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Walks in Akihabara.

One editor-picked walk through Akihabara, plus nearby routes for the same morning if you want to keep going.

The electronics towers, the shrine on the hill, and the brick arches under the trains.

Nearby

Other walks close to Akihabara.

Sorted by distance from the start of akihabara: electric town and the old centre. Good for stitching together a longer day.

The world's biggest cluster of second-hand bookshops, the old coffee houses, and a Russian dome.

The bridge that is kilometre zero, the lions on the store steps, and the shops that outlived the shoguns.

The wrestlers' district by the river — the arena, the hotpot, an Edo garden, and the Sumida.

The restored 1914 station, a rooftop garden over the tracks, and the best street in the business district.