Okay so I stumbled on Jiyuna’s guide on getting started with a Nesica card. The registration is more convoluted than I thought, although the post is old and who knows if the process has changed since then. For example, the link to register for each Nesica-enabled game is dead.
shinku 1- In Osaka went to an arcade called Kohatsu for SC comps in the dayz.
I know Heart Nana is down there, check out the arcades in your area. You might get lucky & meet somebody.
Angry Abel- Glad to help.
faiyez- Ya they don’t make it easy.
Google Translate is your friend.
All- I’ve been thinkin (big mistake, haha). I’ve decided I’m a SC or nothin man so am off the SF (didn’t do it much anyways) & now play SCIIHD only.
I’ll still be here to help in anyway I can.
i appreciate the advice talim, but after google i haven’t really found anything concrete based of your recommendations (biblethump). as for arcades i know of game taito but they have usf4 and im hoping i can find some kinda of place where everyone playing sf5.
Don’t know about Kobe or Kyoto but in Osaka there’s a new gaming bar called Cross-Up that just opened and they’re running mainly fighters on their systems. Their twitter is account is here: https://twitter.com/CROSS__UP
There’s also a monthly/bi-monthly tourney called Mixup Night in Nipponbashi (Denden Town) that starts at midnight and ends at 5am. Works well if you can play all night or have an easy way to get home if you feel tired. Mixup Night’s twitter is here: https://twitter.com/mix_up_night. My PSN is the same as my name on this forum so you can add me, just lemme know you’re from SRK cuz I get a ton of requests due to my short username 
Thanks Reno!
Sorry I’m off SFV so you’ll only find me on PS3 SCIIHD.
wow thank you so much!!! i was seriously beginning to loose hope lol!!
Guess there isn’t going to be an arcade edition for SFV. Barely played this game yet, need training partners. 
Sony got consle exclusivity for SFV, no arcade edition coming.
One more bar just opened up, called Taisen Game Bar 236, here’s their twitter account, https://twitter.com/gamebar236
They’re around the same area as Cross Up bar so if that place is full you can go to the other one and vice versa, but keep in mind that 236 does board games/retro games as well so it’s not a full on fighting game bar like Cross Up.
hello, anyone happens to know what are the main arcades for Guilty Gear and Blazblue in nagoya?
Sorry, I’m in the Tokyo area so don’t know.
& Reno is in the Osaka area.
Hey, I’m from Nagoya. They have tournaments in Urban Square arcade in Osu. Look for the whiteboard calendar outside by the Denny’s entrance. I’m pretty sure I saw Guilty Gear on it once or twice at least.
Hi, and thanks for helping out!
Me and some folks staying in shinjuku by okubo station. I got my ps4/3 stick on me. where the games at lol. whats a poppin arcade. I want to play blazblue and guilty. and sf5 locals!
Shinjuku has a few Club Sega arcades. near the station.
If you hit Akihabara they have many good arcades as well.
This site can help you out:
http://www.mmcafe.com/arcadeguide/index.html
Is there a fighting game scene in Sendai?
I am able to study in Sendai or Tokyo, and while Tokyo has a bigger scene (it seems), Sendai has a better research program…
Any SFV players in Tokyo or Yokosuka? Looking for friends to play with.
Also don’t mind my username… It’s been three years since I made it, I never thought I would actually get stationed here…
Sorry I don’t know any.
Don’t know how many people look at this thread any more.
I’m still waitin for a new Soul Calibur game…
Now playin Miku gamez on my PS4, on Hard mode now (thanks Namco, I’m gettin better and levelin up the more time I have).
Oh wow, i should look in this thread more often. I am stationed in yokosuka but i normally just play tekken 7 at the capcom plaza near base. A couple of people on my ship play sfv but they mostly play online and rarely have offline meets.
Any facebook groups or stores that have some SF5 setups? I live in the Fussa area and go to Akihabara often for music games. Getting back into SF with 5 after not playing 4 once Ultra came out.
Have a few buddies that play on base with me at Yokota.