Yellow Submarine Akihabara RPG Shop
One of Japan's largest tabletop-game specialty stores, run by hobby chain Yellow Submarine — TRPGs (including Japanese-language Dungeons & Dragons), board games and dice, with a pay-per-table play space near Akihabara.
Yellow Submarine's Akihabara TRPG/board-game flagship, open Mon–Fri 12:00–20:00, Sat 11:00–20:00, Sun/holidays 11:00–19:00, with a pay-per-table play space from about ¥1,000 on weekdays.
Good to know for otaku
- Getting there
- Tokyo Metro Suehirocho Station (Ginza Line), ~1 min walk; JR Akihabara Station, ~5–8 min walk Open in Google Maps ↗
- Entry / charge
- Free to browse; play space from about ¥1,000/table on weekdays (varies by group size and day)
Opening hours
- Monday
- 12:00–20:00
- Tuesday
- 12:00–20:00
- Wednesday
- 12:00–20:00
- Thursday
- 12:00–20:00
- Friday
- 12:00–20:00
- Saturday
- 11:00–20:00
- Sunday
- 11:00–19:00
Known for
What it is
Yellow Submarine Akihabara RPG Shop is the Akihabara flagship of Yellow Submarine, one of Japan's largest hobby-game chains, and it bills itself as one of the country's biggest tabletop-game specialty stores. The focus is tabletop role-playing games (TRPGs) — it's a listed retail partner for the official Japanese-language Dungeons & Dragons line — plus board games, wargames/SLG titles, miniatures and dice, sold new, used and as doujin (self-published) releases.
Important: this is a different store from Yellow Submarine's Akihabara Main Store ★Mint inside Akihabara Radio Kaikan. Trading card games (Pokémon, Magic, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece Card Game, etc.) are handled by that separate Radio Kaikan location, not by the RPG Shop.
Practical notes
The shop relocated in October 2023 from its old spot to the Shiota Tour Akihabara building, about a 5–8 minute walk from JR Akihabara Station and roughly 1 minute from Tokyo Metro Suehirocho Station (Ginza Line) — it is not inside Radio Kaikan. It runs a dedicated pay-per-table play space for board games and TRPGs, priced by group size and day (from about ¥1,000 for two people on weekdays, more on weekends/holidays), and regularly hosts trial and demo game events — check the shop's event calendar before visiting if you want to join a session.
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