Sitting on the floor, shoeless, in a very small but very tidy flat in Kawatana, Kyushu, southern Japan, I thought I'd let you westerners know what the "scene" is like out here. The computer game scene that is. Well the shops really. Now this is a very narrow view, but basically it seems like it's a little stagnant. I am gonna have a good hunt for a computer game shop as I understand them, and maybe some Japan residents can help me out but here goes.
I spent a good afternoon wandering through the streets, backstreets, malls and halls of Kyoto and I found 3 game shops. To be fair I don't know what I am looking for, and Japanese shops have the tendancy to advertise their wares in their own language, I mean, how short sighted is that!?!? But I found 1 shop that only sold PS2 stuff, and two more traditional games shops that had a reasonably selection of stuff. GameBoy Players, Hori peripherals, and the latest games for all platforms, and a little note apologising for NO GBA SPs. However, what struck me the most was the similarity of these shops to the UK equivilent. I didn't know what to expect,maybe floating neon sheves or somthing.
Anyways, I shall wonder around this town, see if there is anything, although I suspect not, and maybe Sasebo or Omura are the only place for that kind of action.
I spent a good afternoon wandering through the streets, backstreets, malls and halls of Kyoto and I found 3 game shops. To be fair I don't know what I am looking for, and Japanese shops have the tendancy to advertise their wares in their own language, I mean, how short sighted is that!?!? But I found 1 shop that only sold PS2 stuff, and two more traditional games shops that had a reasonably selection of stuff. GameBoy Players, Hori peripherals, and the latest games for all platforms, and a little note apologising for NO GBA SPs. However, what struck me the most was the similarity of these shops to the UK equivilent. I didn't know what to expect,maybe floating neon sheves or somthing.
Anyways, I shall wonder around this town, see if there is anything, although I suspect not, and maybe Sasebo or Omura are the only place for that kind of action.
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