Shinjuku · 1 hour · Up to 6 drivers
Akiba Kart Shibuya
Akiba Kart Shibuya's one-hour tour from Shinjuku 1-2-8: Harajuku, Shibuya Crossing and Omotesando and back, with an instructor, insurance, a costume and photos. Drivers must be 150 to 185 cm tall and under 100 kg.
- 4.8 / 5 366+ Reviews
- 150 to 185 cm Driver height, and under 100 kg
- Up to 6 Drivers in a group
- Free Cancellation
The Experience
What the Hour from Shinjuku Covers
The kart for an hour, an instructor, insurance, a costume and photos.
Akiba Kart Shibuya's own highlights, inclusions and notes, as listed on GetYourGuide in November 2026.
Highlights
- Explore Shibuya in your own go-kart
- Choose a unique costume and drive around dressed as your favorite character
- Visit Tokyo's famous spots including Shibuya scramble
- Learn all the safety information you need to keep safe
What's Included
- 1-hour go kart rental
- Instructor
- Insurance (property damages and personal injuries)
- English and Japanese speaking staff
- Cosplay costume rental
- Photo shooting service
Good to know: Please make sure to arrive 20 minutes before your tour starts · You are required to bring a valid international license that permits you to drive in Japan. In the event that your international license is invalid (in Japan) or you do not bring one, your tour will be cancelled without refund · Only book-type licenses are valid while card/digital types are not valid · There is a height restriction for the go-karts: 150cm to 185cm · There is a weight restriction of under 100 kg per person · The activity would be canceled in heavy rain. When the activity is cancelled due to bad weather, you will be able to re-schedule without charge. If you cannot join any alternative date, you will get a refund
How the Akiba Kart Hour Works
From a shop in Shinjuku, round the Shibuya sights and back.
Arrive 20 Minutes Early
The tour starts and ends at Shinjuku 1-2-8 (東京都新宿区新宿1-2-8). Bring your passport and a permit valid in Japan in book form; card and digital permits are not accepted.
Check the Limits
Drivers must be 150 to 185 cm tall and weigh under 100 kg. Pick a costume; it is included.
Harajuku and Shibuya Crossing
Behind the instructor to Harajuku, through Shibuya Crossing and along Omotesando, then back to Shinjuku, one hour in all.
If It Rains Hard
Heavy rain cancels the tour; you can rebook free of charge, or take a refund if no other date works.
Photo Gallery
From Shinjuku to Shibuya by Kart
Harajuku, the Shibuya scramble and Omotesando from the road.
Book Your Experience
Check Availability & Prices
Akiba Kart Shibuya's hour from Shinjuku 1-2-8: Harajuku, Shibuya Crossing, Omotesando. Book-type permits only; heavy rain cancels the tour with a free rebooking. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
Akiba Kart's Tours and the Shop at Maruyama-cho
Akiba Kart Shibuya's two GetYourGuide tours, a Viator listing under the AKIBA KART OSAKA name, and Street Kart's Shibuya shop at the address akiba-kart.com lists, with prices and the month they were checked.
| Feature | THIS PAGE From Shinjuku | In Shibuya | Shibuya (Viator, AKIBA KART OSAKA) | Street Kart, Maruyama-cho 15-3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What You Pay | From US$99 per person (checked November 2026) | From US$99 per person (checked November 2026) | From US$128 per person (checked November 2026) | From US$104 per person (checked November 2026) |
| Starts | Shinjuku 1-2-8, Shinjuku | Shown at booking | Higashi 4-12-1, Shibuya | Maruyama-cho 15-3, Shibuya |
| Route | Harajuku, Shibuya Crossing, Omotesando | Shibuya Scramble 2 or 3 times, Dogenzaka | Shibuya Scramble, Dogenzaka, SHIBUYA109 | Shibuya Crossing several times, Harajuku, Omotesando |
| Length | 1 hour | 1 hour | 1 hour | 1 hour |
| Group | Up to 6 | Up to 6 | Up to 7 a booking | Up to 6 |
| Height and Weight | 150 to 185 cm, under 100 kg | 150 to 185 cm, under 100 kg | 150 to 190 cm, under 100 kg | None stated; not for under-18s |
| Free Cancellation | Up to 24 hours before; free rebooking if heavy rain cancels | Up to 24 hours before; refund or rebooking if heavy rain cancels | Up to 24 hours before | Up to 7 days before |
| Check dates | See the tour | See on Viator | See the tour |
Akiba Kart
A Shibuya Name, a Shinjuku Start
What its GetYourGuide tours book, and what its website shares with Street Kart's.
Akiba Kart Shibuya’s main tour on GetYourGuide is called “from Shinjuku to Shibuya”, and it means it: the tour starts and ends at Shinjuku 1-2-8, in Shinjuku, and drives out to Harajuku, Shibuya Crossing and Omotesando. It costs from US$99 a person (checked November 2026) for an hour, in a group of up to 6, with an instructor, insurance, a costume and photos. Check the limits before you book: drivers must be 150 to 185 cm tall and under 100 kg.
