www.artesiajp.com

[beakaboy]

Has anyone ever heard of this shop or paid a visit?

http://www.artesiajp.com/

[katoftw]

Has anyone ever heard of this shop or paid a visit?

http://www.artesiajp.com/

Shop is just around the corner from Popendetta Akihabara. I'll bet Squid has been there. Or when he reads this, he'll go tomorrow. haha Edited March 5, 2016 by cteno4

[railsquid]

More precisely a couple of buildings down from Hobbyland Pochi (Akihabara no. 2 store). Bit of an eccentric place; half the store is taken up by a large rental layout, which seems to be used by some relatively raucous regulars, the rest is the usual selection of 2nd hand stuff, albeit somewhat junkier than Pochi et al.  Some good prices if you know what you're looking for. The guy behind the counter dresses in maid drag.

[katoftw]

Is the Hobbyland Pochi on the second floor above a Lawsons?

[railsquid]

Bingo.

 

Google street view: https://goo.gl/maps/1QZXD6i8tjC2

 

Rotate left and you can see Pochi.

[katoftw]

Thanks for that.  I noticed a Mandarake also across the street.  Have you looked in their for model railway items?

 

I found this funny.  I was searching for model train shosp in Akihabara.  So I typed it into google and it came out as a map.

 

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=z-mE_VysIz2M.kPU8LLBD3ltk&hl=en

 

I remember others puting huge amounts of efforts in to make something similar.  Now it just exists with a search.

Edited March 5, 2016 by katoftw

[railsquid]

Thanks for that.  I noticed a Mandarake also across the street.  Have you looked in their for model railway items?

Yes, couldn't find anything.

 

I found this funny.  I was searching for model train shosp in Akihabara.  So I typed it into google and it came out as a map.

 

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=z-mE_VysIz2M.kPU8LLBD3ltk&hl=en

 

I remember others puting huge amounts of efforts in to make something similar.  Now it just exists with a search

 

 

This is someone's "Google My Map", presumably created with a fair bit of effort, and already at least 18 months out of date...

[JR 500系]

The guy behind the counter dresses in maid drag.

 

Hang on... I couldn't help but kept wondering about this...

 

[railsquid]

Not too far off, just imagine a Japanese version.

 

Pictures from inside the shop: http://blog.livedoor.jp/akiba_asterisk/archives/11051309.html

 

The rental layout: http://otacky.tokyo/spot/2181/

[Das Steinkopf]

Yes, couldn't find anything.

 

 

 

This is someone's "Google My Map", presumably created with a fair bit of effort, and already at least 18 months out of date...

I remember using that map when I was in Tokyo, I went to Akihabara over a period of 3 days for a couple of hours each time and it was nowhere long enough to see every store, I got to see about half a dozen or so, luckily my wife and daughters like figurines and dolls as it was a good excuse to get them to go there.

[Eurostar25]

This thread opened my eyes up to a lot of different stores in Akihabara which I didn't know about. I've got an evening in Tokyo next month so I'm already planning how to get there and which ones to see before they close around 8pm!

[railsquid]

A couple are open until 9pm (TamTam) and even 10pm (Yodobashi).