[2025 Edition] Complete Guide to the Nearest Ticket Gates and Exits at Akihabara Station, Iwamotocho Station, and Suehirocho Station

The year 2025 has arrived and the end of the fiscal year is fast approaching!
Akihabara is crowded with tourists every day, and many train lines pass through it!

If you get off at the wrong ticket gate at Akihabara Station, the distance and time to the store will change dramatically!
The exit that will take you to popular spots such as Yodobashi Camera, Animate, and McDonald's in the shortest time.Detailed explanation with the latest map for 2025.

Furthermore, Iwamotocho Station and Suehirocho StationWe also cover how to get there from here! If you want to enjoy sightseeing and shopping smoothly, be sure to check it out.

JR East Akihabara Station

Three lines run through the station: the Yamanote Line, the Keihin-Tohoku Line, and the Sobu Line!
The ticket gates are divided into three: the Electric Town Gate, the Central Gate, and the Showa Street Gate. We will explain based on these gates!

Electric Town ticket gate

Front

atre AKIHABARA 1
There is a permanent Love Live! pop-up store and a limited-time anime goods store.

North Exit (turn right after exiting the ticket gate)

Akihabara UDX, Animate, McDonald's, taxi stand
Akihabara's main stores are located northwest of Akihabara Station, so this exit is the closest.

South Exit (turn left after exiting the ticket gate)

Radio Kaikan, Gamers, Sofmap
The words "JR Akihabara Station" that you often see on TV are written on the station building on this side, so if you want to take photos of Akihabara, you should exit from this ticket gate.

Central ticket gate

Front

Yostar OFFICIAL SHOP JR Akihabara Station Store

Exit the ticket gate and turn left

Tsukuba Express transfer, McDonald's, Yodobashi Camera, bus and taxi stands

Exit the ticket gate and turn right

Starbucks, Muji, GU, Denny's, Gusto

Showa Street Gate

Front

Transfer to Hibiya Line

Exit the ticket gate and turn left

Yodobashi Camera, Atre Akihabara 2, Daiso, Uniqlo

Exit the ticket gate and turn right

Toei Shinjuku Line Iwamotocho Station (5 minutes walk), McDonald's

Toei Shinjuku Line

Iwamotocho Station

Exit A3 and walk straight to the left to reach the Showa-dori ticket gate of JR Akihabara Station.

Ginza Line

Suehirocho Station

As you cannot move within the ticket gates, we will introduce the exits from each platform.

Platform 1 (Harajuku/Shibuya bound)

Exit 1 is the closest, but only Exit 2 has an elevator.

Platform 2 (Asakusa bound)

Exit 3 and elevators are nearby.

Tsukuba Express

TX Akihabara Station

A3 exit

It is connected to Yodobashi Camera

A2・A3

It leads to the central ticket gate of JR Akihabara Station.

Finally!

If you're going to leave, choose the nearest exit!
If you're going home anyway, go to the nearest ticket gate!

I hope you have a wonderful stroll through Akihabara!!

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