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Steins;Gate
Akihabara, drawn street by street — but the building on the cover was rebuilt.
Steins;Gate is set in the real **Akihabara** of 2010, and it reproduces the district closely enough that you can navigate by it. The catch is honest: **Akihabara Radio Kaikan**, the building in the opening scene, was demolished and rebuilt in 2014. The current building is on the same corner with the same name and the same signage, and it runs official collaborations with the series, but it is not the building in the game. Everything else — the back streets, the small shrine, the maid cafes, the layout of the electronics blocks — is where it was. Akihabara has changed a lot since 2010, and part of what this pilgrimage is now is seeing how much.
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Common questions
Is Radio Kaikan the same building as in the game?
No. The original was demolished and rebuilt in 2014. The current building is on the same corner with the same name and signage, but it is not the one in the work.
What is left that has not changed?
Yanagimori Shrine, six minutes from the station along the Kanda river, looks exactly as it does in the work. The back streets of Akihabara are largely unchanged too.
Are there Steins;Gate collaborations at Radio Kaikan?
Periodically, not permanently. Check the building's own site for what is currently on before planning a trip around it.