Yodobashi Camera Multi Media Akiba

Des étages et des étages et des étages de produits de consommation.
Ici, on est au paradis du shopping, et, pour certains articles, des bonnes affaires.
Selon ce que vous achetez, vous pouvez faire jusqu’à 30% d’économies sur les articles que vous trouverez en France. L’homme s’est fait plaisir avec une manette de PS4, qui, pour info, sont 35% moins chères qu’en France. Les bracelets électroniques aussi sont intéressants.
Mesdames sachez aussi que si vous en avez marre de voir votre moitié baver devant tous les rayons d’électronique, dites lui de vous rejoindre au cinquième étage, là où vous attendrez patiemment au rayon des fauteuils massants en libre service (et ô combien merveilleux après 3 semaines de marche).
Wifi gratuit !

Yodobashi Camera is a must go if you’re in Akihabara. There are multiple Yodobashis in Tokyo, they are all about the same so there is not reason to make a trip to Akihabara just for Yodobashi. The one here is huge and you’ll find all of the electronics you want plus more.
My favorite is the 6^th floor which is often overlooked. It is the toy store, but it’s a great place to get those cute little Japanese character gifts. There is also a good number of toy capsule machines. Don’t overlook this floor!

This has everything together but may not be the cheapest place for certain items. If you need something like an iphone 3g accessory for some reason, you can come here. I saw Chinese nationals buying zojurishi items and hair dryers for the tax-​free option. I love exploring here though. Don’t forget to buy your items on each floor you found them!

While their selection is pretty epic, they did not have the micro SD card I wanted. Granted I wanted a 128GB and it had to be a very specific make and model. But the cards they do have are terribly expensive, like 200−300% more than on Amazon. This seemed to be the trend through the whole store. Which was really sad as I went there looking for a gimble for my GoPro camera. There is a really nice on one Amazon for about $ 330, the only one they had in the entire store was almost $ 900. All in all it’s very enamoring to go here, but if you seriously want to buy something stick with Amazon.

Call me spoiled by electronics stores elsewhere in Asia, but this place is over-​rated to me. Electronics here are nowhere near as cheap as places like Hong Kong, and nothing much stood out to me in terms of actual products. That, plus the onslaught of ads, sounds, and shoppers made this a meh experience for the most part.
I did enjoy the 6^th floor toy area, and I very much enjoyed the quiet, 7^th floor. After a hard day of tourist sights hopping, I really needed that cup of mango-​orange juice at Story Café, accompanied by the free wifi.
Apparently, there is an entire building next door that is better, but I never made it there. Next time.

So much stuff to buy. Goodness. Multiple floors categorized by the different items they sell. They offer free wifi that’s fast. Best part about this mall/​store. Clean and spacious (as can be by Japanese standards) bathrooms and helpful employees who speak some English.

I don’t even know where to begin with Yodobashi Camera. It’s a huge 10 floor building mainly selling electronics, but also so much more.
My friend and I accidentally discovered this giant building while adventuring around Akihabara late at night. With my first step in, I was completely overwhelmed by the amount of goodness within and the sheer size of the place. The first floor contained laptops and computers from every brand and kind imaginable. It’s as if every computer manufacturer had their own «Apple store» within the first floor!
Having more time to explore on a later occasion, we found this place to be a complete playground of goodies on the upper floors. There’s a huge section for cameras, for luggage, for books, for video games, for toys, for computer parts, for air conditioning things, for rice cookers, for lazy automatic instant miso soup dispensers, for stationary… SO MUCH!!!
While the first 9 floors consist of all these goodies, the 10^th floor is jam packed with restaurants. There’s quite a variety of restaurants there from sushi to unagi, okonomiyaki, and shabu shabu.

This place is huge, and originally was not somewhere I would have gone out of my way for.
Some really cool items such as samurai star war figurines. The prices though I would have thought would be cheaper especially for the Japanese branded electronics.
It really is heaven if you are into all that animé and pokemon rubbish with one floor devoted to that stuff.
I think there were close to 10 floors here so have fun browsing.

This place is literally 8 floors of electronics heaven right around the corner from the Akihabara station. You can literally find anything and everything here related to electronics and for those who are only looking for souvenirs of the gaming, animé, toy, and figurine kind, head straight for the 6^th floor. Great selection and cheap (er) prices than what else you can find around Akihabara and Shinjuku. The only thing is the stock goes FAST here so if you see something you like, buy it on the spot because if you try to come back and find it, you won’t. Speaking from personal experience here. Though you can always try asking the staff if there is more inventory in the back, sometimes they do. Also, there are restaurants on the top floor.

