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Akihabara Station (秋葉原駅, Akihabara-eki) is an interchange railway station in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It is at the center of the Akihabara shopping district specializing in electronic goods. Lines
Akihabara (Japanese: 秋葉原) is a neighborhood in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan, generally considered to be the area surrounding Akihabara Station (nicknamed Akihabara Electric Town). This area is part of the Sotokanda ( 外神田 ) and Kanda-Sakumachō districts of Chiyoda.
The area on the eastern side of Akihabara Station is the location of several districts that cover at most a few buildings. Kanda-Hanaokachō is, for example, limited to the Akihabara Station and the Yodobashi Camera store. Understanding the address system in the Kanda area can be particularly troublesome for non-locals.
The station is located 200 meters southeast of Akihabara near the Kanda River, underneath the intersection of National Route 4 (Shōwa-dōri) and Tokyo Metropolitan Route 302 (Yasukuni-dōri). The Shuto Expressway's No. 1 Ueno Line runs overhead. The area is mostly commercial, with some apartment buildings scattered throughout.
Nagareyama-centralpark Station is served by the Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company's Tsukuba Express line, which operates between Akihabara Station in Tokyo and Tsukuba Station. It is located 24.3 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Akihabara.
(video) Tsukuba Express line train Platform level of Tsukuba Station. The Tsukuba Express (つくばエクスプレス, Tsukuba Ekusupuresu), or TX, is a Japanese railway line operated by the third-sector company Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company, which links Akihabara Station in Chiyoda, Tokyo and Tsukuba Station in Tsukuba, Ibaraki.
It was previously located on the fourth floor of the Akihabara UDX building near JR Akihabara Station. In 2007, many promotional displays for the then-upcoming Rebuild of Evangelion movie were set up inside the Tokyo Anime Center, including life-size cardboard stand-ups of Rei Ayanami and interactive demos.
A Tokyo Metro station staff member on the Hibiya Line, October 2014. The Hibiya Line runs between Naka-Meguro in Meguro and Kita-Senju in Adachi.The line's path is somewhat similar to that of the Ginza Line; however, the Hibiya Line was designed to serve a number of important districts, such as Ebisu, Roppongi, Tsukiji, Kayabachō and Senju, which were not on an existing line.