Good-bye Akihabara Game Center
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ส.ค. 2024
- The SEGA Akihabara no.2 building is closed from Aug 30, 2020.
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Another building in Akihabara closes! The Tsukumo Building with the Hamster Tube escalator closes its doors on August 30th. Video: • Akihabara says Farewel...
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sad that places like this are closing down the nostalgia of places like this will be lost forever
Oh my I never been there before in my life ...AND NOW THERE CLOSING FOREVER??? 😭😢 Aw.
Don't worry it's only building 2. They have legit like 6 buildings within like a 5 minute walking distance from each other
That makes me feel a little better since there’s 6 other buildings. I need to go to Japan soon
@@holyshitcantfindname Yea there are like tons of SEGA buildings next to each other, and if i remember that building was not that great tbh, the others inside are alot better
I was there in 2018 and I loved it so much, also I'm sad that "The Sega Center" is closing on August 30th. I wish I could had got back to Akihabara before the pandemic to see it again, and thank you John for doing this for us fans.
Dominic Hill lucky you
Thanks G TV
It’s not THE Sega game center, it’s the second one, it’s not even the original. This is not a big deal.
It's really sad.. Luckily I've been able to go there before it closes down.. I travelled to Tokyo last December. It's sad to see that one iconic building is closing down.. But hopefully they'll make good use of the building, maybe doing something new.
Noooo!!! I like that Sega building!! So iconic! I was excited to go inside that building during my first time in Akiba
Awww this building was one of the reasons why my husband and I wanted to visit Japan.
There are several other SEGA buildings, some of which are larger, you're not missing out on anything.
There are 3 other Sega arcades in Akiba including Taito, Adores & Hey (with an awesome selection of retro fighting & shooters) just to name few.
45:53 "This is like Deja vu wasnt I just here"??
Ahh the denial is already hitting John.
Damn, I'm glad I was able to visit it last year.
Me too and the Kowloon themed arcade too
No way! I was going to make a visit here next year when I finally, after almost a decade of saying I will, visit japan for the very first time!
Its so sad that the COVID pandemic literally effed up every peoples lives including business establishments.
There were other things like H1N1 that were highly contagious didnt spread as badly. Only the richest are doing fine rn...shortly after Bill Gates, a rich mf, did simulations...and Amazon's topdog billy just stepped down as CEO after making tons of moneynin a time ppl feared going out...Coincedence? 🤔
50:48 I stood in almost the exact spot john was in, but at night. The night time shot is incredible. Wonderful memories 😊
Yes sad to hear that the funky old retro sega 2 building is now going!!! 😕
Nothing last forever as they say!!!
So glad I got to visit Tokyo 9 times in 2019 rip Akihabara
Man, your so lucky. Im 16 cant go to japan
@@levynkhs8820 Student study abroad programs offer middle, high school, and college students opportunities to travel, explore, and/or volunteer. You can find programs (reputable ones) on sites like JET, Education First, National Geographic, The CDC and so on. Ofc, Covid is now more of the problem than age. But if you're really determined to go, there are way to plan for the future with help and cost-effective opportunities.
@@xrystal89 when ill get 18 i ll start studying abroad.
Thanks for the comment btw
Please never make those videos any shorter. Don’t change any thing. All in all, this is all perfect, and such a relief to watch in those difficult periods of time. Thank you so much. Go on please. Phil from France
This is so sad! Good bye Sega building ! Last visited Dec’18 & Jan’19. Happy memories. John, that donut looks amazing! I want some too
Crazy how empty it is even with the Rona. When I went in 2019 it was mad busy there. Sad one of the Saga buildings is being closed.
I was there a few years ago and always thought it was in an odd location even though it was next to the station, for people to hang out who are fans of the area. I must correct, having lived there and built computers in the late 80s early 90s that Akihabara was a place for "video games" (personal computers like the PC-9801, consoles) even back then, not the early 2000s, though it was transitioning from "radios". Even the anime stuff was there with "Doujin" shops. The Fujitsu FM-Towns building was a favorite hangout, and almighty SOFMAP ruled the used games business. The main stretch of Akihabara with computer and game shops even in the early 1990s was on the other side of the station and a bit of a walk away from the Sega Bld. I remember not being interested in that spot also because it was more "radio" gear than the Computer stuff which was more near where Super Potato still is now. Even Aum Shinrikyo had computer shops in those back roads ... If I recall correctly Sega actually still has some kind of game building (or at least Sega games) on the main stretch beyond Matsumoto Kiyoshi pharmacy (turn to the right).
