Akihabara street party, Ueno

• 9:45 AM
  Leave. JR Sobu Line straight to Akihabara, 9 minutes.
• 10:00 AM
  Akihabara for real shopping: Mandarake, Radio Kaikan, Surugaya, Yodobashi.
• 12:00 PM
  Lunch: Yodobashi's restaurant floor or any ramen counter nearby. $10 to $20.
• 1:00 PM
  The main street closes to cars, 1 to 5 PM on Sundays. Cosplayers, performers, capsule-toy halls. Cancelled if it rains.
• 4:00 PM
  Ueno and Ameyoko market street, two stops away.
• 6:00 PM
  Dinner: graze the Ameyoko food stalls ($6 to $15, cash), or Yokozuna Tonkatsu Dosukoi Tanaka in Ryogoku, run by a former sumo wrestler, $13 to $25.