2013Showa-dori · 5 min walk
- R-18 floor 6F
Nine floors of hobby books: manga, light novels, idol, tokusatsu, railway and military
Hours
| Every day | 11:00 – 20:00 |
|---|---|
| Regular closing | Closed only on 1 January |
The official page gives 11:00-20:00 on weekdays, weekends and holidays alike. Some maps still show 10:00-21:00, which is out of date; New Year hours are announced separately
From the official page · https://www.shosen.co.jp/tower/ ·Verified 2026-09-06
Floor guide
- 1F
- Talked-about new releases, travel books, maps, children's books, subculture and fortune telling
- 2F
- Bunko paperbacks, shinsho, business and language books
- 3F
- Computing, illustration technique books, science and engineering, certification study
- 4F
- Idol, pro wrestling, tokusatsu, sports, film and music
- 5F
- Railway, cars, motorbikes, aircraft and military
- 6F
- Seinen and adult (18+) comics, American comics and English-translation manga
- 7F
- Shonen and shojo comics
- 8F
- Light novels, games and Gundam
- 9F
- Event hall (signings and release events)
How to find it
A white tower directly outside exit 5 of Akihabara station on the Tokyo Metro Hibiya line, across Showa-dori. From the JR Showa-dori ticket gate, use the Hibiya-line passage to exit 5 and you arrive without crossing a road.
Tips
- Genres are split hard by floor - 8F light novels, games and Gundam, 7F shonen and shojo comics, 6F seinen/adult comics and American comics - so pick your floor first
- The 9F event hall runs author signings and release events almost constantly; entry rules are on the official event page
- Cash and Tosho Card NEXT plus credit cards, barcode payments and SmartCode are accepted, and self-checkout is in use
- Open every day except 1 January, but not before 11:00
Address
〒101-0025 東京都千代田区神田佐久間町1-11-1
Photo: Guilhem Vellut from Annecy, France · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons