Arcades in Tokyo | Tokyo in arcades

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Arcade Tokyo is a micro-epic-concept-photoblog that will eventually wear you down into the gloss-grime basements of Tokyo arcade life.

It started as a couple of articles on a website in 2016, then an Instagram account in 2017, then this version of the site from 2018. When the pandemic hit in 2020, things kind of fell off.

Now, in 2024, some sort of renaissance might be coming… Watch this space.

Actually, watch this space.

Me

I’m Roland, a nostalgic gamer. Hi.

I started this project when I moved to Milan and started missing Tokyo. I was still spending a couple of months a year out there, so I made sure I toured all the best arcades with my camera.

Alongside this site, I write and photograph for web and print. I shot the cover photography and wrote essays for Supercade Volume 2 (2023) and regularly contribute to Nintendo Life, Time Extension and Push Square.

Could we make something together? Get in touch: roland@arcade.tokyo

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