Akihabara Gachapon Kaikan

Akihabara Gachapon Kaikan, also known as Akihabara Gachapon Hall, is a shop in Electric Town devoted to capsule toys, or gachapon. It is said to be a pioneer among such specialist shops, and is described as carrying everything from nostalgic older releases to the newest ones. The store is said to have about 500 machines (as of August 2026).

Suehirocho Station on the Tokyo Metro Ginza Line is the nearest station, a two-minute walk away, and the shop is five to seven minutes on foot from the Electric Town Exit of JR Akihabara Station. The address is 1F MN Building, 3-15-5 Sotokanda, Chiyoda City, Tokyo.

New Arrivals

The arrival schedule is published month by month on the official website.

When only new titles with confirmed dates are counted, the August 2026 schedule lists about 100. About 80 more arrivals are listed with dates still to be decided (as of the August 13, 2026 update).

Cash Only

Payment is cash only, and the store is said to have a change machine that takes ¥1,000 bills (as of 2025).

Opening Hours

The official website lists 11:00 to 20:00 on weekdays and 11:00 to 19:00 on Sundays and holidays (as of August 2026). The latest opening hours are announced on the shop's official X account.

New releases keep arriving, and this Akihabara capsule toy shop is described as drawing many visitors from overseas.