Kawasaki Warehouse
Warehouse Kawasaki was a five-story amusement facility in Kawasaki, Japan, under Geo Corporation's Anata no Warehouse (あなたのウェアハウス, lit. 'Your Warehouse') brand of themed amusement facilities and parks. It was designed to look worn down and like the former Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong, with the design handled by now-defunct Japanese design company Hoshino-Gumi, with props imported directly from Hong Kong. It was described as being a "gloriously authentic-looking cyberpunk dystopia". Its location was a ten-minute walk from Kawasaki Station.
The facility featured retro games in addition to modern ones, and was also a common locale for both amateur and professional photo and video shoots, such as music videos for idol groups Keyakizaka46 ("Gomen ne Christmas") and Yumemiru Adolescence ("20xx").
The facility closed on 17 November 2019.
References
- ^ "あなたのウェアハウス". warehousenet.jp. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ "Farewell to Warehouse Kawasaki: Japan's Cyber Kowloon Walled City". frontlinejp.net. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ "Making of Kowloon Walled City". archive.md. 2010. Archived from the original on 15 May 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ "川崎にそびえ立つ電脳九龍城「アミューズメントパーク ウェアハウス川崎店」". igcc.jp. 5 February 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ "川崎の「電脳九龍城砦」が閉店へ 欅坂もMV撮影、廃墟風のゲームセンター". Iza. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
- ^ "欅坂46『ごめんね クリスマス』MV撮影地、川崎九龍城こと「ウェアハウス川崎店」が閉店". keyakizaka46news.com. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
Further reading
- Grossman, David (27 May 2016). "This Arcade Brings the Kowloon Walled City Back to Life". Popular Mechanics. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- Ryall, Julian (1 October 2013). "Arcade brings Kowloon Walled City back from the dead ... in Japan". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- CK, Johann (13 November 2019). "Farewell to Warehouse Kawasaki: Japan's Cyber Kowloon Walled City". Frontline Gaming Japan. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Warehouse Kawasaki.
- Anata no Warehouse official website (in Japanese)
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