Super Potato Akihabara

スーパーポテト秋葉原店

Super Potato Akihabara is the most famous retro game store in Japan, stacking five floors with vintage consoles, cartridges, and arcade cabinets spanning every generation from Famicom through Dreamcast — and its rooftop arcade floor is a destination in its own right.

Super Potato is the retro game store that most visitors to Akihabara are looking for, and it earns the reputation. Five floors in a narrow building near the Electric Town exit concentrate vintage consoles (Famicom, Super Famicom, PC Engine, Mega Drive, Saturn, Dreamcast, and more), loose cartridges sorted by system, boxed complete-in-box items, and accessories ranging from original controllers to rare peripherals. The inventory depth is the draw — where smaller Akihabara shops might stock a few dozen Super Famicom titles, Super Potato has hundreds, organized alphabetically with handwritten condition notes.

The top floor houses a small retro arcade with playable cabinets running genuine PCBs — not emulation. Titles rotate, but you can typically find classic shmups, fighting games, and the occasional oddity like a working Virtual Boy station. Prices at Super Potato are slightly above the cheapest Akihabara alternatives (Beep, Retro Game Camp), but the convenience of one-stop breadth and the arcade floor make it the natural first stop for any retro gaming pilgrimage.

Practical info

Address: 1-11-2 Sotokanda, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 101-0021
Hours: 11:00-20:00 daily (arcade floor may close slightly earlier)
Tax-free: Not typically available
Nearest station: Akihabara Station (JR, Tsukuba Express), Electric Town exit, 3-minute walk

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