Walking routes

Follow a tested order of stops so you spend time shopping, not backtracking.

Akihabara

Akihabara retro and card crawl

Start at the station, work through the big towers, end with a shrine visit at sunset.

4 hours · 1.8 km · 6 stops

Nakano Broadway

Enter through Sun Mall shopping street, go straight to 4F and work your way down.

3 hours · 0.6 km · 2 stops

Ikebukuro

Spend the morning in Sunshine City and the afternoon on Otome Road.

5 hours · 2.2 km · 4 stops

Den Den Town

Walk north along Sakaisuji, then continue to Shinsaibashi for Mandarake.

5 hours · 2.5 km · 3 stops

Where to stash your shopping bags at Akihabara, Nakano and Ikebukuro stations so you can keep hunting.

Suica, PASMO and ICOCA work on trains, in lockers and even at many gachapon and arcade machines.

Track your Pokémon card collection and plan which originals to hunt for in Japan.