Akihabara Arcade - Akihabara Forever

[heavy ridge]

The plan is to meet at GiGo Arcade Building (previously the main Sega arcade building) and just play some games, maybe move up to the next GiGo building after a while to see if there are any other interesting arcades.

I'm thinking relatively early so we have time to do stuff and still catch the trains back home. So 7:30 - 8ish, but open to suggestions. Obviously feel free to invite anyone else.

@cyan fern @lost phoenix @white thistle @spiral shale @blazing rivet @quick wagon @chilly tiger @cold lance @hardy imp

[hollow plover]

Sounds fun, anyone want to meet up before hand to do stuff around the city?

[prisma fossil]

Im down

[hardy imp]

sure

[ornate vector]

Sounds fun. I'm down!

[native hamlet]

Tentatively down. I’m in Tokyo for the day/evening/night?

[nova oxide]

Down

[cyan fern]

I’ll walk down after I finish language class at like 1pm

And generally be sat in GiGO 3 until it’s time to meet up

[fossil scaffold]

Best GiGO

I’ll put myself down as a maybe

[heavy ridge]

Oh is it really? We could do that one first then

[chilly tiger]

I'll be there.

[fossil scaffold]

I like it because of the retro floor, but it depends what you’re after

[cyan fern]

I’m walking down now with a brief stop at the bank. Lmk when and where I need to be though when people want to hang out. Otherwise I’ll be in gigo 3

[fossil scaffold]

Playing Moonwalker?

[cyan fern]

Nooo, almost certainly on the music game floor unless I feel like mahjong

[cyan fern]

Everywhere is so dead here today

The shops, the arcades

It’s weird

[gentle stone]

That sounds fun—I might stop by. Nearby HEY also has tons of fun egret cabinets.

[white thistle]

Whoa what’s going on? Lol

Gathering tonight at akiba?

[cyan fern]

Oh wait I only just noticed it was in the evening

Guess I’ll go get some lunch then

[white thistle]

I might be free to go this evening for gaming. I might be going to Red Bull gaming sphere for street fighter 6 casuals.

I’ll find out what I’m doing in a few hours. Busy checking into shibuya hotel

[cyan fern]

What’s the vibe then
I’m still floating around and killing time if people are still on for like 7:30-8ish?

[heavy ridge]

Yep 7:30 I'll be in front of GiGo 1

[cyan fern]

Cool, I’ll go burn another hour then

[prisma fossil]

How long do yall plan on staying out. I might drop by after dinner with my mate

[heavy ridge]

React to this if you're planning on coming 🕹️

[cyan fern]

Yes

[heavy ridge]

Hahaha probably before the last train

Definitely not doing another all nighter today

[ornate vector]

Are we meeting at GiGo1?

[heavy ridge]

Yes

I think it's the easier to get to

[ornate vector]

Ok. Just making sure

[cold lance]

See you at 730

[prisma fossil]

Ill aim to get there at 8, might not stay out too long

[cold lance]

Ok getting ready

[chilly tiger]

Are we meeting outside?

My Internet won't work, so would like to know location as precise as possible 😩

[cold lance]

I think so

GIGO 3 I believe??

[heavy ridge]

Noo GiGo 1. I'm already outside

[twilit lichen]

Will be there around 7:44 ~

Coming from akabane

🕹️

[heavy ridge]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/pwZNwoeq1PnRm9Th6

[cyan fern]

I’m in 3 playing mahjong because you said 7:30

[heavy ridge]

Hahahaha fair enough

Close enough to still make it to 1 in time haha

[chilly tiger]

Will be there in 10

[cyan fern]

I’ll just throw the game

[cold lance]

@chilly tiger hey Cthulhu we meeting at GIGO 1

[ornate vector]

I'm on my way should he there in 8mins

[cyan fern]

I have thrown. I will be there shortly

Where’s the gang then

[twilit lichen]

1 more stop

[heavy ridge]

Awesome

There's already 3 of us here

Four of now

[prisma fossil]

Me and my mate just pulled up akiba. Where are we at

[white nexus]

Here fifth floor

[cyan fern]

Thanks for tonight guys - was good to meet you all and hang out

The giant pile of coins in my pocket is making the train ride home most comfortable

[prisma fossil]

Yeah i can relate. The 6 yen in my bag is quite burdensome

[twilit lichen]

Thanks for the hangout!!

