There’s a great little small used camera shop tucked quietly away near Akihabara station worth checking out: AKIBA CAMERA
Start HERE just outside the Akihabara Electric Town exit of the station. Cross the street, enter the building and proceed down the hallway lined with shops selling… all sorts of stuff. Across from the halal food market at the end is a stairwell and elevator. Go up to the 5th floor- Akiba Camera is in room 501. The door might be shut but feel free to open it and enter. (The shop’s site has a similar series of photos to find the place)
Akiba Camera is small but is stocked with some really nice stuff- (that is indeed a Konica Hexar 72 in the picture above, #6 out of 50 ever made). The shop owner, Mr. Sekine, is probably the youngest camera dealer I’ve met and is quite friendly and easy to talk to. His inventory can be seen on the store website- here’s some examples of what he has for Leica, Voigtlander, Nikon, and Ricoh.
This is certainly a good little place to swing by when in the area- stop by and maybe you’ll end up going home with a nice new/used bit of gear.
What: Akiba Camera (website in Japanese)
Where: Across the street from Akihabara Station (Map)
When: Open 10:30 - 19:00, closed Tuesdays