TRADER Akihabara Main Store
TRADER's Akihabara flagship: an eight-floor (B1F–7F) secondhand games-and-hobby shop on Chuo-dori selling everything from retro Famicom titles to anime figures, plastic models and PC games, with a basement buyback counter. The current building opened in May 2024 on the site of a former TRADER branch that had closed back in 2021; today TRADER runs just two shops in Akihabara — this Main Store and a smaller Branch 2 near the JR tracks.
TRADER's Akihabara flagship on Chuo-dori: 7 sales floors (new/used Nintendo, PlayStation & Xbox games, retro titles, anime figures, plastic models, PC games, adult software/video) plus a basement buyback counter, open daily 11:00–20:00.
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Good to know for otaku
- Getting there
- JR Akihabara Station (Electric Town Exit) or Tokyo Metro Suehirocho Station, short walk (about 3–4 min) Open in Google Maps ↗
- Payment
- cash / visa / mastercard / jcb / amex / diners / unionpay / suica / pasmo / paypay / alipay / wechat-pay
- Overseas shipping
- Ships abroad
Opening hours
- Monday
- 11:00–20:00
- Tuesday
- 11:00–20:00
- Wednesday
- 11:00–20:00
- Thursday
- 11:00–20:00
- Friday
- 11:00–20:00
- Saturday
- 11:00–20:00
- Sunday
- 11:00–20:00
Known for
What it is
TRADER's Akihabara Main Store is a basement-to-7F secondhand games-and-hobby shop on Akihabara's central Chuo-dori strip. 1F carries new and used Nintendo software; 2F has PlayStation/Xbox and retro titles plus Blu-ray/DVD and CD; 3F–4F are anime and tokusatsu figures plus plastic models; 5F is video-game and bishōjo-style figures; 6F is PC games and adult software; 7F is adult video. The basement floor is a buyback counter that appraises trade-ins on the spot.
The current eight-floor building opened in May 2024, built on the site of a former TRADER branch that had actually closed back in 2021 for redevelopment — the old Main Store then relocated here. As of 2026, TRADER operates only two shops in Akihabara — this Main Store and a smaller Branch 2 a couple of minutes away under the JR tracks. For the wider shopping picture, see our Akihabara otaku guide.
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