what district is akihabara in
GiGO, a Sega arcade in Akihabara. Akihabara (ç§èå) is a common name for the area around Akihabara Station in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan. Administratively, the area called Akihabara mainly belongs to the Sotokanda district (å¤ç¥ç°), and the far-western part of Kanda-SakumachÅ. The name Akihabara is a shortening of Akibagahara (ç§èãå, autumn leaf field), which ultimately comes from Akiba (ç§è), named after a fire-controlling deity of a firefighting shrine built after the area was destroyed by a fire in 1869.