If you’re in the Akihabara area, Yodobashi is one place you must go to. This is seriously the most awesome store ever! It’s a 7 or 8 story building of pretty much everything. The core of the store is electronics and it’s kind of like a Frys Electronics (except that all the merchandise aren’t open return items). The first couple levels are cell phones, accessories, computer components, cameras, etc. As you go up higher there’s the movie, music and games area and then a floor dedicated to Japanese collectibles, models, figures and other toys. The top floors seemed to be clothing.
I spent a good 2 hours to get through the entire store. Prices are about average and you can find somewhat better deals at the smaller shops in Akihabara but the selection is way beyond everyone else’s. The staff was helpful and I was able to purchase everything I wanted without an issues, despite not speaking Japanese.

Now, they are not kidding about this place being a multi media spot. It is floor after floor after floor and then another floor of electronics.
It’s a giant building so hard to miss and right across the street from Akihabara so really hard to miss. And it’s got toys and DVDs and games and gaming systems and everything else you could possibly want.
As a boy who loves his toys, I loved this place and loved wandering through it. It is not to be missed for sure.

This is probably the best electronics and cool stuff store I’ve ever been to and my number one stop whenever I hit up Akihabara. Seriously, it has everything and more than you knew about before all in one huge building just across from Akihabara station. I really don’t need to say anymore, just go there.

I feel like anything you need can be found here at Yodobashi. Everything from electronics to dry goods to travel material… you can find it here. It’s almost overwhelming at how many things are here and all the products you have you really don’t know where to start. Thank goodness things are organized by floor and section. The only difficulty I had is if I had to look for something specific… it was difficult to find it or communicate to the staff on what i needed. My Japanese is elementary so what really helped was drawing pictures or Googling things with my phone to show the staff what I was talking about.
If you’re visiting Tokyo, this store is a def. must stop. Sure you’re gonna hit Tokyu Hand, the Loft and Uniqlo but you def should come here for anything specific, especially electronics, or even if you don’t have anything specific, I’m sure you’ll hit this place and leave with something. It’s that good.

WOW. What do I even compare this to? An eight story Toys R Us meets Fry’s on crack?!! Electronics mall with a massive toy department, awesome collection of Japanese DVD’s, video games, gaming systems, bicycles, they’ve got it all! If only their DVD’s worked on our systems in the states. I’d go broke in this store alone.

— Bonjour, je viens d’éclater la coque de mon iPhone u_​u
— Va a Akiba, tu trouveras ton bonheur
Mais allo, 6 rangs de coques et pochettes pour iPhone 6, je né savais pas laquelle choisir, il y en a à tous les prix: de 1500¥ à 7000¥ (pour celles en cuir et de marques)
J’ai opté pour la version 3000¥, ça fait déjà mal de mettre plus de 20 € dans une protection mais bon.
Concernant le reste du magasin: il faut imaginer un supermarché de chez nous (genre casino, ou Intermarché) et vous en empilez 7. Voilà.
Les rez-​de-​chaussée est consacré aux Pc /​téléphone /​accessoires
Puis viennent les jeux, les mangas, les clims, fauteuils masseurs ou l’électroménagers.
C’est un monde à part cet endroit. Un temple de la consommation où le caissier vous dit merci :
1– quand vous posez votre objet sur la caisse
2– lorsqu’il vous dit le prix
3 — lorsque vous lui donnez l’argent
4 — lorsqu’il vous rend des billets
5 — lorsqu’il vous rend les pièces
6 — lorsqu’il vous tends votre sac
7 — lorsque vous lui dites au revoir.
Un service de qualité !

8 stories of everything from iPads to cameras to appliances to movies to books along with a café on the 7^th floor in the Akihabara district. It can seem very overwhelming when you first step in but you can literally find everything here. It’s also conveniently located near the subway and literally a 3 minute walk from the Sega arcade. Definitely stop by if you are in the area! Prices are actually extremely reasonable as well.

This amazing store that you MUST stop by. It has everything that you may need to look for when it comes to electronic products, home, or office. I’m always in awe when I shop there. Fun to watch customers and salespersons.

