Info Bites: Kawasaki Warehouse

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English below.

[GR] ฮฃฮฎฮผฮตฯฮฑ ฮธฮฑ ฯƒฮฑฯ‚ ฮผฮนฮปฮฎฯƒฯ‰ ฮณฮนฮฑ ฯ„ฮฟ ฮบฮฑฮปฯฯ„ฮตฯฮฟ ฮผฮฑฮณฮฑฮถฮฏ ฮผฮต ฯ€ฮฑฮนฯ‡ฮฝฮฏฮดฮนฮฑ (arcade) ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฮดฮตฮฝ ฯ…ฯ€ฮฌฯฯ‡ฮตฮน ฯ€ฮนฮฑ.

Anata no warehouse = ฮท ฮฑฯ€ฮฟฮธฮฎฮบฮท ฯƒฮฟฯ…, ฮญฮฝฮฑ game center ฮฑฯ€ฮฟฮผฮฏฮผฮทฯƒฮท ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฯƒฯ…ฮฝฮฟฮนฮบฮฏฮฑฯ‚ Kowloon ฯ„ฮฟฯ… Hong Kong. ฮ‘ฯ…ฯ„ฮฎฮฝ ฮผฮต ฯ„ฮฑ ฯ„ฮตฯฮฑฮฑฮฑฮฑฯƒฯ„ฮนฮฑ ฮบฯ„ฮฎฯฮนฮฑ-ฯ„ฯƒฮนฮผฮญฮฝฯ„ฮฑ, ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฮถฮฟฯฯƒฮฑฮฝ ฮฌฮฝฮธฯฯ‰ฯ€ฮฟฮน ฮฟ ฮญฮฝฮฑฯ‚ ฯ€ฮฑฮฝฯ‰ ฯƒฯ„ฮฟฮฝ ฮฌฮปฮปฮฟฮฝ, ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฮฎฯ„ฮฑฮฝ ฮท ฯ€ฯฯŒฯƒฯ‰ฯ€ฮฟฯ€ฮฟฮนฮทฯƒฮท ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ ฮฑฮฝฮฑฯฯ‡ฮฏฮฑฯ‚ ฮผฮญฯ‡ฯฮน ฯ„ฮท ฯƒฯ„ฮนฮณฮผฮฎ ฯ€ฮฟฯ… ฮบฮฑฯ„ฮตฮดฮฑฯ†ฮนฯƒฯ„ฮทฮบฮต ฮฑฯ€ฯŒ ฯ„ฮนฯ‚ ฮฑฯฯ‡ฮญฯ‚. ฮ’ฮปฮญฯ€ฮตฯ„ฮต ฯ„ฮนฯ‚ ฮบฯฮตฮผฮฑฯƒฮผฮญฮฝฮตฯ‚ (ฯˆฮตฯฯ„ฮนฮบฮตฯ‚) ฯ€ฮฌฯ€ฮนฮตฯ‚ ฮ ฮตฮบฮฏฮฝฮฟฯ… ฯƒฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฮฑฯ…ฮปฮฏฯ„ฯƒฮฑ;

