Summary of Akihabara store openings and closings from January to August 2024! A look back at the Akihabara neighborhood that continues to change under the influence of inbound travel
Every year, numerous stores open and close in Akihabara. In the first half of 2024, hobby stores such as "Amiami Akihabara Figure Tower Store" and "Trader Main Store" are newly opening on an expanded scale, while the "Neko no Manyou Building," a symbol of Akihabara, closed and was demolished in April The building was demolished.
August 2024
[Opening] "Meat and Stir-Fried Vegetables Steak Lodge Akihabara Electric Town Exit Store" on August 29.
On August 29, "Meat and Stir-Fried Vegetables Steak Lodge Akihabara Electric Town Exit Store" will open at the former site of "Tachikoku Yakiniku Jiromaru Akihabara Store," which closed on July 15, 2024.
Opening of "Kanekoya Denkigai-guchi Store" on August 26th.
The Electric Town Exit branch of Kanekoya, a popular bar featuring motsuyaki, is scheduled to open in August on the first floor of the UDX Building. Kanekoya, a popular bar in Sakuma-cho that specializes in motsuyaki, will open a branch on the first floor of the UDX building in the Denkigai Exit.
Closing] "Retro Game Friends" on August 26th.
Friends has been in business since the 1990s and was loved by many Akiba residents as a long-established used game store in Akihabara.
⇒Retro Game Friends", a long-established used game store, will close today, August 26!
Opening of American chicken burger restaurant "Hungry Joe's" on August 8!
In the United States, the home of the hamburger, "Hungry Joe's" is a popular brand that has opened more than 60 stores in the U.S. in the two years since it opened in 2021. The signature menu item is a bold fried chicken patty and addictive hot and spicy sauce. At the time of the interview, the store was listed as opening in July.
[Closing] August 3: "Shop Chirorucoco," a store specializing in Chiroruco chocolates.
Ltd. closed Shop Chirorucoco, which opened in March 2018 as a Chirorucoco specialty store, on Saturday, August 3, 2024.
⇒"Shop Chirorucoco" will close on August 3!
[Opening] August "Musubi Jaya," an onigiri (rice ball) shop.
The shop is located near PC SHOP ARC, where a cosplay store "Mitsubado" used to be located after an apparel store called "Sephirotic Tree" used to operate. Incidentally, "Mitsubado" is now operating next door on a smaller scale.
⇒[Opening] "Musubi-chaya" newly opened near PC SHOP ARC!
July 2024
APA Hotel Akihabara Suehirocho Ekimae will open on July 11.
The first floor of APA Hotel Akihabara Suehirocho Ekimae, which has been under construction along Akihabara Chuo Dori, opened on Thursday, July 11, 2024. The first floor of the hotel opened at 5:00 p.m. on the same day.
⇒APA Hotel Akihabara Suehirocho Ekimae" opened along Akihabara Chuo Dori.
Closed] "Tachikyoku Yakiniku Jiromaru Akihabara" opened on July 15.
The "Tachikiryoku Yakiniku Jiromaru Akihabara" will close on July 15, 2012.
Tachikyoku Yakiniku Jiromaru Akihabara" is a yakiniku restaurant where customers can enjoy high-end meat in a standing style at a reasonable price. It was one of the most popular yakiniku restaurants in Akiba, with a long line of customers waiting in line every day at lunchtime. On August 29, "Meat and Stir-Fried Vegetables Steak Lodge Akihabara Electric Town Exit Store" is scheduled to open in the same tenant.
⇒ "Tachikyoku Yakiniku Jiromaru Akihabara" closed on July 15!
June 2024
Newly opened] "Gormen Akihabara" will open on June 16. Akihabara Branch" on June 16.
Ramen restaurant "GORUMEN. Akihabara branch" reopened at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, June 18, after renovation work that began in April. Golmen (Golden Ramen)" is a new ramen restaurant in Akihabara. (Golden Ramen" is a ramen restaurant with branches in Yokohama and other cities in Japan. The restaurant offers "Golden Tsukemen," which uses thick, original noodles with a super thick dipping sauce made from natural ingredients such as pork bone broth, meat, vegetables, and seafood, "Gorumen," "Shoyu Tonkotsu Ramen," "Miso Tonkotsu Ramen," and other ramen dishes.
