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Square Enix Cafe Tokyo: The Shinjuku Café, the Akihabara Bars, and Where to Buy the Goods

Square Enix's café in Tokyo today is Officially Licensed SQUARE ENIX Cafe & Shop SHINJUKU, at 3-36-1 Shinjuku, right by JR Shinjuku Station's southeast exit. It opened on 12 June 2026, with goods on 1F and the café on 2F and 3F, and it runs a Final Fantasy X 25th-anniversary collaboration until 2 December 2026. In Akihabara, the same building holds Luida's Bar for Dragon Quest and the Final Fantasy XIV Eorzea Cafe. I run private anime tours in Akihabara most weeks, and these are the Square Enix stops I suggest to game fans.

If you remember the old Square Enix Cafe in Akihabara, it is not on Square Enix's current list of related shops.

Where is the Square Enix Cafe in Tokyo?

In Shinjuku, on floors 1 to 3 of the Paselabo Tower, 3-36-1 Shinjuku, which its official page puts at about zero minutes from JR Shinjuku Station's southeast exit. The café is on 2F and 3F with a permanent menu themed on several Square Enix titles; 1F is a goods space open to everyone.

For Akihabara as a whole, my Akihabara anime tour puts the game shops and cafés on one route.

How do you book the Square Enix Cafe in Shinjuku?

Online, through the reservation link on the official site. Reserved guests get priority for the café space; if seats are free, you can walk in on the day. Your stay is 90 minutes with last order 40 minutes before the end. There is a per-person table charge, which includes a drink, a random coaster and a random paper place mat, plus a one-order-per-person rule. You order on your phone by QR code.

From 11 September to 2 December 2026 the café runs the Final Fantasy X 25th Anniversary Cafe, in two halves: to 22 October, and from 23 October. The permanent menu continues alongside it.

What are Luida's Bar and the Eorzea Cafe in Akihabara?

Two Square Enix collaboration cafés run by Pasela Resorts in one building at 1-1-10 Sotokanda, three minutes from JR Akihabara's Electric Town exit. Luida's Bar, on 1F, is themed on Dragon Quest's famous tavern; the Eorzea Cafe, on 2F, is themed on Final Fantasy XIV. Both recommend booking.

This is the honest section. These are themed cafés, so the draw is the setting and the collectables, and each charges a table fee on top of food. If you only want goods, Shinjuku's 1F, Artnia and Square Enix Garden need no booking. For how Tokyo's character cafés work generally, see anime collab cafés in Tokyo.

Where can you buy Square Enix goods in Tokyo?

At the Shinjuku Cafe & Shop's 1F goods space, at Artnia in East Shinjuku, and at Square Enix Garden in Shibuya Sakura Stage, which also sells games and music, with Sukueni Capsule Garden for capsule toys on the same floor. Akihabara's general shops also carry Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest goods.

If you shop tax-free, from 1 November 2026 you pay the tax at the till and get it back after a customs check at the airport. Older Square Enix games and retro hardware are in Akihabara retro game stores.

Frequently asked questions

Is there a Square Enix Cafe in Tokyo? Yes. Officially Licensed SQUARE ENIX Cafe & Shop SHINJUKU opened on 12 June 2026 at 3-36-1 Shinjuku, by Shinjuku Station's southeast exit.

Is the Square Enix Cafe in Akihabara still open? The old Square Enix Cafe is not on Square Enix's current shop list. In Akihabara, Luida's Bar and the Eorzea Cafe are the Square Enix collaboration cafés.

Do I need a reservation for the Square Enix Cafe? It is recommended. Reserved guests get priority, and walk-ins are seated when there are free seats.

Is there a Final Fantasy café in Tokyo? Yes. The FFXIV Eorzea Cafe is in Akihabara, and the Shinjuku café runs a Final Fantasy X 25th-anniversary collaboration until 2 December 2026.

Is there a Dragon Quest bar in Akihabara? Yes. Luida's Bar is on the 1st floor of Pasela Resorts AKIBA Multi Entertainment, three minutes from the Electric Town exit.

A café in Shinjuku, a tavern in Akihabara

If you would like Akihabara's game and anime floors chosen around what you play, Adventure in Akihabara with Anime is my private half-day walk, three to four hours, never shared with other guests. The price is on the tour page.

About the author. I am Yuuki, a Japanese teacher and Akihabara anime tour guide based in Tokyo. I run private anime tours here most weeks, rated 4.96★ on Airbnb across 171 reviews. I have watched over 1,500 anime series, which is either a qualification or a warning depending on your point of view.

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Sources: Square Enix, Related shops (Tokyo shops and addresses); Officially Licensed SQUARE ENIX Cafe & Shop SHINJUKU, official site (concept, floors, booking priority, FAQ, address, southeast exit), Grand opening (12 June 2026; 90 minutes; charge and extras) and Final Fantasy X 25th Anniversary Cafe (11 September – 2 December 2026, two halves; mobile order; one order per person); Luida's Bar (1-1-10 Sotokanda 1F; Electric Town exit 3 minutes; weekday free entry and weekend 90-minute slots; booking recommended; table charge); Final Fantasy Eorzea Cafe (Akihabara 2F; 90 minutes; bookings from 12:00 one month ahead; no phone bookings). All checked 4 October 2026. Charges and opening hours are deliberately not given.