[December 2023] Akihabara Store Openings: A Summary of Stores From Apple Pie Shops to Hobby Shops and Maid Cafes

December Openings

December 15: Concept Curry Shop "22 Curry

22 Curry" is a new concept curry store where customers can enjoy curry made in collaboration with characters from various contents. Curry will be developed each time in accordance with the content of the collaborators.

⇒The "22 Curry" opened today in Akihabara! You can enjoy authentic curry collaborated with anime and games!

December 10 "Tsukuyomi Maid Cafe

Taiwan's popular maid café "Tsukuyomi Maid Café (月讀女僕珈琲)" opened a new branch in Akihabara on December 10, 2023. Tsukuyomi Maid Cafe is the oldest maid cafe in Taiwan, founded in Kaohsiung in 2005. Currently, there are three stores including the main store in Kaohsiung, two stores in Taipei, and one each in Taichung and Tainan, for a total of seven stores. It is currently in the pre-opening phase and plans to fully open in January 2024.

⇒ "Tsukuyomi Maid Cafe" opened on December 10! Taiwan's No.1 maid café opens for the first time in Japan!

December 1, JR Akihabara Station Sobu Line platform "MUJI 500

MUJI, which deals in clothing, household goods, and food, opened "MUJI 500," a store featuring daily necessities and consumables priced at 500 yen or less, on the up platform 5 of Akihabara Station. The "MUJI 500" Akihabara Station platform opened on December 1, 2023 (Friday). The location is on platform 5, where the JR Sobu Line runs.

⇒"MUJI" opened in Akihabara Station!

December 1: Figure specialty store "Inou Shoten

On December 1, Akihabara's figure specialty store "Inou Shoten" revived its Chuo-dori store, which was closed in 2021. The store is located on the first floor of the building that houses the "Inou Shoten KAIDO FIGURE LABORATORY" on the third floor. It is the former site of the Akiba Special Zone. The store sells not only figures, but also various anime goods and sundries.

⇒Inou Shoten" Chuo Dori Store opens today at the former site of Akiba Special Zone.

December 1, "PIE mania", an apple pie specialty store.

The location is in the east-west free passageway connecting JR Akihabara Station's Electric Town Exit and the Central Exit area. It is the former site of "Sakimoto Akihabara", a high-end bread specialty store. The "Apple Cup" is a charming marriage of Japanese apples, a soft and chewy pie crust, and a generous amount of cream.

⇒Pie Cup" is a marriage of Japanese apple pie dough and rich cream. Apple pie specialty store "PIE mania", a new brand of long-established bakery "Kobeya