[twilit lichen]

Please send the pic we had at the end of the arcade fun when you have the chance

[heavy ridge]

Sure!!

I had forgotten

[prisma fossil]

Amazing. Was heaps fun hanging with yall last night!

[ornate vector]

It was nice meeting all of you last night! Hope everyone have a great rest of your trip and for those going home, safe flight!

[cold lance]

Likewise! I’m pretty bummed that it’s my last full day here 🫠

[heavy ridge]

Have a safe flight!!

[prisma fossil]

Safe travels!

[ornate vector]

After yesterday, I kinda want to go back to the arcade to play some more rhythm games. You think it'll help me burn some calories from all the food I'm eating? 😭

[heavy ridge]

You'd have to find some DDR to burn it off hahaha

Also, we found a store in Nakano that had the Oktoberfest Emilia for sale. No crane game required. Does anyone want to know the price?

[nova oxide]

Don't they have ddr stores in Aki though?

*arcade

[ornate vector]

Not all of them. The one we went to last night didn't

[nova oxide]

There should be one though

That'd be very weird if there's no ddr arcade or something equivalent

[twilit lichen]

What was the price

[twilit lichen]

Hahahahha

We were paying for the experience

🥹

[cyan fern]

that's the true art of crane games - knowing when it's cheaper to just buy the figure

[cyan fern]

maimai is great for making you feel like you've just moved
just remember your gloves

[twilit lichen]

It's ok i still have the box. Full value 🥹

[nova oxide]

I went to Aki but didn't buy anything, stuff was around 5000 to 10000 or so

[cyan fern]

ooh, were you looking for anything specifically?

[ornate vector]

The true art is wasting money until they pity you 😭

[ornate vector]

Thanks for teaching me last night. Wish we had time to try the machine you like tho

[prisma fossil]

🤣🤣🤣

[cyan fern]

no problem at all - i love introducing people to games I like

don't be too scared to try ongeki though 😄

it's not as popular as ones like maimai or chunithm so there's always machines free usually

[fossil scaffold]

They do

Tokyo Leisureland has them

[ornate vector]

Idk how to work the machines but I think I'll definitely go back to play again

[fossil scaffold]

GiGO 3 has them too

[ornate vector]

Yeah, I think I'll go to gigo 3 when I go back. Seems to have more games

[cyan fern]

google translate usually works well if you get stuck 👍
or feel free to ping me and I can try helping if you're really stuck

i wanna say that GiGO 3 has like 3 DDR gold cabs

[nova oxide]

Welp, I'm gonna go there tomorrow

[cyan fern]

https://tenor.com/view/doja-cat-star-wars-gif-25078126

[ornate vector]

Akihabara arcade part 2?

[cyan fern]

[ornate vector]

And we'll focus on the games this time instead of the crane 😇

[cyan fern]

i'm down to go visit again if you & any others would like to come

i thought it was a good laugh last night

[ornate vector]

I'll probably go shopping in Ginza during the day but I'm definitely down for some more arcade

[cold lance]

So… we having another game night?!!!

I’m planning to check out Shibuya and I’m hoping they have some legit games down here

[ornate vector]

It'll have to be tomorrow for me

Going to https://discord.com/channels/440956791426383882/1174295147899527188
Tonight

[serene fjord]

me and a friend are staying near Akihabara and missed the one yesterday, would be down if theres another session tomorrow

[cyan fern]

Taito Station next to the train station is pretty good
https://maps.app.goo.gl/ehwJwUJ9qVE62imA9

[cold lance]

Sick. I’ll check it out

[heavy ridge]

Akihabara Arcade - Part 2????

