Akihabara, Tokyo · Food
Where to Eat in Akihabara: 9 Places with Hours, Access and What They Serve
9 places to eat · checked October 20, 2026
9 places to eat in Akihabara and Kanda, grouped by what you eat
Hours, prices and access checked against each place's own page on October 20, 2026. They change; check before you go.
1Kanda Yabusobaかんだやぶそば
Soba · Awajicho (Kanda)
A soba restaurant founded in 1880, in Kanda. Its own site lists seasonal soba and tempura, matsutake soba (price on inquiry) and oyster soba.
Soba. Closed Wednesdays.
- Access
- About 2 minutes on foot from Awajicho Station, Exit A3 (Visit Chiyoda).
- Hours
- 11:30 to last order 20:00
- Closed on
- Every Wednesday
2Kanda Matsuya神田まつや
Soba · Sudacho (Kanda)
A soba restaurant founded in 1884. From 6 October 2026 its own site lists seasonal nameko seiro and nameko soba.
Soba. Closed Sundays and Mondays.
- Access
- About 1 minute on foot from Awajicho Station (Visit Chiyoda).
- Hours
- Tuesday to Friday 11:00–20:30 (last order 20:00); Saturdays and public holidays 11:00–19:30 (last order 19:00)
- Closed on
- Sundays and Mondays
3Isegenいせ源
Ankō (monkfish) hot pot · Sudacho (Kanda)
The only restaurant in Tokyo specialising in ankō (monkfish) dishes, in business since 1830. The ankō nabe is ¥4,500 per person on its dish menu, and set courses run from ¥9,000 to ¥22,000.
Ankō (monkfish) hot pot. Closed Mondays.
- Access
- About 2 minutes on foot from Awajicho Station (Marunouchi Line) and from Kanda Station (Ginza Line); about 5 minutes from JR Akihabara Station's Electric Town Exit; about 5 minutes from JR Kanda Station.
- Hours
- Weekdays 11:30–14:00 (last order 13:30) and 17:00–22:00 (last order 21:00); weekend hours differ and are on the shop's information page. A 10% service charge applies from 16:00
- Closed on
- Mondays; from April to October also Sundays and public holidays. Summer and New Year breaks
- Price
- Ankō nabe ¥4,500 per person; courses ¥9,000–¥22,000 (the ¥18,000 and ¥22,000 courses by reservation only, evenings only)
4Kanda Ramen Takano神田らーめん たかの
Ginger shoyu ramen · Sudacho (Kanda)
A ginger shoyu ramen shop inside mAAch ecute Kanda Manseibashi, listed on the facility's own shop page.
Ginger shoyu ramen, inside mAAch ecute.
- Access
- Inside mAAch ecute Kanda Manseibashi: 4 minutes on foot from the JR Akihabara Electric Town Exit, 2 minutes from Kanda Station (Ginza Line, Exit 6).
- Hours
- 11:00–14:30 and 17:00–23:00; Mondays lunch only
- Closed on
- The mAAch facility closed days apply; the next is 9 November 2026
5Komaki Shokudo (Kamakura Fushikian)こまきしょくどう 鎌倉不識庵
Shojin ryori (Buddhist vegetarian cuisine) · Akihabara (CHABARA)
A café-style restaurant serving shojin ryori, the Buddhist vegetarian cooking, inside CHABARA under the railway tracks. Its own site lists 20 seats, with cards, transport IC cards and PayPay accepted.
Shojin ryori, inside CHABARA.
- Access
- About 2 minutes on foot from the JR Akihabara Electric Town Exit, inside CHABARA.
- Hours
- Weekdays: lunch menu 11:00–13:30, main menu 13:30–16:00 (last order 15:30) and 17:00–20:00 (last order 19:30). Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays: 11:00–20:00 (last order 19:30)
6Yodobashi Akiba restaurant floorヨドバシAkiba 8Fレストランフロア
Restaurant floor · Akihabara Station
The 8th-floor restaurant floor of the Yodobashi Akiba building. Its restaurant page lists the tonkatsu restaurant Wako, the tsukemen shop Mita Seimenjo, the conveyor sushi Magurobito, the unagi restaurant Unataku, a gyukatsu restaurant, a soba bar, Indian curry and ramen.
Restaurant floor on 8F, connected to Akihabara Station.
