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Arcade made to look old and rundown in Japan
danny_galaga:
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--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on December 30, 2009, 01:15:36 pm ---Thanks. Those bathrooms are awesome!
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Then all you have to do is visit a bathroom at a local gas station and you'll have that "awesome" look everyday! (minus the arcade cabinets of course)
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Hardly any arcade cabs in this building either, so maybe it's going for an authentic gas station look ;)
Benevolance:
My wife and I have booked a couple nights at a hotel in Kawasaki, located about 2 blocks from the arcade. According to the official website, the Kawasaki Anata no Warehouse has an arcade, billiards, darts, ping pong, medal games and a game/movie rental library. I suspect that out of the 8 floors, only one floor is dedicated to actual arcade games. I'll be sure to snap a few pictures and play some games...purely for research purposes, of course.
I'm not entirely clear on what the medal games are, but from the pictures it looks like pachinko and other electronic gambling/ticket prize redemption games. Does anyone here know for sure?
Avinitlarge:
Hmm, Remind me. Why does my daughter love Japan? That is awesome, I want it!!
Benevolance:
Album here
Here is The Warehouse! Check out the link above for more photos. The first floor was just parking and an entry way tunnel. Arcade games were on the second floor, MEDAL (redemption games) on the third, and billiards and darts/lounge on the fourth. The first four floors were accessible by elevator and escalator.
The arcade was actually very, very cool. They kept the rundown aesthetic throughout the entire arcade. One end of the building was basically a set, depicting the shanty town. The escalators came up in this area, and the street-scape actually spanned two stories. The fourth floor had a greek gods theme in a giant fountain but we didn't get a picture. We snapped photos all the way up, but on the fourth floor one of the workers either finally noticed and/or worked up the nerve to ask us to stop.
Very cool place. Unfortunately, we weren't back in Tokyo long enough to hit up any of the other Anata No Warehouse locations. We hit up the Studio Ghibli museum instead and that was definitely worth the visit. Highly recommended.
Entry doors
Entrance hallway
Vending machine
Bill changer
Battlepods! These babies are hotlinked across Japan. Hop in and play someone, somewhere!
Random arcade games!
Men's bathroom
And the winner of the slick marketing is...the women's bathroom.
You'd never get the girls coming back if the washroom looked like the mens.
Ginsu Victim:
As awesome as this is, you made me jealous with the Studio Ghibli mention. Did you get to see the short with Mai and the Cat Bus?
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