[cyan fern]

akiba 2: electric boogaloo

[proud mesa]

I'd be keen on this but I'm not there until next week! Hopefully there'll be a part 3 😄

[heavy ridge]

Let's see if we can get the first sequel off the ground hahaha. Then we can do the franchise 😅

[cyan fern]

i'm sure even if there's nothing being organised specifically at the time - there will always be some people willing to come hang out when you get here

[ornate vector]

Maybe we should meet up a bit earlier than last time? It was kinda hard to find food at the time we were looking 😭

[eternal rock]

Yo akiba gang, glad you are all nerd repping the japan tourism and supporting the Japanese economy 🙇🏻

Just dropping in and saying that I’m going to follow my friend to Mogra Saturday.

mogra anisong - Saturday 10:30pm door, 11:00pm until 5am

I plan to have an early dinner, go back and nap, and then go out, I’ll start a new thread soon. Hope you guys can go or if not have a fun time in japan

[cyan fern]

I dunno if I got the stamina for all night clubs anymore

[eternal rock]

You just gotta pace yourself and don’t need to go all night

[cyan fern]

You do when the last train is at 11:50 and they don’t start again until like 4

[eternal rock]

Aiya just share a cab

[cyan fern]

Uber says 11k to get home from the station

[eternal rock]

Capsule

[heavy ridge]

Do let me know if we're meeting up again today. I also vote to get together a little earlier this time

[cyan fern]

i've gotta go buy a few things locally first but I can be there probably any time after like 2-3pm.
i'll head over whenever someone says they want to meet up

[ornate vector]

How about meeting around 5 or 6?

That way we can grab food around 8 and if we want, go back for more gaming

[fossil scaffold]

Go hit baseballs on the roof of Yodobashi

[cyan fern]

sounds good, i'll be in the area a little before that then

[ornate vector]

I'm probably going to shop around in Shinjuku and head there after I can check into my new hotel

[cyan fern]

niiice, there's a cool camera shop there 😄

[heavy ridge]

Nice, I'll be nearby around 5 - 5:30

[chilly tiger]

Are we meeting next to Gigo 1?

[cyan fern]

Could do again, we met next to the tree last time

[prisma fossil]

Hello luis and i may join. Were at hakone atm, not sure when wed get back but would be keen

[ornate vector]

Maybe GiGo3? Doesn't that one have more games?

[cyan fern]

Yeah but I guess for meeting up #1 is more obvious?

[cyan fern]

I am now en-route but it takes me like an hour to get there anyway

[prisma fossil]

Heading back from hakone now, expecting to be at akiba around 6

[ornate vector]

I'm eating. Will head there soon after

[cyan fern]

I’m waiting in the same place as last time by the tree. It’s way busier tonight

[hollow plover]

Can I tap in for this tonight

[heavy ridge]

That's the weekend for you haha.

Also on my way, should be there in 15 min

[ornate vector]

heading there now

[cyan fern]

Oh for sure, just making people aware in case they don’t like crowds

[ornate vector]

Should be there in 30ish mins

[cyan fern]

Sure I think? @heavy ridge

[heavy ridge]

No problem. The more the merrier

[chilly tiger]

I might be 30 min late. Could you please message here what building and floor you will end up going.

[cyan fern]

Might be easier to ping someone when you’re here and we can say then?

[hollow plover]

Cool, I'll be there at 5:47

[chilly tiger]

Not with my reception 😊

All good, I'll catch wifi.

[hollow plover]

@chilly tiger Once you know ETA I can try to meet you on a floor at that time if that helps 😄

[chilly tiger]

Thanks a lot, but no need. I remembered they have wifi there. I'll find you.

[heavy ridge]

You still waiting there? Take refuge inside, it's quite chilly

I'm 5 min away

[cyan fern]

It is isn’t it

All the more reason to get here quick

[heavy ridge]

Hahaha

Two of us here now

[ornate vector]

I'm almost there

5 min max

[cursive linden]

Something going on in akiba tn?

[heavy ridge]

Yeah, we're doing arcade again

We're moving up to GiGo 3

Catch up with us there, we'll let you know the floor

We're on the 6th floor

[serene fjord]

2 joining in a few mins how do we find you?

