Japan Arcade - Under New Ownership!

Idk yet. We will stamp your ticket to give your the free 2 hours, but I’m not sure if we’re planning on getting you stickers so you can stay longer for free. There are some loopholes, though:

The Woori Market’s parking lot is right next to the garage. Normally on weekdays you have to pay to stay in the lot, however on weekends, you can stay for free. Idk if they’ll change that policy soon or not, but if you’re not sure, look inside the little booth in the parking lot and if nobody’s there, you can stay for free. I think they close the lot at 2am.

If you stay in the parking garage until after they close, 3am, you can leave without having to give the person your ticket. So, if you stay till 3am, you stay for free.

EDIT: Also, I added an FAQ to the first page. It mostly just answers questions I’ve already answered on this thread. Feel free to keep asking me questions!

Every time I go to Lil Tokyo I park in front of the Office Max. I asked the guy taking care of the lot if there is a limited amount of time to park there and he said there isnt. The proposed time limit is supposed to be only an hour long, but no one seems to care.

I normally spend like 2 -3 hours there, never got in trouble.

Let us know the progress in this place and if possible, put some pics up. Visual confirmation of improvements puts my mind at ease. I am down to come through on the weekends.

Bonus points for having Yogurt Land close to there, shit is fucking delicious.

Yogurtland is inferior to Cherry on Top… being that Cherry on Top is downstairs from Japan Arcade and Yogurtland requires a further walk and, usually, a wait in line.

Does Cherry on Top offer no sugar added yogurt?

Important since I am diabetic. Otherwise, I have to put extra insulin.

I love that place. I always go there for their boba.

I think I’ll be there on Weds. If so I’ll snap some pics and post them up.

Is the SF4 setup still there in the far west corner of the arcade??

for those who don’t know, you think you could post up the address and specific location of the arcade?

I think the address is:

Japan Arcade
Little Tokyo Mall
333 South Alameda St., Suite 206 (2nd floor)
Los Angeles, CA 90013

Any word on CvS2 being there?

Please say yes <3

i’ll def checkout japan arcade now that it’s close to my work. instead of goin to family arcade on vermont.

I know you’re putting it in a Japanese cabinet but…

Japan Arcade.

In Little Tokyo.

Bat tops.

Hahahahahahahahahaha.

The problem with new HD games like BlazBlue and SF4, is that not many cabinets can support their output. We have very few VGA cabinets, and that American cab was one of them. It will be temporary, but just hang in there.

The American cabinets themselves are actually doing pretty well; most of the people coming into the arcade are not Japanese, or even asian, and we’d like to cater to everybody, not just the JP stick crowd. We’ll have 3S in both JP and AM sticks.

It’s not there yet, but we should be bringing it in soon.

Here’s a link to some photos I took yesterday: Japan Arcade pictures by Id_asz - Photobucket

EDIT - I also replaced KoFXI with HnK.

Wow, place is looking mighty nice.

Snack bar is legit.

Was there before work (around till 4:45pm).

Good group playing sf4, about 6 of us. I was playing that Blue Bison.

The sf4 sticks have not been replaced, I was having trouble dashing (on the right side). Hope they get fixed soon. Also I was wondering if the japanese stick would be using a square gate. Currently they are in a circle gate, which isnt a problem for me, but I think many other would make note of that since you plan on having both AM and JP stick setups.

Didn’t have much time, but hopefully next time I get a chance to play some HnK and MotW.

With some work, this place could bring in a lot more people! Just an idea to help being some more people to the place, but ever consider doing a grand opening? Maybe make one night unlimited play (like 15 bucks with pizza) and have some raffles or something.

We’re planning on replacing the SF4 JP sticks (and every JP stick in the arcade) with square gate Sanwa JLFs, we just haven’t gotten to it yet.

Yeah, we’re thinking about doing something for a Grand Opening, but we want to wait until the place is fixed up.

Yeeeeahhhh!! Oh man so many memories :DD

Nate, I was trolling you because of the absurdity of the situation. Way to miss the point. XD;

Man, I hate those regeneration properties >_<. According to D&D rules I can only kill you with fire or acid!

You getting Melty Blood there? If you are, which version?

Announce a grand opening and I will be fucking there!

Seriously, I am getting excited already.