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Akihabara Radio Center

秋葉原ラジオセンター

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Electronics (hobby floors)

By the Electric Town Exit · 2 min walk

Parts market under the JR viaduct: electronic components and ham radio counters on 1F-2F

Hours

Hours unverified

Floor guide

1F
Volumes, capacitors and switches (San-ei Denpa, Toho Musen), transformers and power supplies (Kasuga Musen Henatsuki, Toei Henseiki), wire and wiring parts (Yamacho Tsusho), tools (Tsukasa Musen) and amateur radio (Yamamoto Musen). The small card-game stall Kabe no Mise is on this floor too
2F
Japanese radio and audio vacuum tubes and variable capacitors (Ikenoya Radio), amateur radio and low-power transceivers (Yamamoto Musen CQ-1) and a rental showcase of consigned retro electronics (Yamamoto Musen E-BOX)

How to find it

Right in front of you as you leave the JR Akihabara Electric Town exit, the low arcade built against the Sobu line viaduct; the official site calls it 'the Radio Center right as you leave the station'. The management office is on 3F.

Tips

  • Most counters run 10:00-18:30 and many close around 30 December to 3 January; there is no single building-wide opening time.
  • It is a parts and radio market with no anime or game retail, though one small stall on 1F (Kabe no Mise) sells trading card games.
  • Do not confuse it with Tokyo Radio Department Store (Sotokanda 1-10-11) or Radio Kaikan (Sotokanda 1-15-16); all three are separate buildings.

Address

東京都千代田区外神田1-14-2 秋葉原ラジオセンター