[serene fjord]

ah

[prisma fossil]

We’ll be another 30 minutes 😅

[cursive linden]

I may try to stop by

Which building is that at

[lost phoenix]

Are y’all still at Gigo 3? Just got back to hotel and can head over

[prisma fossil]

Are you guys still on 6?

[cyan fern]

Where’s everyone go

[chilly tiger]

Where are you at?

[hollow plover]

Floor 5

[cyan fern]

Or at least where’s the ddr gang go

[hollow plover]

Floor 5 dance section

[ornate vector]

Where did you guys go? Lol

[cursive linden]

On my way!

[lost phoenix]

Just got to gigo 3 couldn’t find yall on 5. Gonna be playing claw machines at 1

[cursive linden]

Just got to akihabara

[prisma fossil]

4 of us are on 4 about to play mario kart

[cursive linden]

On 4

[clever hull]

Gonna be in akiba at the end of the month which lurks are the best for music games? In particular DDR, IIDX, and Chunithm?

[lost phoenix]

Aii I lost all my money in crane games, yall racing on 4?

[hollow plover]

Im grabbing food from yoshinoya

[prisma fossil]

How are you guys going with dinner? Were about to finish up

[eternal rock]

Heading to akiba a little later

[prisma fossil]

Getting late so will probably call it a night. Need to get up early to get to kyoto. But thanks for the past arcade nights. Was super fun and it was great meeting yall!

Feel free to follow me on insta lol @nick__cee

[serene fjord]

it was fun! have a good night 🤙🏼

[heavy ridge]

We're sorry we didn't answer T_T

Have a safe trip to Kyoto though

Nice seeing you guys

[cyan fern]

It was nice to meet you all (and again for some). Hope you all found some new games you enjoyed

And get home safe ofc

[cyan fern]

Pretty much any arcade will have the last two. I guess DDR is pretty space dependent though.

GiGO 3 has big variety but is also probably the busiest one

I like going inside Game Panic on a weekday though as it’s usually dead on the music game floors

I think only GiGO 1 and 3 (of the GiGO arcades in akiba) have music games though. GiGO 1 has no bemani too

[prisma fossil]

All good ahaha we ended up doing our own little thing so no stress!

[cyan fern]

We waited outside coco for what felt like 45 mins

Before they squished 5 of us into a 4 person booth

Made it onto my local train home where someone is throwing up violently into a bag

[fossil scaffold]

HEY has bemani but no DDR

[cyan fern]

I was pleasantly surprised by HEY

I will definitely be going back

[fossil scaffold]

HEY is pretty much all I go to. Has what I want

Top floor of gigo 3 too

I don’t do crane games

[ornate vector]

It was nice hanging out with all of you again! And to those who I met for the first time today, it was nice meeting y'all!

[cyan fern]

I saw no groove coaster and that made me sad

Double densha de go!! + an old one was appreciated though

[clever hull]

Groove coaster did get end-of-lifed so they usually start dropping them away from Game Centers pretty quickly after that I’ve noticed. WACCA got yeeted hella fast after its death date.

[cyan fern]

Yeah but GC is still present in a fair few taito places

Like there’s 2 cabs in the game station across the road

WACCA being gone is sad. My local GiGO still has a wacca but not having any online function is not cool

https://vxtwitter.com/goilup/status/1726032400629874829

[clever hull]

Lmao that’s my friend’s tweet

Ive been in that basement.

[cyan fern]

nice

Would love a home groove coaster, but the screens are flaky as hell I’ve heard

[clever hull]

Yeah idk but you can probably replace it with something similar and consumer grade lol.

[cyan fern]

A tv

Just need to “rescue” a cabinet from somewhere first

Same with WACCA too but there’s only one I know of in the country back home

[clever hull]

Where’s home? I can ask my friends if they know any distributors

[cyan fern]

UK

I’ve got a couple of friends but none of them are importing anything atm

Also need to make sure I’ve got enough to spare too

[clever hull]

Yeah getting stuff to Europe sucks. I know there’s a few continental folks who help coordinate containers but it’s hard.