- Access
- Directly connected to Akihabara Station (Tsukuba Express, JR Yamanote, Sobu and Keihin-Tohoku lines, Hibiya Line).
- Hours
- 11:00–23:00 (floor); individual restaurants are on their own pages
7mAAch ecute Kanda Manseibashiマーチエキュート神田万世橋
Restaurants and bars · Sudacho (Kanda)
A JR East Cross Station facility whose shop list includes a craft beer bar (Hitachino Brewing Lab), an observation café-restaurant (Platinum Fish), Kanda Ramen Takano and the restaurant-bar Sta.
Ramen, craft beer and a restaurant-bar in one building.
- Access
- 4 minutes on foot from the JR Akihabara Electric Town Exit and 2 minutes from Kanda Station (Ginza Line, Exit 6); 3 minutes from Awajicho (Marunouchi Line, A3) and Shin-Ochanomizu (Chiyoda Line, A3).
- Hours
- Set by each shop. Sta. 11:00–23:00 (last order 22:00); Hitachino Brewing Lab 11:00–22:00 (Sundays and holidays to 21:00); Platinum Fish 11:00–23:00 on Saturdays (last order 22:00), to 21:00 on Sundays and holidays
- Closed on
- 9 November and 31 December 2026; 1–3 January, 8 February and 8 March 2027
8CHABARA Aki-Oka MarcheCHABARA（ちゃばら）AKI-OKA MARCHE
Food market under the tracks · Akihabara Station
A food-culture market opened in 2013 under the elevated tracks between Akihabara and Okachimachi, on the site of the old Kanda wholesale vegetable market. JR East Urban Development lists a food store (Nippon Hyakkaten Syokuhinkan), Yanaka Coffee and Komaki Shokudo.
Food market under the tracks. Shop hours are on each shop's own page.
- Access
- About 1 minute on foot from the JR Akihabara Electric Town Exit.
9maidreamin (Akihabara shops)めいどりーみん 秋葉原
Maid café · Akihabara
A maid café chain that began in Akihabara and has seven shops there. It charges a seat fee per guest, shown before you sit: ¥880 for adults, ¥440 for ages 60 and over, ¥0 below elementary school age; food and drinks are extra.
Maid café. Seat fee per guest, shown before you sit.
- Access
- Seven shops in the Akihabara area, including one named for its position in front of the Electric Town Exit. Each shop's address is on its page of the shop list.
- Hours
- 11:30–23:00 at all seven Akihabara shops on 20 October 2026; the shop list shows hours day by day
- Price
- Adult seat fee ¥880 tax included; the amount varies by shop and time of day
Good to know
Eat on the station side or walk a few minutes into Kanda. The 8th-floor restaurant floor of Yodobashi Akiba is directly connected to Akihabara Station and open 11:00–23:00; CHABARA, under the tracks, is about 1 minute from the Electric Town Exit and holds Komaki Shokudo, a shojin ryori restaurant. In Kanda, Kanda Yabusoba, Kanda Matsuya and Isegen are 1 to 2 minutes from Awajicho Station, and Isegen also lists 5 minutes from JR Akihabara. The mAAch ecute building has ramen, a craft beer bar and a restaurant-bar, 4 minutes from the Electric Town Exit.
Closed days decide the Kanda choices. Kanda Yabusoba closes on Wednesdays, Kanda Matsuya on Sundays and Mondays, and Isegen on Mondays, plus Sundays and public holidays from April to October. Both soba restaurants take last orders at 20:00 on weekdays; Matsuya's Saturday last order is 19:00. The maid café maidreamin charges a seat fee per guest, ¥880 for an adult, shown before you sit.
One omission: the AKIBA_ICHI shops and restaurants in Akihabara UDX closed on 23 January 2026 for a renovation, and UDX's notice gives the reopening only as around winter 2026, so no UDX restaurant is listed. Hours change; the sources on each card are the places' own pages, checked 20 October 2026.
