Mostly following Nipponbashi Shopping Mall on Sakaisuji avenue, and spilling over into Ota Road which runs parallel, DenDen Town is densely packed with anime, manga, figurines, video games, trading card and retro vintage video games. Interspersed with street food stalls. A mini version of Akihibara, but more relaxed and chilled. “DenDen” is a shorterning of “Denki no Machi” (“Electric Town”).

It does get very busy on weekends, it’s better to set aside a few hours on a weekday to amble through the many shops and stalls.

There is an arcade there that has a 1942 video-game cabinet. Perhaps identifiable by it’s retro neon blue lighting inside. Apparently next to Japan Culture & Character Shop Guf Osaka Nippombashi.

The two big chain stores Surugaya and Super Potato are hosted in the same building, the shop entrances are side-by-side. Super Potato has Mario and Solid Snake statues outside.

Video game shops: Surugaya, Super Potato, Game Tantei-Dan

Main/major hobby stores: Mandarake (second-hand shop), Animate, Super Potato.

Major manga chains: Animate, K-Books, Toranova, Melon Books

Toy stores: Volks Hobby Square, Super Kids Land

Electronics stores: Sofmap, Joshin