Glad I got to see this place not too long ago and thought how unique and cool those escalators looked from the outside. Akihabara is just full of nostalgia and and wonderful memories with SEGA and gaming. Nice video!
It's probably the least used out of all the SEGA buildings anyway.
Who complains about the length?! I wish it was longer. I love when John gives us a peak into the beautiful land of Japan.
2:39 "but you're not hahaha I am!" This part just killed me...... oh I miss Akihabara so much I freakin evny you...... Anyways thanks for filming the SEGA before it's gone. hope to be there soon!!!
I went to Japan in 2016 and visited this building. It's sad to see it go, but glad I got a chance to walk through every floor.
I’m glad i was able to go to tokyo for the first time in February this year, akihabara was one of my favorite spots! I didnt have time to revisit spots twice but i made sure i went back to akihabara and Nakano broadway my last day to revisit and shop for video games and designer toys, the day we got back to California everything in japan closed because of COVID, what a close call lol
Thank you for showing us beautiful japan.
Love and peace from australia.
Thanks for checking out the area and clarifying which bldg was closing. I thought for sure it was the iconic red one right under the tracks near the station. I do remember walking past Bldg#2, but never really got a chance to walk in. Also, thanks for heading down “maid row”. My hubby and I always hit up Super Potato and I’m glad to see it’s still in business. Thanks as always for taking us along. Brings back a lot of memories and I am hopeful to get back there one day (when the US decides to get it’s act together)
The sega building will be gone but
it will always live on in only in japan videos !!!
Documented for future generations 🎌
@@onlyinjapanGO ..thank you John,you are so right.
This is sad. Such an iconic building. I’ve wanted to visit it for so long. I had Sega as a kid before I discovered Nintendo. So many things around the world and even my own country of Canada has shut down that I’ll never get to see. Favourited this video so I can always go back and re-watch. Thanks John. 🇨🇦
That is sad. I guess I will never see this building ever ugh. At least I guess I can play it in the Yakuza games and Judgment.
Its so sad to see it go. Each time I visited Japan I've always won something from that building. Thank you Sega Building 2 for the Rem and Kokoro plushies.
Guess the maids are a generational phenomena. I remember watching a documentary called “Akihabara Geeks” in 2006 and seeing the maids for the first time. I was already fascinated by Japan and had visited twice before but seeing the subcultures in Akihabara created an instant obsession and I returned to Japan in 2007 to witness it firsthand.
I doubt it... I have the Fruits books and the first one was released in 2001.
Sad that some of the buildings are going to go, but I think we’ll see more new buildings instead
*Thank you for documenting this. I have visited Japan multiple times and I lived there for over 6 months. I never visited this area. I just stayed in one area of Tokyo and went out drinking everyday to the same places. I absolutely failed as a tourist if the measure of success is visiting many places.*
I agree 2013 was the best year to visit Japan thank God i was blessed to go there,good times, good times...
Looooved this livestream, John! I was there last summer and spent a whole day in Akihabara and at SEGA #2. Think I spent close to $50 playing games there. Thank you for taking us along and sharing the update. 😊👍
Thanks John for taking me down memory lane. I really miss my time there. Can't wait to get back. CARLOS from NC.
damn, worst news all 2020 imo, lol. Been up and down that building many times, while not my favorite arcade, I wish it could live on.
Man, no need for worst news, this whole year has been a nightmare
Ah man I’d love to have had one of those Sega Mats in the front doors! Great video!
Was 2013 there and remember playing the Clawmachines. They had 3 entire floors filled with them. I had a lot of fun with my friend, so sad to hear it's game over...
Was a very iconic building when I went to Akihabara a year ago. Sad it see it go but. Hopefully something cool replaces it.
Couple of years ago, my wife and I watched a previous video where you went to the doughnut shop for the creme brulee doughnuts. We came to Tokyo in 2019 and, thanks to you, we found that shop and got the creme brulee doughnuts. THEY WERE AWESOME! When this pandemic is over, we are coming back for more doughnuts! Thank you, John for helping us discover this awesomeness.
Those donuts are absolute classics!