[cyan fern]

ah well, it's a future problem

[proud mesa]

anyone interested in going to the arcades later today

[junior verge]

Haha I was going to ask too! I’m recovering from an early morning walk with a very energetic dog, but I’m up for going back out later. We can post in the main chat too and see if we can get more people

[prisma fossil]

Howdy. I just got back to tokyo today. Would love to join

[proud mesa]

sounds good guys

[junior verge]

What time were you thinking?

[proud mesa]

mid to late afternoon? like 3-4pm ish

i was going to explore the asakusa area first

i'm reasonably flexible though if people wnat to make it later

sorry for the n00b question but is it a coins only affair there too? if so i'll lug along my stack of coins

[eternal rock]

They break bills silly.

Load up your coins into suica

[cyan fern]

most big arcades also have readers on the machines so you can use IC cards too

pretty tempted to sack off work and come along

just need an hour notice really so I can get ready & get the train over

[proud mesa]

i'm happy to go with what works for most people. i can make it anytime around 330-4 or after

[marble fractal]

transit IC cards?

[cyan fern]

yep

[marble fractal]

wow

[cyan fern]

suica/pasmo/toica/the rest

generally only the chain arcades have those though, like gigo/taito/game panic etc

[marble fractal]

using my watch to pay for arcade machine, v advanced

[cyan fern]

and not on all machines too

[junior verge]

Doooooo eeeet, doooooo eeeet!

[cyan fern]

it's dangerous

very easy to just pump 1000's of yen into a crane game

don't ask how i know this

[marble fractal]

just buy the prize from another shop

[cyan fern]

i was still new to japan at that point

[junior verge]

There’s no thrill in that tho!

[marble fractal]

that's true..

[proud mesa]

i'm here for the addiction element to the games

[cyan fern]

that's kind of like - half the game with wanting a specific prize from a crane though imo

knowing how much it might retail for & trying to weigh up your chances

but playing for the fun of it is also cool

[marble fractal]

do arcades here not have reloadable cards specific to the arcade?

[cyan fern]

the short answer is "not really - they mostly piggyback off the IC card system"

the long answer is "kind of..."

[junior verge]

I think they just take 100 yen coins, no? At least the ones I’ve played this time around. Or IC card ofc.

[cyan fern]

for stuff like rhythm/card/driving/fighting games - each manufacturer usually has their own stored currency system like paesli or whatever the AIME one is

[junior verge]

Ohhhh

[marble fractal]

huh, kinda prefer that honestly, at home I had reloadable cards for maybe 6 different arcades when they stopped using coin tokens 😵‍💫

[cyan fern]

it's not like uhh - dave & busters (if that's still a thing) where you gotta buy points on a card to spend

[junior verge]

Yeah that’s annoying

[cyan fern]

dave & busters stopped being a thing in the UK in like, early 2000's

[junior verge]

I’ve never been there but it sounds awful

I think they still have them in the states.

[cyan fern]

next holiday target confirmed

[marble fractal]

i left my banapassport at home so all my progress on WMMT is left there too at least that's what bandai namco's card was called in aus, p sure it's the same here?

[cyan fern]

yep

bananapass

[junior verge]

Lmao come to boring Cincinnati, I’m pretty sure there’s one out in the suburbs. Like, the faaaaaaar suburbs.

[marble fractal]

had a few idolmaster ones from years back tooo

[cyan fern]

generally they all use the Amusement IC system - so you can use the same card across different networks

example being like - I can use my konami card on a sega machine

if you like the networked games though - getting a card is well worth the 300 yen as you generally get a free play on each game with a new card

(dunno if that applies to konami machines though)

[marble fractal]

huh, that's neat

[cyan fern]

but yes - i will bin off work when it's almost time

i'll just work on friday instead

[junior verge]

Wooooooohooooo

[marble fractal]

if yall have room for one more I might join, 1hr and a few transfer to get there for me

[junior verge]

Yeah, everyone’s welcome! Where do we want to meet?