Station side, mAAch, or the Kanda restaurants
Walking times are the places' own, from the station they name. Hours and closed days are those on the cards above.
| Area | From the station | What you eat there | Hours and closed days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akihabara Station side | Yodobashi Akiba directly connected to the station; CHABARA about 1 min and Komaki Shokudo about 2 min from the Electric Town Exit | A floor of restaurants, shojin ryori, maid café | Yodobashi 8F 11:00–23:00 · Komaki Shokudo 11:00–20:00 (last order 19:30) · maidreamin 11:30–23:00 on 20 October |
| mAAch ecute Kanda Manseibashi | 4 min from the JR Electric Town Exit; 2 min from Kanda Station (Ginza Line, Exit 6) | Ramen, craft beer, restaurant-bar, café-restaurant | Kanda Ramen Takano 11:00–14:30 and 17:00–23:00 (Mondays lunch only) · closed 9 November 2026 |
| Awajicho: soba | Kanda Matsuya about 1 min and Kanda Yabusoba about 2 min from Awajicho Station | Soba | Yabusoba 11:30–last order 20:00, closed Wed · Matsuya Tue–Fri to 20:30 (last order 20:00), Sat and holidays to 19:30, closed Sun and Mon |
| Sudacho: ankō nabe | Isegen about 2 min from Awajicho and Kanda stations; about 5 min from JR Akihabara | Ankō hot pot and courses | 11:30–14:00 and 17:00–22:00 on weekdays · closed Mondays, plus Sundays and holidays April–October |
By kind of trip
Old Kanda restaurants
Isegen has been in business since 1830, Kanda Yabusoba since 1880 and Kanda Matsuya since 1884. All three are 1 to 2 minutes from Awajicho Station and close one or two days a week.
Eating late
The Yodobashi Akiba restaurant floor stays open to 23:00, as do Kanda Ramen Takano (Mondays lunch only) and the restaurant-bar Sta. in mAAch ecute. Isegen serves until 22:00 on weekdays (last order 21:00).
Yodobashi Akiba restaurant floor · Kanda Ramen Takano · mAAch ecute Kanda Manseibashi · Isegen
Many restaurants in one building
Yodobashi Akiba lists restaurants on one floor, 8F, and mAAch ecute has several restaurants and bars listed on one shop page. CHABARA is a market under the tracks, 1 minute from the Electric Town Exit.
Yodobashi Akiba restaurant floor · mAAch ecute Kanda Manseibashi · CHABARA Aki-Oka Marche
Shojin cuisine and a maid café
Komaki Shokudo serves shojin ryori and takes cards, transport IC cards and PayPay. maidreamin needs no reservation: the seat fee is ¥880 for an adult, ¥440 for ages 60 and over, ¥0 for children below elementary school.
Komaki Shokudo (Kamakura Fushikian) · maidreamin (Akihabara shops)
Questions
Are the restaurants in Akihabara UDX open?
No. The AKIBA_ICHI shops and restaurants in Akihabara UDX ended business on 23 January 2026 for a large renovation. UDX's notice gives the reopening as around winter 2026, with details to follow in autumn. The shops and facilities it lists as continuing include Fukushimaya on the 1st floor and the Akiba Square on the 2nd.
What is closed on which day in Akihabara and Kanda?
Kanda Yabusoba is closed on Wednesdays. Kanda Matsuya is closed on Sundays and Mondays. Isegen is closed on Mondays, and from April to October also on Sundays and public holidays. The mAAch ecute building's next closed day is 9 November 2026.
How much does a maid café cost in Akihabara?
maidreamin charges a seat fee per guest, shown before you sit: ¥880 for an adult, ¥440 for ages 60 and over, ¥660 for university and vocational students, ¥550 for junior high and high school, ¥330 for elementary school and ¥0 below that, all tax included. Food and drinks are priced on the menu. The page says amounts vary by shop and time of day, and reservations are not needed.
Where can I eat late near Akihabara Station?
The Yodobashi Akiba restaurant floor (8F) is open 11:00–23:00 and is directly connected to the station. In mAAch ecute, 4 minutes from the Electric Town Exit, Kanda Ramen Takano is open to 23:00 and Sta. to 23:00 (last order 22:00). Individual restaurants may keep their own hours.
Which restaurants are closest to Akihabara Station?
Yodobashi Akiba's restaurant floor is directly connected to the station. CHABARA is about 1 minute on foot from the JR Electric Town Exit, and Komaki Shokudo inside it lists 2 minutes. The Kanda restaurants are a few minutes further: Isegen lists 5 minutes from JR Akihabara.