cafe AKIBA Cultures Zone
  3. 4FASTOP AKIBA Cultures ZONECulpop
  4. 3FHavikoro Toy OreyomeCard Shop Kaizokuoh / Havikoro Toy Cultures StoreHavikoro Toy Otome AkihabaraSukeruton (Skeleton)
  5. 2FLashinbang Akihabara Shinkan
  6. 1FLashinbang Akihabara Shinkan
  7. B1FAKIBA Cultures Theater

Stores

2012
AKIBA Cultures TheaterAKIBAカルチャーズ劇場Idol theaters & liveBasement theater with near-daily underground idol and voice-actor live showsAKIBA Cultures Zone B1F
2012
ASTOP AKIBA Cultures ZONEアストップ AKIBAカルチャーズZONE店Anime goodsRental showcase of collector-consigned figures, trading cards and idol goodsAKIBA Cultures Zone 4F
2012
at-home cafe AKIBA Cultures Zoneあっとほぉーむカフェ AKIBAカルチャーズZONE店Maid & concept cafésMaid cafe serving food and drinks with cheki photos and games; two rooms, L and R, on 5FAKIBA Cultures Zone 5F
2012
CulpopカルポップAnime goodsPop-up shop space hosting limited-run anime and game merchandise salesAKIBA Cultures Zone 4F
2012
Havikoro Toy Oreyomeハビコロ玩具 オレヨメ店Anime goodsCash onlyUsedBishojo anime and game merch plus female voice-actor goods, from Havikoro ToyAKIBA Cultures Zone 3F
2012
Card Shop Kaizokuoh / Havikoro Toy Cultures Storeカードショップ 買賊王/ハビコロ玩具 カルチャーズ店Trading cards & board gamesUsedTCG singles (Yu-Gi-Oh!, Pokemon and more), sleeves, playmats and a card buyback counterAKIBA Cultures Zone 3F
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Lashinbang Akihabara Shinkanらしんばん秋葉原店新館Anime goodsTax-freeUsedUsed figures, character goods, BL comics and anime CDs/BDs; buyback counter on 2FAKIBA Cultures Zone 1F–2F
2012
Havikoro Toy Otome Akihabaraハビコロ玩具 オトメ秋葉原店Anime goodsUsedWomen's (otome) character goods: badges, acrylic and rubber merch, plush; also buys goodsAKIBA Cultures Zone 3F
2012
Sukeruton (Skeleton)すけるとんFigures & hobbyUsedN and HO gauge railway models, aircraft/tank/ship scale kits and minicar trading figuresAKIBA Cultures Zone 3F
2012
TRIO DXTRIO DXIdol theaters & liveUsedUsed idol goods for Sakamichi, =LOVE/≠ME/≒JOY, AKB and more, bought and soldAKIBA Cultures Zone 6F

Building hours

Nominally 11:00–21:00, but hours vary by floor: Lashinbang on 1–2F 11:00–21:00 (buy-in counter closes 18:00); the three Havikoro Toy shops and Skeleton on 3F, Astop on 4F and TRIO DX on 6F 11:00–20:30; Culpop on 4F 11:00–20:00; @home cafe on 5F 11:00–22:00 weekdays and 10:00–22:00 weekends/holidays; the B1F theater is listed as 10:00–23:00 but follows its show schedule. No regular closing day.

Getting there

About 4 min on foot from the JR Akihabara Electric Town Exit (電気街口). Cross Chuo-dori, walk west about 100 m along the street beside Onoden, then turn right onto the street with Kotobukiya Akihabara-kan; the building is the next one past Kotobukiya on your left, with Mandarake Complex diagonally across Kanda-Myojin-dori to the north.

Address

東京都千代田区外神田1-7-6

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