I’m just going to have lunch really quick and put myself back together, but I can meet after 3 as well.

[cyan fern]

in the past we've generally loitered around under the tree outside GiGO 1 as it's a visible landmark - but anywhere is good really

[junior verge]

Visible landmarks are good. Let’s go with that.

[cyan fern]

like here if you've never seen it before

[fossil scaffold]

Currently having pinball dreams

[marble fractal]

that is one chonker of a person you've drawn there

[cyan fern]

monday night football pinball sounds like an interesting theme

[fossil scaffold]

Yeah looks like a good one

[clever hull]

AFAIK only applies to DDR if it’s enabled in the operator settings and it rarely is. Sega games almost all across the board give you one free song play on a new card.

[cyan fern]

the old williams ones on the left remind me of playing Barracora back home

[cyan fern]

konami moment

[clever hull]

Most of Konami’s rhythm games are extremely beginner unfriendly especially Beatmania 😂

[junior verge]

We’ve got our meeting place. Did we decide on a time? I’ll go whenever works best for everyone else. I’m just hanging out at the place I’m staying.

[cyan fern]

maybe like 4?

i think it'll be one of those things where someone's gotta pick a time and then we work towards that

i'm also easy for time though

[proud mesa]

Will aim to get there at 4 then? I could be a bit late but if that's the case I'll update this chat and find you guys later

[cyan fern]

ok - i shall get my stuff and head over

[junior verge]

I’ll head out in a few. I need a juice so I don’t blood sugar crash again.

Ok I’m sufficiently juiced, I think. I hope. Heading out now.

[proud mesa]

Heading there now from Asakusa.

[junior verge]

Maps has me arriving around 4:30 or shortly before

[proud mesa]

Anyone else we're looking out for? @prisma fossil @marble fractal ?

[marble fractal]

I'll have to pass, gonna take me at least an hour to get out there lol

maybe next time 👌

[prisma fossil]

Im just chilling around akiba rn

[junior verge]

Wow I have a talent for missing trains by 30 seconds

ETA is 4:24

[cyan fern]

Gonna have to pop an emergency pocari sweat

I’ll be there in like 15 mins

[junior verge]

For real though. Good thing vending machines are everywhere

I also ate a handful of glucose gummies before leaving lol

Hopefully we won’t have an encore of Sunday

I hate it when people sit on the border of two seats on the train 😑 thereby preventing anyone from sitting next to them.

[proud mesa]

Just grabbing a juice, not far away

[cyan fern]

I am here

[prisma fossil]

Ill be by in a sec

[proud mesa]

I'm here now

[junior verge]

Waiting on my next train, will be there in like 10 min

[prisma fossil]

Were just chilling 🙂

[junior verge]

Almost there

Walking from station

[prisma fossil]

Thanks for hanging out tonight guys!!! 😊😊😊

[cyan fern]

Time for the proper games

[prisma fossil]

Go off king

[proud mesa]

Understanding the "11" on the lights has upgraded my game

[prisma fossil]

Optimal crossing

And then it wont be there for most streers when youre in kyoto 😛

[junior verge]

Yeah guys, that was so much fun! I’m gonna sleep so well with my sleeping pills and my Bond plushie 🥹

[fossil scaffold]

Aww I want sleeping pills

[junior verge]

Getchu some

[fossil scaffold]

They work?

[cyan fern]

We’ll find out when she doesn’t reply in the next 10 hours

[proud mesa]

silence might mean yes in this case

haha

[cyan fern]

How was the pinball?

[clever hull]

I was with y’all in spirit tonight I went to GIGO in Fukuoka

[junior verge]

I just took em about 30 min ago, about to zonk out. Very very sleepy. Hoping I’ll sleep all the way through the night because that’s been a huge issue since I got here. Waking up every few hours for the last week.

