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| IkariDC 762th Post
 
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|  "The I'm going to Japan thread" , posted Mon 30 Mar 04:25
Yup, so I'm finally doing a trip to Japan. We didn't plan it in advance, but Sensenic and I are going to be there almost at the same time.
So, this is a question for the people in the know, which and where are the best arcades and shops for buying videogames in Tokyo? I'd like to play that new whipping Akumajou arcade, and the latest beatmania IIDX installment. As for videogames, I'm looking for places where you can get good deals on retro systems like famicom, famicom disk system, mega drive, game boy, GBA, super famicom and pc engine. Not so retro systems like PSX and PS2 are in my agenda too.
I'm also looking for game music CDs and CDs from japanese bands and artists.
I think I've got the cultural side of Japan covered, but if you know any amusing place worth checking, don't hesitate and post about it. Places for going out at night are welcome too.
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| Maou 1614th Post
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| "Re(1):The you're going to Japan thread" , posted Mon 30 Mar 09:30
Games and arcades:
Shibuya is always a fun place to hang out, both for food and arcades and so on. Mandarake is there, and it's huge store o' comics with a reasonably large collection of used games.
Akihabara I'm sure you know...though last time I spent a day there, I didn't find as many older games as I would've wanted, so I wouldn't prioritize it. Then again, people really like Super Potato for used games there.
People seem to dig the 8-Bit Cafe in Shinjuku lately.
And even though I really don't like Kotaku, you can probably get a few good stores in English off of this list.
Going out:
Takada No Baba is a great, tasty place surrounding Waseda, one of my fave places to hang out. If you go down the main street towards Waseda, "Malabar" on the right makes the best Indian food and naan I have ever eaten. Fun place for yakitori with friends, too.
Shibuya's always a blast.
Shinjuku is good for weirder people and good Thai food if you venture upstairs to shops not on the ground level.
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| Hagen de Merak 1006th Post
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| "Re(1):The I'm going to Japan thread" , posted Mon 30 Mar 23:48
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Yup, so I'm finally doing a trip to Japan. We didn't plan it in advance, but Sensenic and I are going to be there almost at the same time.
So, this is a question for the people in the know, which and where are the best arcades and shops for buying videogames in Tokyo? I'd like to play that new whipping Akumajou arcade, and the latest beatmania IIDX installment. As for videogames, I'm looking for places where you can get good deals on retro systems like famicom, famicom disk system, mega drive, game boy, GBA, super famicom and pc engine. Not so retro systems like PSX and PS2 are in my agenda too.
I'm also looking for game music CDs and CDs from japanese bands and artists.
I think I've got the cultural side of Japan covered, but if you know any amusing place worth checking, don't hesitate and post about it. Places for going out at night are welcome too.
Don't know about japan, but if you go to mexico you can chill at the airport
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| Sensenic 1670th Post
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| "Re(3):The I went to Japan thread" , posted Wed 15 Apr 19:29
Well, I didn't post anything here during my visit, but I certainly put to good use many of the info from here, so thanks a lot everybody. And Ikari too for making it in the first place.
For an uninformed noob like me, this thread served as mana for really wonderful places, such as the Hey arcade (I got to play Buriki One!), Super Potato or Nakano Broadway.
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People love to get ripped off their asses because hey, it's Akiba.
I certainly did! 
I must say, the game I was looking for, I found only one copy in SP.
I don't know if I was ripped off for it, but then again that is also what being a tourist is about, after all. 
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| IkariDC 765th Post
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| "Re(4):The I went to Japan thread" , posted Tue 21 Apr 04:23
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How long do you have in Tokyo? You should check out the tourist attractions like Harajuku and Asakusa if you want the full experience. Everyone seems to love Kitty Land.
I just returned home this very morning. Yeah, I saw Harajuku and Asakusa. You meant Kiddy Land? I was there too, but there was nothing for me there.
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Well, I didn't post anything here during my visit, but I certainly put to good use many of the info from here, so thanks a lot everybody. And Ikari too for making it in the first place.
For an uninformed noob like me, this thread served as mana for really wonderful places, such as the Hey arcade (I got to play Buriki One!), Super Potato or Nakano Broadway.
People love to get ripped off their asses because hey, it's Akiba.
I certainly did!
I must say, the game I was looking for, I found only one copy in SP.
I don't know if I was ripped off for it, but then again that is also what being a tourist is about, after all.
Super Potato and Nakano Broadway were awesome! I found everything I needed there, and on Retro Game at Akiba too. Maybe I wasn't looking for anything obscure, but I thought that Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari on PCE was rare. It turned out that more than rare, it was pricey.
What I wasn't ready for was the huge discovery of the Book Off stores. I spent hours there and bought an insane amount of CDs, at the end of the trip I amassed 8 kilos worth of CDs. At this point, I didn't have enough space in my luggage so I had to sent all that by EMS. Now, that was a rip off!
Buriki One? Nice! I played Nekketsu Kouha Kuniokun on the last floor of Super Potato, I own it on PS2, but it felt great playing the real thing in the right environment. I almost got first in the ranking, too bad that I didn't play it in a long time.
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