⇒[Newly opened] Ramen restaurant "Gormen. Akihabara branch" reopened on June 16 (Sun.)!
Opening] "Ramen Montana" on June 10.
Ramen Montana Akihabara Branch, the second branch of the "Ramen Montana" family-style ramen restaurant in Kagurazaka, opened on June 10. Ramen Montana" is an Iekei Ramen restaurant that has gained popularity in Kagurazaka, and has now opened its second branch in Akihabara.
June 27th: Standing noodle store "Kinu Soba" (Kinu Soba)
Kinu Soba (Kinu Soba), located near the former site of Chiyoda Ward Nerisei Junior High School (now Chiyoda Art Square), closed its doors at 2:30 p.m. on June 27. Kinusoba was originally opened as "Western-style curry restaurant Nankai" and operated for 12 years. After that, it was open for 41 years as "Tachigui Soba Kinusoba," but now, after 53 years of history, it has closed its doors.
⇒Kinusoba" closed on June 27 after 53 years in business.
Closing] "Machi Chara Trekkakan" will move to a new location on June 23rd to merge with "Lottery Specialty Store Mach Akihabara Hobby Center".
Machi-Chara Trekkakan, a TCG specialty store located along Kanda Myojin Dori in Akihabara, relocated on June 23 (Sun.), 2024. Machi-Chara originally opened at the same tenant in November 2021. Initially, it handled figures, plastic models, TCGs, and other general hobby items, but in November 2022, it was relaunched as a Trekkakan specializing in TCGs. The Hobby Pavilion, which handles figures, plastic models, etc., is now located along Chuo-dori Avenue as "Machi-Chara Hobby Pavilion.
[Closed] Tobacco shop/smoking space "Korobokkuru" on June 14.
On June 14, "Korobokkuru," a tobacco shop/smoking space located along Akihabara's main street, Chuo-dori, will close its doors. The 22-year history of the shop came to an end.
May 2024.
Opening] "Kottori Ramen Kitaro" on May 29th.
A new ramen restaurant "Kottori Ramen Kitaro" opened in Akihabara. The store is located at the former site of a tenant that used to house "Kagemusha No. 2". Characterized by a sign that looks like "Gegege" from all angles, "Kitaro" sells a rich, fatty ramen. In addition to "Ramen" with a lot of back fat floating on the top, "Parko Ramen" seems to be the signature dish.
May 23, "Trader's Main Store"
Trader Honten", which had been operating on Chuo Dori, completed its relocation and reopened in a new building on May 23, 2024 (Thu) at 11:00 a.m. The new building was built on the site of the former "Trader No. 3" and has eight floors, from the first basement to the seventh floor, and the new building takes over the products sold at the former "Trader Main Store. The former "Trader's Main Store" building is scheduled to be demolished in June.
Closing] "Beck's Coffee Shop" on May 6.
May 6 "Uzushio" (closed)
Akihabara is a town where various stores open and close daily. On May 6 (Mon.), the cafe "Bec's Coffee Shop" and sushi restaurant "Uzushio" in front of the Electric Town exit of JR Akihabara Station, which is the entrance to Akihabara, were closed.
[Closed] "TOKYO FOOD BAR" on May 6.
The food and beverage zone "TOKYO FOOD BAR" is now open for business due to the construction of the Ecute Akihabara eco-commercial facility, which is scheduled to open in spring 2025. The facility was closed on May 6, 2024.
April 2024
Opening of "Sutan Hobby Akihabara" on April 29th.
SOUTAN HOBBY Akihabara" opened on April 29 next to the Mr. Donut Akihabara store (3-13-9 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo). Sutan Hobby is a retail and wholesale store that handles a wide variety of domestic and foreign hobby products, mainly figures and plastic models. The store has a contract to represent foreign character and hobby brands in Japan, so foreign hobbyists should definitely check it out.
⇒SOUTHERN HOBBY AKIHABARA opens today, April 29, 2024, next to Mister Donut.