[clever hull]

And with that maxed out the number of prefectures I can hit on beatmania this trip 😂

I missed Shiga cuz there was no accessible arcade from my ryokan 😂

[cyan fern]

The best priority

One of mine was to visit WGC and play the last online museca in Tokyo

[clever hull]

That 5000 paseli ain’t gonna use itself

[clever hull]

I’m gonna go there and play Technica lol

[cyan fern]

Gotta also do some bm3

[clever hull]

Yep

[fossil scaffold]

Where’s that?

[clever hull]

And old ass DDR

[cyan fern]

Hope they work ok

[clever hull]

Nakano

[cyan fern]

Near Tachikawa

[clever hull]

Out thereabouts

[fossil scaffold]

Way out

[cyan fern]

Yeah

[fossil scaffold]

I went to Mikado today. Gotta say, I was disappointed

[junior verge]

Before I hit the sack, BEHOLD THE GIANT BOND I WON FROM A GIGO 3 CRANE GAME. I forgot to ask one of ya to take a picture fresh after my win, so here’s a delayed reaction.

[fossil scaffold]

I guess I’d hyped it up

[junior verge]

OK GOODNIGHT

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And others too

[clever hull]

I am so sweaty

[fossil scaffold]

Dont overdo it

[clever hull]

One day I wanna go to Betty @cyan fern but I am not confident in my Japanese level yet

[cyan fern]

I do as well

But 7h30 drive

My friend told me about it and it looks really cool

[clever hull]

JR thunderbird was the plan I had.

[cyan fern]

Something something split car rental?

[clever hull]

I’m gonna pound a tall strong zero before bed this can’t possibly backfire right

[fossil scaffold]

If you’re looking to try something out of the normal areas Dot Com in Kasai has an OK music selection

[cyan fern]

They have wacca

I’m sold

[clever hull]

So did Fukuoka gigo!

[cyan fern]

I chose my current apartment because the local arcade has wacca

[cyan fern]

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Gitadora, Resident

[clever hull]

I got a wacca in my garage 🙂

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Wqcca Reverse

[cyan fern]

Bro

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Noice

[clever hull]

And a chuni and DDR

[eternal rock]

I’m stuck in a plane and the WiFi plane won’t give me pictures. I can’t see shit but I’m not ducted

[cyan fern]

I have a lot of time for wacca

There’s only one the UK though

And it’s in London

[junior verge]

¿Que es ducted?

[fossil scaffold]

They also have 13 mahjong fight club machines lol

[eternal rock]

Wi-Fi plan won’t stream pictures

[cyan fern]

I still need to try MFC

I’m kind of invested in MFG now though

[clever hull]

@cyan fern I am totally down to split rental car on a jaunt to Betty in the future if the stars align

[cyan fern]

Sweet, it’d probably be a hotel job too because driving like 16h in a day is uhh - not advisable

[junior verge]

Oohhhhhh. Well here’s the alt description for until you land and can see it yourself: Claudia (that’s me) holding a giant Bond plush with wide eyes that say WAKU WAKU

[cyan fern]

But I’ve been chomping at the bit to go on a long drive 😂

[eternal rock]

What’s bond plush

[cyan fern]

🐕

[junior verge]

Spy x Family dog

Says BORF

V cute

[clever hull]

I’ve done a 10 hour single day drive before so we could one shot it by splitting the load 😂

[cyan fern]

That could work

[clever hull]

I had to do it on a flat spotted tire too

It was the worst 10 hours of my life

My back hurt for weeks after

[cyan fern]

I guess we’re renting the GR Yaris that the local Toyota has

[clever hull]

Haha nice I love a hot hatch. I need to learn to drive stick tho

Never learned it cuz murica

The most experience I have with stick is from racing games and those don’t have a true clutch

[cyan fern]

Like sim racing?