ฮ•ฯƒฯ‰ฯ„ฮตฯฮนฮบฮฌ, ฮญฯ‡ฮฟฯ…ฮฝ ฮฑฮฝฯ„ฮนฮณฯฮฌฯˆฮตฮน ฯ„ฮฑ ฮธฮตฯŒฯƒฯ„ฮตฮฝฮฑ ฮผฯ€ฮฑฮปฮบฯŒฮฝฮนฮฑ ฮผฮต ฮธฮญฮฑ ฯƒฯ„ฮฟฮฝ ฮฑฮบฮฌฮปฯ…ฯ€ฯ„ฮฟ, ฯŒฯ€ฯ‰ฯ‚ ฯƒฯ…ฮผฮฒฮฑฮฏฮฝฮตฮน ฯ€ฯฮฑฮณฮผฮฑฯ„ฮนฮบฮฌ ฯƒฯ„ฮฑ ฮดฮนฮฑฮผฮตฯฮฏฯƒฮผฮฑฯ„ฮฑ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… Chungking Mansion (ฮญฯ‡ฮตฯ„ฮต ฮดฮตฮน ฯ„ฮทฮฝ ฯ„ฮฑฮนฮฝฮฏฮฑ; ๐Ÿ˜Ž). ฮ‘ฮฝฮฌฮผฮตฯƒฮฑ ฯƒฯ„ฮฟ decor, ฯ…ฯ€ฮฌฯฯ‡ฮฟฯ…ฮฝ ฮดฮนฮฌฯ†ฮฟฯฮฑ arcade games, ฮฑฯ€ฯŒ tekken ฮบฮฑฮน driving simulators ฮผฮญฯ‡ฯฮน ฮผฯ€ฮนฮปฮนฮฌฯฮดฮฑ ฮบฮฑฮน slots. ฮ’ฮญฮฒฮฑฮนฮฑ ฮท ฯ€ฮฟฮนฮบฮนฮปฮฏฮฑ ฯ€ฮฑฮนฯ‡ฮฝฮนฮดฮนฯŽฮฝ ฮตฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฮผฮนฮบฯฮฎ ฯƒฮต ฯƒฯ‡ฮญฯƒฮท ฮผฮต ฮฌฮปฮปฮฑ game centers, ฯ€ฯ‡ sega.

ฮ”ฯ…ฯƒฯ„ฯ…ฯ‡ฯŽฯ‚, ฯ„ฮฟ anata no warehouse ฮญฮบฮปฮตฮนฯƒฮต ฮฟฯฮนฯƒฯ„ฮนฮบฮฌ ฯ„ฮฟ ฮฮฟฮญฮผฮฒฯฮนฮฟ ฯ„ฮฟฯ… 2019. ฮคฮฟ ฮผฮตฮณฮฌฮปฮฟ Sega game center ฯ„ฮทฯ‚ Akihabara ฮญฮบฮปฮตฮนฯƒฮต ฮตฯ€ฮฏฯƒฮทฯ‚ ฮผฮญฯƒฮฑ ฯƒฯ„ฮฟ 2021. ฮ•ฮฏฮฝฮฑฮน ฮฑฯ…ฯ„ฮฟฮฏ ฮฟฮน ฯ„ฮฏฯ„ฮปฮฟฮน ฯ„ฮญฮปฮฟฯ…ฯ‚ ฮณฮนฮฑ ฯ„ฮฑ ฯ€ฮฑฮนฯ‡ฮฝฮฏฮดฮนฮฑ; ฮ™ฯƒฯ‰ฯ‚, ฮฑฮปฮปฮฌ ฮตฮณฯŽ ฮธฮฑ ฮตฮปฯ€ฮฏฮถฯ‰ ฮฝฮฑ ฮพฮฑฮฝฮฑฮตฮผฯ†ฮฑฮฝฮนฯƒฯ„ฮฟฯ…ฮฝ ฯƒฮต ฮฌฮปฮปฮท ฮผฮฟฯฯ†ฮฎ.

[EN] Today I’m going to talk to you about the best arcade game center that exists no more.

Anata no warehouse (which means “your warehouse”) used to be a game center that tried to imitate the feeling of the walled city of Kowloon, in Hong Kong. You know, that giant city block, with thick cement walls and tall buildings, the one where thousands lived each day one on top of each other. The one that used to be the personification of anarchy and self-sustainability until it was demolished by state authorities. Can you see the Peking ducks that are hanging at the backyard?

Internally, the game center has copied the tiny balconies of Kowloon, that had a view to the interior courtyard, exactly the same as it happens in the legendary Chungking Mansion (have you watched the movie? If not, watch it asap). In between the weird dรฉcor, one can find various games, including Tekken and driving simulators, even billiards and slot machines. However, the variety was limited compared to established game centers e.g. Sega.

Unfortunately, Anato no Warehouse shut off its doors permanently in November 2019. The largest Sega game center of Akihabara also shut down in 2021. Is this the end for arcade game centers? Maybe, but I still hope that they will reappear in another, novel form.

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