Akihabara - Discover the Otaku Culture & Experience the Maid Cafe
Overview
Available languages
4 hours
Mobile ticket
Akihabara is not only Anime and Mangas. We have many other threads of OTAKU and Akihabara is one that caters to so many of them.
While the focus is of course the Anime and Mangas, figurines, dolls, cosplay, trading cards and the 2.5 dimensional world that this consists, we will be look deeper and explore the backstreets of Akihabara and check out the Akiba food culture, game consoles, pop culture snacks, cosplay, purikura, arcade games & more.
Should time allow, we may visit other otaku spots to help you get a bigger picture of the otaku world. We may visit one of the top three shrines of EDO Tokyo to give you a glimpse of the historical and traditional culture aspect apart of the pop culture available here in Akihabara
Wednesday may give you an opportunity to see the one and only Maid Cafe Theatre performed by actual maids cafe maids and only available from Vas Tours. Note that the traveler must reserve well beforehand as tickets are difficult to go. Let us know.
Additional Info
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
Akihabara Pop Culture Snacks
Drinks at a renowned Maid Cafe
We will be providing one non-alcoholic drink at the maid cafe. Should yo want to enjoy alcohol or want a second drink, you must pay for that yourselves.
What To Expect
Taito Station Akihabara
We will see crane machines and experience purikura machines
Super Potato
We will visit a popular spot for seeing and buying old video games and consoles
Options
Akiba tour + Maid Theatricals
A Maid Cafe maid theatricals : Wednesdays ONLY - On top of our regular tours, we will visit a special Maid Entertainment Show done by actual working maids!
Duration: 1 hour
See Kanda Myojin Shrine
See old Akihahabara zone: Sidestep and see the old Akihabara area; the parallel world, historical and cultural view apart from the Akihabara OTAKU.
Duration: 1 hour
Tip the guide for this option
AKIHABARA - Investigating the Otaku Culture & the Maid Cafe
Reviews
7 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Revealing and Comprehensive - an Akihabara Tour, not a set walk with a guide
Dai k,
Jul 10, 2025
- Viator
5.00Word was that Akihabara is a complicated and difficult to navigate. If you have the pin pointed to specific store you want to go. Then it’s easy. We wanted to deep dive and understand the history and how Akihabara came to be and see what there is to see from the viewpoint of the locals. Many of the tours listed looked very similar on what they were offering but this one seemed to be more insightful and so it was. Max our guide took us on a tour on a three dimensional as many of the hidden store are not openly listed nor even on the ground or even the second floor. Given the wide range of interests, max made sure we covered the many genres that is classified under the Japanese sub culture or otaku. Strongly recommend if you to learn Akihabara and the underlying culture on top of learning to navigate the streets of Akihabara what you might want to be able to do after your tour.
Our tour guide was...
Sherry O,
May 31, 2025
- Viator
5.00Our tour guide was incredibly knowledgeable and so accommodating to our family. He went out of his way to understand the interests of our kids and to support them during the tour. It was a great experience.
Fruitful and helpful
Lucy N,
Nov 26, 2024
- Viator
5.00I wasn’t expecting a sweet older lady for an Akihabara tour but that seems to be the case for many of the tours I applied for in Tokyo. But when it came to explaining the different kinds of “otaku” available in Akihabara I came to understand I was much more fortunate to have a more experienced lady as my guide, Naka-san. So much more than that of mangas and animae. Whether you are a pop culture fan or not, you will find a well balanced tour that the entire family will be able to enjoy. I could not have had such a nicer experience without her.
Horrible, uncomfortable and rushed
Sean M,
Nov 13, 2024
- Viator
1.00Two old ladies as guides for anime otaku fans and they didn’t know about anything related to this topic, only a small Wikipedia history of the area. I Booked specifically for the maid cafe show a month in advance and was told just as the tour started it was cancelled! We were sat in the back with these two sitting facing us blocking the view from seeing any of the maids and were translating everything our maid was saying even though she seemed to know English. Plus anywhere I walked while looking in the shops, the leader creepily followed me the whole time in silence, it was weird and I ended up leaving the tour an hour early.
Manga, Animate and Maid 101 course
FRED L,
Oct 25, 2024
- Viator
5.00The tour guide was very informative and efficient. She explained everything I needed to know about Manga and Animate and the stores we visited we would have never gone on our own. The maid cafe experience was great and thankfully we have her as an interpreter so that we can have an immersive experience. The maid show was excellent and I highly recommend it. It is however only available on Wednesday's tour .
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