I first went to Tokyo in 2010 and that Akihabara Station exit by Sega #4 used to be so narrow. Like, the street was so narrow and it had really old building. By the time I went in 2012 it was starting to change. By 2015 it looked so much wider and a lot cleaner.
3:21 Thats Nezuko from Demon slayer chowing down on the corn. Just FYI
lol I was thinking something similar..Like this guy doesnt know who that is haha.
I planned a trip to Japan this year but it got canceled due to obvious reasons and I really wanted to visit this building being a big fan of Sega. Thanks, Covid.
had the chance to be there on february of this year, before the rona thingy hitted hard, man, it was a blast. The whole experience was it. Well, thanks for the memories, tonight i will have a beer in your honor good building.
Chuck that beer and do it for the boys
Same here. Was there on march where some things started to close temporarily. Akihabara and all of its entertainmentcenters where open and entertained us in those times where many of our plans got canceled. Rip
It will likely become a similar themed store, games, electronics, etc.
Thank you so much for live-streaming this! 🙏 Subscribed!
Wow! This was really cool building. Thank you for giving us the last tour of the place. ✌️
Everyone will order online now . Was there with my son in 2015. Looked like mostly electronic components then . Did not see any bargains but did buy some JDM Nintendo stuff my son could brag about to his friends .
That place had some impressive games. And a lot of variety too. Sad it’s closing.
Great video, I like the longer video’s it’s a nice escape from the daily grind.Sad to see the Sega building go.
Another one bites the dust in Akihabara. The iconic Tsukumo building just outside the west JR exit is closing. You recognize it by the escalators.
Kind of sad.......Akihabara is definitely one of my best favorite whenever I’m in Tokyo
Great stream John I was looking forward to going in all the Sega stores in Oct if I can enter Japan fingers crossed 👍 what a shame .
I sincerely hope you're able to go in October. My trip is booked for December. I'll be truly devastated if travel is still restricted.
I booked my trip in November. Pray for all of us that we can make it!!! Fingers crossed🙌🙌🙌
The "green frog" (the train outside Shibuya station), is gone too. It was moved to Odate station in Akita.
@electric 6 it's an old train car from 1954 which resembles a frog because it's painted in green. It wasn't a big deal but became famous because of its location and many Hello Kitty collaborations. I wouldn't recommend go to Akita because honestly the frog is not that much and Akita is way too far from Tokyo. But if you're in the area sure, why not.
AHHH! I gotta go back soon and re-live my 20's.
thanks for this video. im a childhood Sega fan
Sad to hear that, i'm glad that i got to visit the center back in 2016, what a gem.
Thank you for this. All I have is TH-cam videos to remind me now
That souvenire shop at 18:00 is where i bought my nephew's present, it was really hard for them to close these way
Woah this is sooo sad, i remember i went to that building on my first trip to japan back in 2010. Back then it used to be crowded. So sad 😢😢😢
No way! That was the first game building I went into on my last trip to japan. Glad I got to be in it and experience it before its change.
good bye sega center # 2. you will be missed and are well loved.
Love those 2 Ham radio shops!
Casual GT-R driving past at the start of the video
O man 2020 never fails to disappoint
Those game arcades are not familiar to me but it’s sad it’s gone at August 30:th ! But progress happens all the time so .....Arigato gozei masu this video thou , you’re tour guide for those whome never been visited in Japan 👍
40 + is not unusual for us. Sometimes we have the humidity to go with it.
for us? who is "us" and where does "us" live? ;)
‘So many memories’.. looks at everything like it’s the first time ever and gets lost in the place...!
The original Radio Kaikan was close to this building, but it was a different building. It looked like it was from the 50's or 60's and in 2012 had loads of hastily-patched cracks from the 2011 earthquake. There's already a new Radio Kaikan which is way too clean and nice looking!
The sega building looks too new to have been around in the era of commonplace home appliance repairs. By the time it went up people probably just bought a new radio if the old one broke XD
(Also the site of the World Trade Center in New York used to be called "Radio Row" and had loads of small shops selling valves, speakers and other parts)
I'll miss being able to play all the games in this building. I'm so grateful for my opportunity to spend time there. thank u for sharing!
so sad to see it go
That place is paradise so sad that it's going away! I wanted to spend some time there for sure. I wish I would of got there this last April... Thank you for taking us here before it closes. I also saw so many demon Slayer things I could win! ❤️
Omg no! I loved that building, luckily I have been inside it, but nooooo, I love that place
Same. Gonna go pay homage and sing baka mitai when I get there.
at least you got to go
Man this is wild. Glad I saw it last November. And I got to go to Anata no Warehouse as well before that disappeared :/
This is A Sega Game Center... #2 of many in fact. So it’s not that big a deal. There are clones of it nearby and elsewhere. I think only tourists think of it as iconic because they see it in videos. I’ve never even noticed this building way over on the end of Akihabara.
