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Giant new nine-floor arcade opens in Tokyo, wants to welcome new and old games fans alike
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Casey Baseel
Nov 22, 2025 - Tweet
Game over as 33-year-old landmark arcade closes in Tokyo’s Akihabara district【Photos, video】
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Casey Baseel
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The shutter and curtain come down on the first arcade Sega ever opened in Japan’s biggest gamer neighborhood.
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New multi-floor arcade opens in Tokyo on same day Akihabara landmark announces closure
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Casey Baseel
Jul 17, 2025
We may have to say goodbye to Akihabara Building 1, but it’s also time to say hello to a brand-new GiGO arcade elsewhere in Tokyo.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • Arcades • COK • Fuchu • game centers • Genda • GiGO • Sega • video games)
Landmark Akihabara arcade, opened by Sega over 30 years ago, announces sudden closure
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Casey Baseel
Jul 16, 2025
- Japan
- (Akihabara • Arcades • COK • game centers • Genda • GiGO • Sega • video games)
Genshin Impact characters to become delicious desserts at video game arcades in Japan
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Casey Baseel
Oct 12, 2024
- Japan
- (Arcades • COK • food • Genshin Impact • GiGO • GiGO Taiyaki • Kurikoan • Sega • Sega Taiyaki • sweets • taiyaki • video games)
Multiple regional brewers and amazing taiyaki will keep you from getting too thirsty or hungry while you’re at Japan’s newest arcade.
YuYu Hakusho cafes opening in Tokyo and Osaka to fill fans with food and nostalgia
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Casey Baseel
Aug 19, 2022
- Japan
- (anime • cafes • drinks • food • Genda GiGO • Genda GiGO Entertainment • GiGO • manga • restaurants • themed cafes • YuYu Hakusho)
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