ST hotspots in Japan

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I’ll be visiting Japan over the New Year period, and was wondering on the best arcades for ST. I’ve done my research with T.Akiba’s site, but I had trouble narrowing down which ones to visit in Tokyo:

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[]Mikado (Takadanobaba)
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The old location in Shinjuku was where the 2on2 Mikado vids started appearing a few years ago. Now it’s moved to Takadanobaba. When MORE Amusements shut down, Mikado took over as the premier place for ST in Tokyo. Every Wednesday night it’s 500 yen for freeplay. Pretty sure this place will have the toughest comp.[/LIST]
[]HEY (Akihabara)
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Well known arcade with 10yen for ST. Top players visit here occasionally (?)[/LIST]
[]Club Sega (Shinjuku)
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Apparently this is where the X-Mania tournaments are held (edit: apparently not. See papasi’s post). Has a counterpart arcade in Akihabara close to HEY.[/LIST]
[]Las Vegas (Ikebukuro)
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I see YouTube vids from this arcade occasionally. Seems that AE is popular here.[/LIST]
[*]Game Spot Versus (Nishi-nippori)
[LIST]Site of the recent Danisen versus battles. I’m curious about this arcade.[/LIST]
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At the moment I’m planning on HEY and Mikado, but wasn’t sure if the others were also worth visiting since I only have a few days to spend in Tokyo.

I’ll also be heading to Kyoto, and a-cho seems the obvious place there. What about Osaka? Since Nagase UFO closed down recently, where have the top players switched to? I’ve heard of Avion, Montecarlo and Kouhatsu.

That’s about it for now, I’ll be visiting other areas too but playing ST in the big three cities will be enough.

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Does anyone have thoughts on this? I’m on a tight schedule so I’ll probably just check out HEY @ Akihabara and Mikado.

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NKI should know all the hotspots in the tokyo area, but he is very busy nowadays.

mrdhalsim (xspr) also knows as he play with the japanese players a lot. He told me that X-mania is not held at Club Sega like you said.

try to pm these folks.

but if you are very tight on schedule, HEY and Mikado should be good choice. You just need to be there at the right time to find the top players (like you said, you will probably find shiki & muketi at the free play night @ Mikado)

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anyone know of the hotspots out of Tokyo? and possibly maps for those of us who don’t know moonspeak and would be better off looking confused with a map than to walk up and ask people?

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It’s been 7 years but I used to play at the shibuya kaikan arcade in Shibuya. Pretty small arcade, ST was on the 3rd floor, 2-3 head to head setups.

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No ST anymore in Shibuya Kaikan. It’s been replaced with 2 AE setups though. But there was only 1 alright player the night we went.