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Music: Ignition, Set, GO! by Bomb Boy, from Ubiktune's SOUNDSHOCK: FM FUNK MADNESS!!
Photographer and writer covering Tokyo arcade life – the videogames, the metropolis and the people
This blast-from-the-past arcade sign embodies my slogan, “Arcades in Tokyo; Tokyo in arcades”.
Something I love about Tokyo is the prevalence of handmade signs. It’s totally normal even for high-end department stores to stand staff-constructed cardboard beside the till with laminated announcements and explanations. But this is just silly…
Not many Japanese arcades really resemble anything we had in the UK, but Tokyo Joypolis is London Sega World’s alternative future.
Tokyo fix-all multipurpose commercial realty. Quietly stylish. Slick enough to skirt vogue for a decade; unobtrusive enough to get old and hide.
On 17 November 2019, Warehouse Kawasaki will close down.
In tribute, Arcade Tokyo is running a series of posts about this legendary arcade and its games. This second post covers the original 1985 sit-in cabinet for Sega’s timeless jetpack-em-up.