Check dates for the hour from Shinjuku
Two tours under the Akiba Kart Shibuya name
| Tour | Starts | Route | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shibuya Go Karting Tour from Shinjuku to Shibuya | Shinjuku 1-2-8, Shinjuku | Harajuku, Shibuya Crossing, Omotesando | US$99 |
| Shibuya Go Karting Tour in Shibuya | Shown at booking | Shibuya Scramble 2 or 3 times, Dogenzaka | US$99 |
GetYourGuide prices checked November 2026, per driver.
Both are one hour for up to 6 drivers, with the same inclusions and the same 150 to 185 cm and 100 kg limits. The Shinjuku tour had 366 reviews when we read it and the Shibuya one 172. The Shibuya tour’s listing also rules out pregnant women, people with back problems or limited mobility, and under-18s.
Akiba is the nickname of Akihabara, but neither listing describes a start there: one starts at Shinjuku 1-2-8 and the other drives Shibuya Scramble and Dogenzaka. If you want a tour that really starts in Akihabara, go-karting from Akihabara lists the ones that do.
On the licence, both tours need a permit valid in Japan, in book form, and an invalid or missing one means the tour is cancelled without refund. The Shinjuku tour’s description also mentions a Japanese licence; its booking notes ask for an international licence. For a visitor that means a 1949 Geneva Convention permit, or a JAF translation for licences from six countries (the licence and IDP guide).
Choose by where you want to start:
Tokyo: Shibuya Go Karting Tour from Shinjuku to Shibuya
Shinjuku 1-2-8, then Harajuku, Shibuya Crossing and Omotesando. One hour, up to 6, free rebooking if heavy rain cancels it.
Check dates →Tokyo: Shibuya Go Karting Tour in Shibuya
Shibuya Scramble 2 or 3 times and Dogenzaka in an hour. Meeting point shown at booking.
See the tour →Prices, ratings and review counts from our November 2026 data check; treat them as the shape of the market, not a quote.
Akiba Kart’s website and Street Kart’s
akiba-kart.com lists the same shops as streetkart.com (Shinagawa, two in Akihabara, Shibuya and the Shibuya Annex, Tokyo Bay and Asakusa, plus Osaka and Okinawa), the same Shibuya address at Maruyama-cho 15-3, the same telephone number and the same licence and insurance text; its Shibuya course is called AKIBA KART Tour HS where Street Kart’s is STREET KART Tour HS (the operators’ sites, checked November 2026). Neither site says the two are one company. If you want the Maruyama-cho shop itself, Street Kart’s Shibuya listing books it.
Two more listings on Viator carry the supplier name AKIBA KART OSAKA but run in Tokyo: a Shinjuku tour, which says its shop is 3 minutes on foot from Shinjuku-gyoemmae Station, and a Shibuya tour from Higashi 4-12-1 in Shibuya, both an hour, from US$128 (checked November 2026). They take drivers from 150 to 190 cm, a different upper limit from the GetYourGuide tours, and say every kart is for one person only.
Rain and cancelling
Heavy rain cancels Akiba Kart Shibuya’s tours. On the Shinjuku tour you can rebook free, with a refund if no other date works; the Shibuya tour offers a refund or a free rebooking. Otherwise both refund in full up to 24 hours before.
Shinjuku to Shibuya Crossing and Back
Akiba Kart Shibuya's hour from Shinjuku 1-2-8: Harajuku, Shibuya Crossing and Omotesando, with an instructor, insurance, a costume and photos. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before. Starting from US$99 per person.
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Akiba Kart in Tokyo: Questions
Where it starts, the limits, the licence, the rain rule and Street Kart.
The tour from Shinjuku to Shibuya starts and ends at Shinjuku 1-2-8 (東京都新宿区新宿1-2-8), in Shinjuku. Its other GetYourGuide tour, in Shibuya, shows its meeting point at booking.
From US$99 a person for an hour (checked November 2026). The Shibuya tour is from US$99.
Yes: drivers must be 150 to 185 cm tall and weigh under 100 kg on both GetYourGuide tours.
A permit valid in Japan in book form; card and digital permits are not valid, and the tour is cancelled without refund if yours is invalid or missing. For most visitors that is a 1949 Geneva Convention International Driving Permit; licences from Switzerland, Germany, France, Belgium, Monaco and Taiwan take a JAF translation instead (JAF, checked November 2026).
Heavy rain cancels the tour, and you can rebook free of charge, or get a refund if no other date works.
Neither says so, but akiba-kart.com and streetkart.com list the same shops, the same Shibuya address (Maruyama-cho 15-3) and the same telephone number, with the same licence and insurance text (the operators' sites, checked November 2026). Akiba Kart Shibuya's GetYourGuide tour from Shinjuku starts in Shinjuku, not at that address.
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