It began in 1949: the radio valve sellers moved under the tracks of the Sōbu line.
In 1949 an eviction order from the American military government drove the street sellers of valves and radio parts under the tracks of the Sōbu line: the electronics district was born. With the release of Windows 95, in 1995, came the computer enthusiasts, and after them the anime and manga shops.
The electronics district that became the otaku district: anime and manga shops, maid cafés, amusement arcades.
🚉 Akihabara · 5 min walk
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The exact spot is the AKIHABARA Gamers shop, 130 m away: that is where μ's hand out flyers in episode 6 of the first season, with the paving pattern recognisable on the ground, and where the chases in episode 9 pass through.
Sources: netatopi.jp · note.com · ja.wikipedia.org
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