[clever hull]

Yeah

[cyan fern]

Sweet, what kind of games

[clever hull]

All the arcade ones. I’m awful at em tho. Done a little GT but too wussy to splurge on a wheel for PS5 😂

And I am not into it enough to pay for iracing

[cyan fern]

I’m mostly involved with ACC and iRacing sometimes

I ain’t a racer though - more the organisation side of things

[clever hull]

Neat

My favorite iracing moments are when nascar drivers get uppity with armchair racers mouthing off on the radio

Shits hilarious

[cyan fern]

it is excellent

like ARCA breaks

there's a new series called "draft masters" which is basically unrestricted arca cars on massive ovals like daytona/talledega

that is most fun

[clever hull]

Lmao

So nascar if the fun police weren’t involved? (Yes I know restrictor plates are to help prevent another Dale incident)

I still can’t believe Ross chastain did a fking wallride irl and made playoffs cuz of it.

[cyan fern]

the one at martinville?

i think it was martinville

[clever hull]

I don’t remember which race but lol everyone was talking about it for a week r two

Best publicity nascar has had in years

And they didn’t capitalize on it at all

[cyan fern]

😦

[eternal rock]

It’s a little late but the photo loaded. 😍😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️❤️

[eternal rock]

Future predicting dog

[prisma fossil]

We did it again!

[junior verge]

I’m on fiyaaaaaah!!

IT’S A BACKPACK YOU GUYSSSSS. Idk how the hell I’m going to fit it in my luggage lol

[prisma fossil]

Put bond in it

[junior verge]

He won’t fit! lol

[cyan fern]

can you go back and win the stuff I was trying to win yesterday pls

[proud mesa]

Woomy is going to have her on YouTube channel on how to win crane games soon

own*

[clever hull]

I’m largely free tonight if ppl wanna do stuff in Akiba

[cyan fern]

i'm at a gig tonight otherwise i'd come

[clever hull]

I’m considering Mogra tonight

[cyan fern]

ooh what's mogra?

[fossil scaffold]

The hottest sausage fest east of the imperial palace

[clever hull]

Anime music nightclub. DJ wildparty is playing there tonight

[cyan fern]

oh nice

[heavy ridge]

Akihabara Arcade - Akihabara Forever

[clever hull]

Wildparty was fucking lit lmao. Not terribly keen on how sleepy Akiba is after dark but Mogra was a lot of fun.

[cyan fern]

Yeah, even the food/beer places shut super early

I guess everyone moves down to kanda

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Or ueno

[clever hull]

Makes sense.

[proud mesa]

Did these work for you? I'm chatting to someone who's looking for sleeping tablets

[stiff mantle]

@junior verge yea where did you get this?

[junior verge]

Pharmacy! Just a random one at the station

[junior verge]

Yup. It’s just antihistamine, and the dose is quite high, so I only took one pill instead of the recommended two. They’re 50mg each. For reference, normal Benadryl is 25mg and that’s enough to knock most ppl out.

[proud mesa]

Your photo came in handy

It was shown to the pharmacy here

We want this

[stiff mantle]

The pharmacist gave me a different brand but its the good stuff

[eternal rock]

Stay healthy pls

Drink fluids and pocari

[cyan fern]

Pocari is nice when you’re ill

[prisma fossil]

Smuggled some pocari into australia. Will ration until my eventual return 🤣

[proud mesa]

Haha they sell it in Australia

Go to your local Korean supermarket

[prisma fossil]

Bruh

This is game changing

[fossil scaffold]

Yeah all the Asian markets have em

Usually it’s the Indonesian import

[clever hull]

The pocari sold at American Asian stores tastes different than the pocari here and I hate it.

[proud mesa]

Didn't realise that - might need to try the ones here then!

[eternal rock]

Different levels of powdered sugar and additives, it’s more sweet in not japan. Japan is more soury and slight energy drink, whereas off Japan is more Gatorade lite

[clever hull]

I actually find the pocari in America to be slightly bitter and kinda cucumber tasting rather than a refreshing grapefruit flavor

[fast hatch]

I will say the pocari sweat from the Korean grocery stores does taste “sweaty” (or more bitter, but I equate it to sweat) compared to those found here in Japan
Source: trust me bro lol
Real source: I’m Korean and drank the sweatier version my whole life

[prisma fossil]

$4 fuck that lmao

[cyan fern]

pocari sweet

[fossil scaffold]

From Indonesia?