Crazy Arcade in JAPAN!!! - KOWLOON WALLED CITY (Kawasaki Warehouse)

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  • Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
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    The Kawasaki Warehouse is a huge arcade in Kawasaki Japan (about 30-40 minutes from Tokyo by train). The coolest part of the arcade is a section modeled after Kowloon Walled City, a crowded urban nest in Hong Kong that was demolished in the 1990's. Kowloon inspired the settings of many fictional video games, animes, and movies.
    The Kowloon section of the arcade houses classic game cabinets such as Darius, Outrun, Street Fighter, and Gauntlet. ウェアハウス 川崎店 • ウェアハウスカワサキテン

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  • @elyssa44hz
    @elyssa44hz 7 лет назад +36

    Imagine hanging out with your friends in such an authentic, creepy arcade. Pure fun.

  • @whiteymcflightey
    @whiteymcflightey 7 лет назад +243

    This is a recreation of an actual neighborhood that used to exist in Hong Kong. It's since been demolished.

    • @becca9226
      @becca9226 4 года назад +4

      FC it did actually in some parts

    • @muuubiee
      @muuubiee 4 года назад +11

      @@becca9226 I can believe the tight buildings, but a melting hole especially constructed for it, and a pool of green toxic stuff... Not really.

  • @mulewax
    @mulewax 8 лет назад +362

    That restroom must be annoying to clean since its supposed to look dirty., You cant tell if its clean or not.

    • @GMPax
      @GMPax 8 лет назад +65

      Watch the video again - pay very close attention and you'll notice that the actual porcelain (urinals, toilets, sinks) is spotlessly-clean white. It's the walls, floor, etc that look dirty. :)

    • @theuglykwan
      @theuglykwan 8 лет назад +26

      That actually makes it easy to clean... no one can tell anyway. lols

    • @steveodonoghue2772
      @steveodonoghue2772 4 года назад +13

      If it's in Japan , it's clean.

    • @AirLancer
      @AirLancer 3 года назад +2

      @@theuglykwan Pretty sure your nose can tell.

    • @theuglykwan
      @theuglykwan 3 года назад +3

      @@AirLancer I've been in toilets in Hong Kong, some are so terrible your sense of smell just turns off due to overload.

  • @chelseaalbaugh8872
    @chelseaalbaugh8872 8 лет назад +351

    at the beginning it looked like the start of a video game like bioshock or doom

    • @D2Kprime
      @D2Kprime 7 лет назад +8

      I thought it was footage from _Bloodsport_ with Frank Dux on his way to the Kumite. :)

    • @deanrobert8674
      @deanrobert8674 5 лет назад +1

      It's a place that sound forgot too leave.
      And the peeking duck is always looking.
      Yet the smell can only be imagined, in the walled in city.

    • @epic8924
      @epic8924 3 года назад

      Doom?

  • @arsnakehert
    @arsnakehert 4 года назад +359

    Whoever put the money to build this place *_really_* had a passion for cyberpunk aesthetics

    • @gabeydefunct
      @gabeydefunct 4 года назад +56

      The arcade is based on a real city that was torn down by the chinese gov in the 90s

    • @monawilliams7264
      @monawilliams7264 4 года назад +31

      I don't know why everyone gets a "cyber punk" vibe... I don't see it, I simply see the beauty that they tried to replicate. RIP to Kowloon and to the Kawasaki arcade.

    • @avauradragonvale683
      @avauradragonvale683 4 года назад +11

      @@monawilliams7264 agree. Cyberpunk is something completely different. If anything this is endtime or Steampunk / Dieselpunk. Reminds me of the movies waterworld or judge dredd if that says something to you

    • @DMartinov
      @DMartinov 3 года назад +2

      @@gabeydefunct British gov.

    • @OneBasedGod
      @OneBasedGod 3 года назад +14

      This was based off actual location in the world not cyberpunk. If anything cyberpunk got inspired by them

  • @EpicHotCheese
    @EpicHotCheese 8 лет назад +7

    The ambient chatter noise was a very nice touch. Loved this place!!!

  • @TedMeow
    @TedMeow 8 лет назад +57

    Dang I can't believe it's so empty. Been meaning to visit this place for ages--thanks for uploading this video! Hope you enjoy the rest of your stay here :)

  • @pineapplesareyummy6352
    @pineapplesareyummy6352 4 года назад +34

    OMG! I am originally from Hong Kong, and this is fascinating. I have never been to Kowloon Walled City myself, but I've seen other slums, and the designers really paid attention to detail. The signage, the decor are unmistakably from my city. I will go and take a look a this next time I visit Tokyo!!

    • @Karloss00
      @Karloss00 4 года назад +5

      Sorry, but it closed down last November. It is now lost to time.

