Akihabara has changed a lot in 2023!! Rating the best stores in AKIBA!

hello everyone this is Mr BC here in this series we'll be taking you to Japan specifically to Tokyo and Kyoto to check out the newest update in 2023 especially we look up toys for Carmen Rider Ultraman and Gundam series time we will be visiting Akihabara the sacred place for all anime and Hobby Lovers in this video we'll be visiting different shops to hunt for treasures and hopefully we'll give you some ideas which shops should you go for hunting yours I'll also go through shopping tips for you but of course there are still a lot of places that I wouldn't be mentioning in this video so if you have any favorites feel free to leave a comment below and share with me if there's any places it is a must go without further Ado let's jump into Akiba so the first place that we are going to is tamashi Nation store which is located just next to the Jr station in Akiba so what's special about this store the most obvious answer is it is one of the official store that is opened by Bandai so it has a lot of display areas which display all the newest sh figuarts or robot tamashes and metal build theories and what is also very attractive is how they displayed it with the dioramas in the shop also one friendly reminder is tamashi Nations will usually update all their exhibits in their first or second week of a month so if you are planning for a trip to Japan probably you might consider to come in in the first week of a month so that you will be able to get a chance to look at the newest stuff that is just released for this time when I visited Japan I have just missed a chance for the largest exhibitions in early 2023 so if I really got a chance to rebook my vacation then I would probably consider to match up the exhibition dates that they have when you plan your vacation next time take this as a consideration before you buy your flight ticket also when you enter the shop make sure you take some of these brushes just next to the entrance they are all free for you to take away and often the pack will also consist of some souvenirs for you just like this booklet it is a perfect guideline to teach you how to post your figures make sure you don't miss it well the third friendly reminder is this shop usually sells a lot of unique products which are only available in this shop which also probably includes some of the newest items that they are selling but unfortunately all of these products are selling in their standard retail price which means it's not selling in the lowest market price at all if the stock level in this store is pretty high and sufficient a good tips for you is to walk around other shopping centers first to check for the other prices rather than hurrying to buy it off from the shop you might be able to get a better price of the same product at the end of the day number two next to the station we have radio kaikan basically it is a building that consists of a lot of Bobby shops within this radio kaikan has 10 levels the bottom two levels are usually shops that sell second hand toys or products that are being reselled by other buyers shops are usually more expensive than the others so I wouldn't recommend you guys to spend a lot of times unless you have something very rare and special to look around for the first stop is Ami Ami which is located at level 4 of this building basically a lot of you may have heard that Ami Ami is an online store but in fact in Japan it is a physical store that you can visit the prices are very reasonable and the variety is very Broad and it has included a lot of model kits and tools figures and capsule toys Etc this shop will usually sell a lot of standard products that just came out if you're looking for anything new or products that have just released this will be a very good spot for you to have a look around apart from this store there is also a second store that mainly sells all the second hand figures which came out a while ago if you're after secondhand figures army army second will be a better place for you to hunt your Treasures don't underestimate this shop because a lot of figures then might have a bit of defects can discount like half price or even more just look at this shelf here if you're lucky enough you might actually be able to get some very good stuff with a very decent price so make sure you check out the second store which is located in the main street of Akiba oh by the way when you are purchasing stuff in Ami Ami usually you can get a tax-free discount when you spend 5500 Yen inside the store so make sure you bring your passport to get the best discounted price as a tourist in Japan but one special thing to take notes is they are actually items that are not able to claim your tax free but to be honest it's very confusing so check with one of the staff over there to see what you can do for tax-free number three we can now go to level 6 which is where Yellow Submarine is so Yellow Submarine is another hobby store that sells similar products what's special about Yellow Submarine is usually they have a lot of unique products that are only available in Yellow Submarine there are also special displays of tamashi Nations which can be only available in some of the stores in Akiba and often Yellow Submarine has some very discounted products as well and also there is also a column which they sell gun Plus in different bundles without paying the full price of a box of standard model kits if you're looking for a shield or a limp of a mobile shoot get a chance to have a look in this column for a very good price and not to mention Yellow Submarine has also got a second store just about Ami Ami number two but mostly they are selling military model kits and card games so since I'm not very interested in those I would skip that part in this video but unfortunately Yellow Submarine doesn't have a discount for tax free so please be aware of that when you're doing your price check in the store well at level 8 there is also another store called folks which is very similar in nature with amiami and Yellow Submarine but folks focus more on selling model kits and tools so if you are a die-hard friends for doing model kits make sure you also check it out Folks at level 8. folks actually offers tax-free discount so make sure you check it out when you pay number five now moving on to secondhand stores in radio kaika at level 7 we have tokusatsu's Jungle which specializes a lot of secondhand tokusatsu products such as CSM Hesse figure out DX and soft beasts as you can see in the video the products that are selling in this shop varies for the lot and many of them are even from 10 to 20 years ago when I was filming this video there was a customer just bringing one of the DX belts just for three thousand yen through the cashier counter buying it for good and the price is fairly reasonable I would say comparing to some other shops that I'm going to introduce to you so if you're after some of the rare products I would say this will be a very