Japanese Retro Video Game Arcades | A Walk in Shinsekai (Osaka) 

Keep in mind this is during the corona virus pandemic, hopefully these places will be packed out after all this.

@@alexx9433 these places don't get packed anymore, even before the pandemic. Apart from a couple of arcades in Akihabara, the "retro arcades" are just old and rather depressing/seedy places. They are the real thing - old machines played by old people in low-rent parts of the city. Not cool retro joints for hipsters

I think it's easy to become blind to everyday things, even if it's totally amazing things like arcades here and there..

As said in the movie Pixels: We used to meet in arcades - it's called social contact.

Sad to see all these chariots being pulled by arabic horses no more.......

Thanks 🙏

Thanks!

My pleasure : )

Its a fun place but it took a bit of a hit due to COVID.

@@JapanExperiences Yeah, everything has, unfortunately. There was a big, beautiful Yuraku pachinko building a block away from where I live, and it had a sign that slowly phased through the spectrum of the rainbow. It's now just an empty building. I don't even care at all about pachinko, but I'm sad that it was closed down. I don't even want to go to Tokyo, even though I'm just an hour or so north from there by shinkansen. I don't want to be sad to see beloved places gone, nor do I want to be bothered with the whole mask thing in crowded places.

The sign in Japanese read: "The Legendary Rainbow" edition.

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Thank you! I hope the arcades survive too.

my friend these arcades are usually quiet and have only a handful of older people inside, as you see in the video. The days of crowded arcades with young people are long gone. Sorry but that is the slightly depressing truth!

Cool!

The first and last are the better arcades but all the places are in close walking distance so it’s fun to see them all. Also some great restaurants in the area.

Sometimes there are a lot of seniors in these arcades 😃

Yes, the ones I went to in this video are still open and foreigners are welcome.

Thanks! Can you please give me a list of retro arcade game centers in Japan that are still alive and well? I ask this because I heard quite a few closed down and had been destroyed because of COVID among other things. I'm thinking of visiting Japan for my birthday which is on April. I'm a big retro video arcade gaming fan and I've been like that all my life as I was born in '88. I love the oldies but goldies of arcade games such as Mortal Kombat, and MKII, Virtual On, and its sequel Oratorio Tangram, and I love Gunblade NY and LA Machineguns. The arcades in Japan surely can't be entirely dead yet like it largely is in the US and many other countries. I admire Japanese people and culture, and would love to learn more about them. I have many books about Japan and I'm striving to get the latest ones. Thanks so much. I'm thrilled that arcades in Japan are still holding out well in spite of all that's happened.

Yep : )

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@@JapanExperiences yes, I read it after i made my comment.