  • @jeff8253
    @jeff8253 5 лет назад +54

    If they didn't demolish it in Hong Kong, they could have done a couple science fiction/cyberpunk movies in there

  • @ImperfectDionysus
    @ImperfectDionysus 2 года назад +5

    So glad I got to see this before it closed down. It was a real hidden gem and absolutely incredible design! I hope they reconcile the issues and bring it back in full swing.

  • @SixDN
    @SixDN 6 лет назад +79

    I will never understand why people would downvote a video like this. It just shows an interesting location, no political opinion or whatever. So why would someone say "Naah thats bad I'm gonna downvote this"?

    • @jesuszamora6949
      @jesuszamora6949 5 лет назад +17

      Jesus could come back to our world and make a RUclips video, and it would get downvotes. Don't worry, it's part of the experience.

    • @ppwrecker8028
      @ppwrecker8028 5 лет назад +1

      @@jesuszamora6949 ok jesus

    • @MoKVidel
      @MoKVidel 5 лет назад

      @@jesuszamora6949 who is jesus?

    • @tomc2491
      @tomc2491 5 лет назад

      @@MoKVidel hes this black dude

    • @ExtremeAcer
      @ExtremeAcer 4 года назад +2

      @Explode Force ok zoomer

  • @MantisMonk
    @MantisMonk 7 лет назад +18

    So awesome! Really does look like Kowloon...Amazing!

    • @charlieholton9073
      @charlieholton9073 6 лет назад +1

      Mantis Monk fine tribute to the walled city of Kowloon

  • @mikepeterson8293
    @mikepeterson8293 8 лет назад +110

    I'm feeling a AKIRA/Fallout vibe from this

    • @CowboyLuigi
      @CowboyLuigi 6 лет назад +3

      Fist of the north star, too?

    • @dnoidk0313
      @dnoidk0313 5 лет назад

      And Taylor swift ready for it mv vibe

  • @CowboyLuigi
    @CowboyLuigi 5 лет назад +7

    This is giving me some "Let It Die" vibes! It looks like something that Grasshopper Manufactures would make.

  • @stuartpe-win2757
    @stuartpe-win2757 3 года назад +12

    I planned a trip to the mysterious walled city when I was a teen but was too frightened and only got as far as the last train station near it. One of my many regrets in life not visiting it when it was still there. In the middle was a Christian missionary who used really graphic imagery to scare people off drugs and she would visit the local schools and put the literal fear of God into people. This arcade looks amazing but sadly like sop many amazing places in Japan, has since closed sadly.

  • @jacobclark1182
    @jacobclark1182 8 лет назад +2

    It amazes me how Japan is full of crazy places like this with people willing to pay for and create these crazy and creative places. This kind of spectacle just doesn't exist where I'm from.

  • @thornV3V0
    @thornV3V0 7 лет назад +7

    The way u filmed it at the beginning makes it seem like a House Of The Dead Level.

  • @TheRavenquick
    @TheRavenquick 8 лет назад +10

    That place looks amazing I would love to go there someday.

  • @kasutamugabamennto
    @kasutamugabamennto 8 лет назад +11

    I'm japanese but i didnt know such arcade!!
    cool

  • @thejadedmessiah
    @thejadedmessiah Год назад +1

    This place is basically the real life version of the Foot-clan Arcade Hideout from the 1990 TMNT movie.. and I am here for it.

  • @plaguealternative8532
    @plaguealternative8532 6 лет назад +2

    I find this place really beautiful for some reason

  • @not.supermario
    @not.supermario 2 года назад +3

    This would be an amazing laser tag/airsoft/paintball course. Like recreate this entire building and use it as an entire course. That would be the coolest thing in the world.

  • @teyo8618
    @teyo8618 3 года назад

    I highly respect the person who made this. This art is better than the Mona Lisa painting.

    • @rollingshells
      @rollingshells 3 года назад +2

      unfortunately it has been shut down

  • @HUFFADDER2001
    @HUFFADDER2001 8 лет назад +2

    GREAT seeing you at the Atlanta Renaissance fair my man! Jason aka (Ironman from your 2014 DragonCon video)

  • @hanskorn
    @hanskorn 4 года назад

    Amazing quality and camerawork. First time to watch this video in 2020 and some of the shots could’ve had me fooled if you told me it was from a PS5 game.

  • @GrandChaseowns
    @GrandChaseowns 8 лет назад +57

    lol half the fun is getting there XD

  • @JoshsBricks
    @JoshsBricks 8 лет назад +107

    It looks like a movie set. Amazing! How was the food?

    • @emzirek
      @emzirek 8 лет назад +2

      ...the video camera trick shots were motioned like what one might see in VR...
      simply amazing...