This is definitely a one stop shop for everyone at akihabara. It contains multi level and each level has a theme: mobile phone, computer, home appliances, cd/​DVD media. I don’t really know if they are more expensive or cheaper than the shops at electric street, but at least you have the convenience of shopping. There is a café at 5^th floor if you want a lunch or tea break.
At this moment if you use a visa card, there is 5% off, and tourists get tax return too. Pretty nifty. I didn’t end up buying anything here because the price is pretty much the same as the stores in USA even. The discount definitely helps but my luggage is pretty full already haha.

This is a one stop shop for just about anything you may want. As a bonus, if you are from outside of Japan, you can use your passport and not pay sales tax. Prices here are not exactly great and most things here seem to be priced at MSRP, but depending on the value of the Yen at the time, you may get some value shopping here.
Other things of note:
— Bathrooms are located at inconsistent areas in the store (for example, no bathroom on the 2^nd floor and in different spots on other floors).
— You’ll need to buy items on the floor you found them on.
— If you are not a local, they offer wifi access to visitors at a number of wifi hotspots around Japan. Just ask someone at a customer information booth, which is located somewhere in this 6 story building.
— The massage chairs on the 5^th floor are worth visiting and spending lots of time testing. ;-)
— There are not very many Japan market specific items here. Most of the items available are likely on
for a better price.
— The sheer size of the place is what makes it so impressive, so even if you don’t plan to be a mindless consumer and buying things just for the sake of conspicuous consumption, it is at least worth visiting just to see all that the store has to offer.

Ended up here because we were in the area partying with Tokyo Unilocalers nearby Kitanomaru Park. We heard about the huge electronics store but didn’t know it was 2 stations away. Took the short walk from Iwamotocho station. Let’s go!
Yodobashi-​Akiba is the name. Everything electronics and more is the game. Walking in here is a bit overwhelming. Nothing like it in the US. Really crowded (it was a Saturday) and so much to see. Who knew you could have a whole floor just for phones and accessories? Not me. We weren’t on a mission for a particular item. Just window shopping. Things that caught my eye– the latest and greatest TVs, seeing new sets of my favorite toy as a kid– Lego, a Splash performance in Tower Records and food options on the 8^th floor. Only downside is the lines at the cashiers. One looked about 40 – 50. But hey. If the product or food is great, it’s worth the wait. Enjoy your shopping!
Side note: had some good Chinese Food on the 8^th Floor. Great eating options.

I can think of few places that are more quintessentially Japanese than Yodobashi Camera. This is the «megastore» location, known as Yodobashi-​Akiba, located in the heart of Electric Town, Akihabara. Akihabara has enough on its own to warrant a day of shopping and gawking but Yodobashi is a must-​stop. Many people would probably not venture to visit, because it is really a store that no tourist would ever need. This is an electronics/​toy/​homegoods/​beauty supply/​appliance/​video game store, that also has a food court, a spa, a dental clinic, batting cages, and *indoor driving range*. If you need some AC and escape from the streets, come here and people watch as Tokyo residents try to find the best countertop bread machine to buy.
There are somewhere around 10 floors in this giant store, and there is clear signage in English and Japanese about what is on each floor. The escalators are well located so you can just keep going up to your floor; don’t bother trying to use an elevator unless you have to because there are only 2. The best floors for gawking are definitely between 2F–6 °F, especially the home appliance floor, the video game and toy model floor, and the infant toy floor. There are so many small appliances you just will not find in the U.S., and it’s really fascinating to look at the kitchen items and itty bitty washing machines.
On our last trip we loaded up on 2 large Gundam sets that go for much much more in the U.S. We also bought some baby items for some friends, the highlight being a squid teething toy– try finding THAT at Target. Like many Japanese stores, *you must purchase any item on the floor it is from*, you cannot purchase everything at the end of your shopping experience.
Unlike the U.S. where the term «food court» puts Unilocalers into cold sweats, the «Food court» here on the 8^th floor is actually quite lovely. All the restaurants have full restaurants, not open seating, and we had a nice Indian lunch which was really reasonably priced.
Every trip, we come to Yodobashi Camera for the thrill of it, but if you need no other incentive– their jingle is The Battle Hymn of the Republic, repurposed and sung by Japanese children. If that won’t get you here out of curiosity, nothing will.

Yodobashi Camera is one of the go-​to place to find anything electronics. Like all Japanese places, there are many floors (due to lack of space Japanese build upwards).
There is even restaurants available on one of the floors.
But I particularly love Yodobashi Camera because of the song they play which is to the tune of the USMC song «Battle Hymn of the Republic»