Opening] "Amiami Akihabara Figure Tower Store" on April 26th.
Amiami Akihabara Figure Tower Store is a figure store that occupies an entire building. It will be one of the largest figure stores in Akihabara, with the entire building from the first to eighth floors dedicated to figure stores.
⇒Pre-opening report of "Amiami Akihabara Figure Tower Store
Opening] "TOKYO HOBBY CENTER" on April 6
TOKYO HOBBY CENTER" is now open on the first floor of the Hakuto Shobo head office building (5-1-15 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo). Until recently, "Hakuto Shobo Co., Ltd." was written on the front glass door of the first floor, but it is now the "TOKYO HOBBY CENTER" store.
Opening] "SENGOKU DENSHO New No.2 Store" on April 12, 2024
On April 12, 2024 (Friday), "Sengoku Densho" new No.2 store opened on the former site of "Nishikawa Denshi". Speaking of Nishikawa Denshi, the company announced its closure in December 2023. The company then announced that Sengoku Densho would take over the screw sales business from Nishikawa Denshi, and announced that the start of the screw business would be around April. On April 12 (Fri.), Sengoku Densho opened its second new store. The location is the former tenant of Nishikawa Denshi.
⇒Sengoku Densho's new No. 2 store opened on the former site of Nishikawa Denshi!
March 2024
March 31, Daikoku Drug Akihabara West Exit Store
On March 31, 2024, Daikoku Drug Akihabara West Exit Store opened for business in a building facing Chuo-dori Avenue, a one-minute walk from the Electric Town Exit of Akihabara Station. The building where the Daikoku Drug Akihabara West Exit Store is located is the former site of the former Volks Akihabara Hobby Paradise 1, which had been vacant for a long time.
Opening of "Nekoniku no Manyou Akiba Place Store" on March 25th.
The new "Nekoniku no Manyou" store "Nekoniku no Manyou Akiba Place Store" has been in operation since March 25, 2024 (Friday). The new store will be located in the building along Chuo-dori where Excelsior Cafe Akihabara Chuo-dori is located.
GOOD STEAK AKIHABARA STORE" will open on March 1.
GOOD Steak Akihabara will open on Friday, March 1, 2024. The restaurant opened in just two days on the site of the former "Steak Max Akihabara," which closed on Wednesday, February 28, 2024. The restaurant was described as "renewal" when we checked the restaurant information on reservation sites, so it is in fact a renewal restaurant with a new name and price setting of "Steak Max Akihabara".
Opening of "JIN", a restaurant specializing in hot and spicy Chinese-style dishes on March 1, 2012.
On Friday, March 1, "JIN", a restaurant specializing in hot-and-sour marathon dishes, will open in a back alley near Suehirocho. Originally located in Sakura City, Chiba Prefecture, JIN has now relocated to Akihabara, Tokyo.
Closure of "Nekoniku no Manyou" Main Store Building on March 31st.
On March 31 (Sun), 2024, the landmark "Niku no Manyou" main restaurant building in Akihabara will close its doors, bringing an end to its 33-year history.
Nekoniku no Manyou" is a long-established restaurant that has been in business since 1949. In addition to operating a meat specialty restaurant in Akihabara, the company also operated 29 Western-style restaurants and ramen stores in the Kanto region and elsewhere.
The main store building of "Nekoniku no Manyou", which is a symbol of Akiba, is a 10-story building, and each floor used to house various forms of "Nekoniku no Manyou" stores, but all of them are now closed.
February 2024
Opening] February 16th: Steak and Rice Restaurant Center Beef Akihabara
Japan's first restaurant specializing in steak and rice, "Steak Rice Restaurant Center Beef," which has been paving the way mainly in the Kanto region, opened a branch in Akihabara. It is Japan's first restaurant specializing in steak and rice using only selected rare NaturalBeef female beef, which is free from any growth promotants and hormones.
⇒Center Beef" opened in Akihabara on February 16, 2012!
Yakiniku Gyuubei Kotobuki An Akihabara Yodobashi Akiba branch will open on February 6.