reasonable place that I would recommend you guys to go and have a look number six well speaking of secondhand stores some of the stores are selling Goods in a very unbelievable price which is in a bad way take this akibano X as an example as a lot of locals describe this store is mainly targeting tourists they provide a large variety of products which cannot be easily found in other stores by simply looking at the price tag differences you can already see how much they earn as a profit when they successfully sell one of their goods however since everyone comes from different countries after calculating all the exchange rate that you have got sometimes Akiba nox actually offers a better price comparing to what they sell in your country so my final words for you is I might just leave it for your own consideration when purchasing items in the store well okay now let's move on to some other stores that I would recommend for purchasing second-hand items yeah number seven this store is called Trader which is located also at the main street of Akiba comparing to other stores the variety that they are selling may not be as much as akipano X since they focus on adding different types of goods including video games figures DVDs stuff like that but the price that they are resetting is pretty reasonable and Tech robot Spirits Gundam aerial as an example a lot of other shops had already been sold out but Traders are selling it in a very reasonable price which is only 7 900 Yen close to the retail price that was marked by Bandai I would definitely recommend you guys to go and have a look in this store number eight sneaking in into the back Lane of Akiba now we have arrived at mandalake so mantalake is one of the most famous secondhand store in Japan the range of items that they are selling is almost like a museum what I would say is if you only plan to spend half an hour over here it will never be enough for you if you are hunting for retro toys this is definitely the right store to go in my opinion matalake is more like a museum to me to look around rather than shopping inside and the price for some of the toys are not very friendly too but definitely it's a must go for everyone who comes to Akiba [Music] number nine after a long walk in mantalage now we can go to surugaya specialty store which is also a very famous secondhand store in Tokyo but the quality of the goods that are reselling in surakaya is not as good as the others depends on the Rarity and the quality of the goods that they're reselling and the prices are very inflated too just like this DX soft B figures some of the rarer figures are reselling in a price that are almost doubled from the original price that was selling years ago and there is also an area that is called Junk area which you can hunt a lot of items that may no longer be popular if you are after those DX stuff it might be a good chance for you to hunt something good foreign the second last order I would like to introduce is big camera although big camera is kind of like a popular Source all around Tokyo I would still recommend everyone to come and have a look the toy department is actually located at the top of the building and also there is a special tamashi nation's display Corner sailing bandai's Goods if you are after some popular items big camera is actually a good option for you but if you are chasing some hot items that are released just at the time of Japan you might need to actually kill in the morning in order to get a chance to buy that item so make sure you wake up early and start lining up with fellow Japanese fans I've been looking for some dioramas buildings in which I can't find it in other stores so big camera actually always put and also with Fair retail price in the market as well what is also great about big camera is you can get tax-free discount after you spend 5500 yen in this department store big camera is definitely one of the stores that you need to check out if you want to purchase some newly released Goods thank you lucky last I'm going to introduce you with Yodobashi Camera in Akiba similar to big camera this is also a very large department store in Japan however it is located in the opposite end of the train station so I would recommend everyone to come as the last stop of the day khamoshi Nations had a very different display area which features a lot of unique exhibits that are not available in many of the other stores and even for newly released Figures it's unavailable in the market as well also there are a lot of display models that are built by some expert modelers in Japan which are only displayed in this Yodobashi Camera Store and it's very fun as well to look at how they display the figures just like how they play with the memes in the show Even if you are not purchasing any items by simply looking around in this show has already got a lot of fun to look for memes in the show if you can't find anything good from big camera probably Yodobashi Camera is a good alternative for you to shop and just another friendly reminder again this shop along with big camera has got tax-free discount for tourists like us so make sure you bring your passport and have it ready when you pay for the goods that you purchase by simply walking around for these 10 shops it has already spent me for almost a day by simply shopping around Akiba so make sure you reserve one entire day for Akiba when coming to Japan please don't blame others if you don't have enough time to do your treasure hunt I know that the shops that I visited this time it's only a tip of an ice cap if I have missed out any good shops that you would recommend as well please feel free to let me know in the comments Below in conclusion comparing to before covert the numbers of shops has really been really been Chris for quite a lot for example a lot of shops that are selling adult figures have already been closed down for some reasons after covert however since covet strike Japan at least we are still very glad to see a lot of shops are still continuing in selling Goods especially with the very good exchange rate that we can spend our money with great values in Japan comparing to pre-covered period it is very unfortunate that a lot of goods selling in Japan it is getting harder for people to buy especially there are a lot of competition within the internal country itself so if you aren't actually pre-ordering the goods in Japan you might actually suffer quite a hard time to hunt a good in a reasonable price so I hope this video will help you for planning your trip to Japan in the next video I will be taking you guys to gundam-based Tokyo to have a look around and see what else is new over there make sure you like share and subscribe to my channel and I will see you in the next one

Channel: Mister. BC

Views: 48,769

Keywords: SHFiguarts, Bandai, Ultraman, Kamen Rider, Gundam, Toy Photography, Photography, Tokusatsu, Japan

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Length: 14min 4sec (844 seconds)

Published: Sun May 28 2023