Shibuya Kaikan Monaco to close on August 18th, 2013

forgot about gene losing his rings :rofl::rofl:

Anybody click this topic hoping for those pics but was sadly disappointed by what was being posted instead /same thing as the translation thread

pherai stories saves the day, provided by others, once again!

I tried to post in this thread twice, and neither time took, maybe itā€™s because i tried to post a picture, Iā€™ll try posting without the picture (it was pointless anyway).

The initial shock is gone now, so thereā€™s no point in trying to fake the frustration I felt when I read this thread yesterday, but Iā€™m still pretty bummed out. This was the only arcade in Shibuya I liked, even if I mostly just sat around playing VF by myself, or bemani. I went here a decent number of times last year when I was studying abroad, and even if it wasnā€™t the best arcade in Tokyo, it was definitely a nice option to have, and very distinct compared to most of the ā€˜department storeā€™ arcades. Makes me worry that when I get back to Tokyo in a year or so, all the arcades I loved will be gone, and Akiba will have become a giant AKB-48 cafe.

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The final closing of the arcade.

Looked like some serious business went on there.
Thanks for the pics.

awesome stuff. we shoulda did an arcade tour of that place back in 2009 for posterity

France stole that toilet idea from Japan, or vice versa. :xeye:

RIP