Kotobukian" sources delicious wagyu beef from all over Japan, regardless of the brand. It is located on the 8th floor restaurant floor of Akihabara Yodobashi Akiba. Other gourmet restaurants include "Marusho Ramen" and "Densetsu no Sutadon-ya," which we introduced earlier.
⇒Yakiniku Gyuubei Kotobuki An Akihabara Yodobashi Akiba branch will open on February 6!
Opening] "MoriMori Store Akihabara Ekimae" on February 17!
MoriMori Purchase, a smartphone, game, and home electronics purchasing company, will hold a grand opening of its smartphone and tablet reuse store, MoriMori Store Akihabara Ekimae Store, on February 17, 2024. Mainly sells and purchases smartphones and tablets.
⇒[Opening] Smartphone reuse store "MoriMori Store Akihabara Ekimae Store" opens on Saturday, February 17!
Opening] PC KOBO Akihabara Honten & PC KOBO Akihabara Parts Kan on February 23rd.
PC KOBO reorganized its stores in Akihabara area, relocating and integrating PCs and various used products to "PC KOBO Akihabara Honten", and newly opened PC parts related products as "PC KOBO Akihabara Parts Kan".
⇒PC KOBO has been transformed! PCs and used products are now in Akihabara Honten, and PC parts related products are now in Akihabara Parts Kan! Opening sale starts on February 23.
Closing] The end of January, the Grand Chief
The "Great Chief," a popular "all-you-can-eat" restaurant in Akihabara, will close at the end of January, 2024. There is no particular announcement about the closure, and only a poster put up on New Year's Day remains, a rather sad state of affairs. Another famous restaurant that filled the stomachs of Akiba residents has closed its doors.
Steak MAX Akihabara closed on February 27.
Steak MAX Akihabara", a chain of steak restaurants offering fried chicken as a side dish, closed its doors on February 27, 2024.
⇒The restaurant, which specializes in beefy steaks, closed on February 27, 2024!
[Closing] Koheiyou Akihabara Store will close on February 29, 2024.
Chinese hot pot specialty restaurant "Kohi Yang Akihabara Store," which had been operating on the 6th floor of Akiba Trim since March 9, 2019, closed on February 29.
⇒[Closed] Chinese hotpot specialty restaurant "Xiao Hi Yang Akihabara Branch" on the 6th floor of Akiba Trim closed on February 29th!
January 2024
January 31st Meat and Chinese Soba Noodle Lian Shishi *Scheduled to close on September 18, 2024.
This is a new ramen restaurant produced by Efried, the owner of "Noodle Atelier Arizou Muzou," "Menya Takezo," "Menya Ichibi," and others. The "Meat Soba" is a light but rich "Kokusari" type Chinese noodle made from chicken and pork, topped with "Yakiniku" (grilled meat) in a special homemade sauce! The "nikusawa" (meatballs) topped with "yakiniku" (barbecued meat) in a special sauce is a perfect match with rice.
⇒The "Meat Pork" is a perfect accompaniment to rice! The "Meat and Chuka Soba Renjishi" ramen shop opened in Akihabara!
⇒Meat! Meat! And sticky noodles! A carbohydrate combo of immorality! Renjishi" - Meatball Chinese Soba Noodle "Renjishi" - 950 yen
Hobby store "Akiba Senryu No. 2" will open on January 19!
Akiba Senryu No. 2," which deals in a variety of hobbies such as figures and TCGs, is located along Chuo-dori Avenue, about a five-minute walk from Suehirocho. It is the former site of Sanko No. 2, which closed at the end of last year.
Opening】An anime store "Fandom Akiba" on January 19th.
Anime store "Fandom Akiba" opened on January 19, 2024. The location is the former site of "Tsukumo DOS/V PC Kan" which was closed in May 2020.
[Closing] Kebab shop "Kebab Station Akihabara" to close on January 30, 2024.
Kebab Station Akihabara Store, located on the first floor of Don Quijote Akihabara Store along Chuo Dori, closed on Tuesday, January 30, 2024. In addition to kebabs, the restaurant offered a wide variety of dishes such as hatg, fried chicken, and chai to fill the small stomachs of Akiba residents.
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