Thank god I visited before the closure. Sad day indeed.
Such a shame, not only cause i used to love making awesome long-exposure night photography with that building in the frame. But also that this specific arcade is the best arcade in all of Tokyo for playing the Starwing Paradox arcade game. You saw a snippet of that floor in John's video at the 8:49 mark - that floor is literally 24 Starwing machines. Never have to wait in a queue ever to play it !
And best of all, after a satisfying gameplay session, at the ground floor of this building you have one of the few original Pepper Lunch left standing !! Really going to miss this.
It's sad the retro days are gone. A chapter of retro gamijg era has ended, the 80's & 90's were a good time but everything changes in time, nothing lasts forever.
Oh no, how sad. Thanks for the update.
Say 'goodbye', Sega Akihabara Building #2. And rest in peace.
this building so iconic especially for KANCOLLE fans because they are always put big banner
Just impress how clean the streets are. damnnn you Montreal 🤣
Omg, sad to hear that. 😥
I've been there a lot of times when i worked in Japan back in those years.
Lot's of interesting memories, huhuh
So what will happen to those lots of stuffs in there? Just curious here ....
i know right i cant imagine all that going to the trash that stuff is like treasure to me
They would probably be transferred to other SEGA buildings.
@@HenritheHorse dang id want it all
@@HenritheHorse oh heck yea like a secret sorta thing for people to find
Wow I was there last year. It was very much a gamer's paradise. So sad..
I want more vlogs from akihabara
Thanks for this video from the bottom of my heart.
Nice to see the Gundam Cafe still open... I enjoyed visiting that one! But don't expect much for those that haven't seen it in person. It's more of a landmark for visiting other parts of akihabara.
Been there many times, the higher floors have the more adult games, also you can smoke and drink a chu-hi while playing SFV. As long as Taito Game Station doesn't close also there's hope.
Nooooooo. I love Akihabara and the Sega game centers, every time I go back to Japan I end up in Akihabara for the crane machines and figure buying. Can’t believe this iconic building from Sega will be no more. This damn pandemic has really hit hard on many businesses around the world. 😢
years ago there was a curry restaurant that I like to eat when visiting Akiba but now it turns into a convenient store I still keep their point card as memories
I cant wait for my first trip to japan
Thanks for walking through the place. I missed the live stream and will watch is later today!
I’m sure to be back soon.
@@onlyinjapanGO can't wait! I'll surely miss that place since I can't be there this year.
when ppl ask John what happened to the Sega building in your videos as a backdrop
4:45 HAPPINESSSS!!!!!
Also all that Million Live Kuji!!!
another request if you don't mind. I am always amazed at how the bikes and pedestrians and cars interact so smoothly in the busy streets of tokyo from the shibuya scramble to the small alleyways/streets without major incidents. could you do a small video sometime on the "rules of the road" regarding how japan has successfully merged all the various forms of travel. reaaly love your videos keep bringing the quality videos. i learn more from your videos than some tv documentaries.
Don't Be Sad Cheer Up John We Miss Sega Akihabara
That's really sad, it was one of the first arcades I visited when I came to Japan for the first time :c At least there's still one more Sega Game Center in Akihabara, as well as a Taito Station and the new arcade at the top floor of Don Quijote
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Donuts are from the Netherlands, not America. It's based up on a ancient Roman recipe which is spherical in shape and called a 'oliebol'. Because these things need some time getting deepfriet someone decided to make a hole in it to make it faster, later the ingredients also changed a bit.
I did plan to move to Japan, but with covid that plan fell in the water. I have to figure out how to get there now, probably will take me another 2-3 years now :(
I do hope I can still make at least a vacation trip to Japan soon, really love the country and it would make me so happy to at least have been there once. I think I can practice my photography just perfectly in Japan.
I'm so glad I managed to make the trip last year!
really hope japan opens up soon so i can visit the place
Japan has like the best video games ever and I really hate it, when arcade centers like this one gets shut down forever and it is just sad. :_(