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INTEREST: Fans Bid Farewell to Akihabara's Iconic GiGO Arcade #4




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jdnation



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 10:35 am Reply with quote
Sad... it was such an iconic part of that district. On par with Tokyo Tower or Times Square NY when people think of places.

Another fine example of government bureaucracy and the almighty armies of experts destroying things people love, besides their health, livelihoods and economies, one lockdown at a time.

And Japan was more measured by comparison. Europe, North America, and especially China are #€$£'ed in the coming months and years...
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yeehaw



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 5:05 pm Reply with quote
Man that sucks, It was very, very loud in there but it was a fun place
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TheAnimeRevolutionizer



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 5:30 pm Reply with quote
jdnation wrote:
Sad... it was such an iconic part of that district. On par with Tokyo Tower or Times Square NY when people think of places.

Another fine example of government bureaucracy and the almighty armies of experts destroying things people love, besides their health, livelihoods and economies, one lockdown at a time.

And Japan was more measured by comparison. Europe, North America, and especially China are #€$£'ed in the coming months and years...

I'd recommend reading this article before mourning.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/tokyos-tearing-down-an-iconic-building-thats-a-good-thing/2022/04/11/e280ddac-b9e2-11ec-a92d-c763de818c21_story.html

As much as I feel I missed my opportunity to visit Japan in the early 2000s, nothing really is all that bad as it seems. Tokyo and essentially all of Japan is a nation of change- It is as alive as the people who live there. Things come and go, and all things have a lifetime of their own.

Would I have loved to engaged in the Japanese arcade scene? Yes. Would I have loved to go to Shibuya and check out its nighttime concert and local music scene back then? Yes. But keeping things beyond their expiration date isn't a good thing. Plus, I believe everything is reborn somehow and in a new form. If not, then chase out the world's treasures for your own.

Go check out that arcade that takes on the aesthetic of Kowloon Walled City. Doesn't that still exist?
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zztop



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 28, 2022 12:29 am Reply with quote
TheAnimeRevolutionizer wrote:
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Go check out that arcade that takes on the aesthetic of Kowloon Walled City. Doesn't that still exist?


The Kowloon-themed arcade in Kawasaki closed down in Nov 2019.
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TheAnimeRevolutionizer



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 28, 2022 9:26 pm Reply with quote
zztop wrote:
The Kowloon-themed arcade in Kawasaki closed down in Nov 2019.

Oh? Is that so? Well, there's always Ikebukuro!
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Cardcaptor Takato



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2022 12:43 am Reply with quote
jdnation wrote:


Another fine example of government bureaucracy and the almighty armies of experts destroying things people love, besides their health, livelihoods and economies, one lockdown at a time.
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Arcades have been on the decline long before COVID and it seems kind of conspiratorial to blame this solely on lockdowns which kept people safe from the virus.
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Greboruri



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2022 6:48 am Reply with quote
TheAnimeRevolutionizer wrote:

Gearoid Reidy really is an expert at writing terrible takes. Demolishing cultural and architecturally significant buildings is fine because upper middle class families can afford good apartments in sought after neighbourhoods is a bonkers take. It reads like a developer wrote it. The idea that nobody wants these buildings preserved is absurd.

TheAnimeRevolutionizer wrote:
zztop wrote:
The Kowloon-themed arcade in Kawasaki closed down in Nov 2019.

Oh? Is that so? Well, there's always Ikebukuro!

Mate, no...
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Gem-Bug



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2022 7:42 am Reply with quote
[quote="TheAnimeRevolutionizer"]
jdnation wrote:


"Before mourning, read this take by a white dude writing for an American newspaper". Rolling Eyes

Greboruri wrote:
Gearoid Reidy really is an expert at writing terrible takes. Demolishing cultural and architecturally significant buildings is fine because upper middle class families can afford good apartments in sought after neighbourhoods is a bonkers take. It reads like a developer wrote it. The idea that nobody wants these buildings preserved is absurd.


YUP. This is an issue all over the world right now, and slime-balls are trying everything they can to direct the narrative in their favor. It's repulsive.
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