    • @TheWISHANDGUSH
      @TheWISHANDGUSH 8 лет назад +11

      it imitates also same named 1997 cult-game "Kowloon's gate". You can find some info in Wiki and walkthrough here (utube)

    • @chungszekum5109
      @chungszekum5109 8 лет назад +1

      where is it

    • @DoppSkates
      @DoppSkates 6 лет назад +3

      Max Grigoriev well actually it's a replica of kowloon walled city in China but yeah.

  • @armchairwomanmao2922
    @armchairwomanmao2922 4 года назад +4

    I grew up in Kowloon albeit not in the Walled City. I can say the "dirty toilet' is accurate to the T!!!!

  • @ayushkumarjha9921
    @ayushkumarjha9921 Год назад +1

    This is awesome

  • @afriend9428
    @afriend9428 4 года назад +4

    *This is so amazing even though it's fake! I love Japan as well as Hong Kong guys!* ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

  • @roughcutretrospect7235
    @roughcutretrospect7235 4 года назад +2

    OMG amazing, I wish they would re open this. Hopefully they can recreate this in NYC or LA, would love to go to that. If it was still open I would book a flight asap.

  • @poulomi__hari
    @poulomi__hari 4 года назад +1

    Its a dystopian beauty

  • @LanceRidenerStudiios
    @LanceRidenerStudiios 8 лет назад +5

    That would be a great place for like some Ghost in the shell cosplay photos or even video.

  • @Hitokage
    @Hitokage 8 лет назад +43

    it's actually pretty creepy :D

  • @flexarnn
    @flexarnn 8 лет назад +26

    Supprisingly small amount of people, guess alot of people dont even know what that place is or something :/

    • @Aus10k
      @Aus10k 8 лет назад +20

      He went early in the morning

    • @flexarnn
      @flexarnn 8 лет назад +1

      ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh

    • @Ekraelum
      @Ekraelum 7 лет назад +7

      Japan seems to be fascinated by Kowloon. For example, Shenmue II featured Kowloon. One of the most important cult games in Japan is Kowloon's Gate... Not sure about anime, but in videogames Kowloon has been the blank of cyberpunk games and things similar to that.

  • @CathodeRayKobold
    @CathodeRayKobold 3 года назад

    I love the fake rotissere chickens at 1:45

  • @HashtagArena
    @HashtagArena 8 лет назад

    Awesome! Wish I could have been there for this bit. That looks SO cool.

  • @braintrust12
    @braintrust12 Год назад

    this would make the dopest venue ever

  • @XshakeninjaX
    @XshakeninjaX 8 лет назад +2

    awesome! love the table top games

  • @jsunproter1940
    @jsunproter1940 6 лет назад +1

    Thanks for the travel tips and video. Can unfortunately confirm priceline is shit also. I booked a hotel only to find out it was a shoddy illegal rooming house. They would not return my phone calls and wouldn't refund my money

  • @kakakiri2601
    @kakakiri2601 5 лет назад

    Finally an arcade dystopian city

  • @Smarglenargle
    @Smarglenargle 8 лет назад +2

    I think I'm going to do some 3d modeling for a city inspired by kowloon walled city. So much detail in each corridor. Compact, each door could tell a story.

  • @JGSMusic
    @JGSMusic 6 лет назад

    Ah! This is the perfect place for me to film an epic fight scene!! Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @flowersmonday916
    @flowersmonday916 8 лет назад

    loving your videos

  • @kelsiegardner2657
    @kelsiegardner2657 8 лет назад

    You guys are so lucky, I totally want to live like you.

  • @sonicCherryBell
    @sonicCherryBell 8 лет назад

    Some nice retro stuff there, amazing decor too.

  • @JaponSecreto
    @JaponSecreto 7 лет назад

    This arcade is insane! We enjoyed a lot in january when we 'discovered' it. Really weird

  • @TheJobberHunter
    @TheJobberHunter 8 лет назад

    that's awesome I always wanted to see the walled city and walk around it.

  • @FlameRat_YehLon
    @FlameRat_YehLon 6 лет назад +2

    So... Hong Kong style street in Japan. Totally legit.
    Also, those spam ads on the wall. XD

  • @ostravskaklobasa9437
    @ostravskaklobasa9437 8 лет назад

    It is not a videogame??? Perfect camera work and amazing place....
    Greetings from Czech Republic :)

  • @pedrobruno7055
    @pedrobruno7055 8 лет назад +28

    Cyberpunk Atmosphere

  • @bradc7011
    @bradc7011 7 лет назад

    Man that looked crazy

  • @rickhall517930
    @rickhall517930 5 лет назад +3

    That place sounds like the 4th level of hell.

  • @franceshe1350
    @franceshe1350 6 лет назад

    It's a great shoot from game player's perspective!

  • @_Majoras
    @_Majoras 6 лет назад +4

    0:32 bloodsport 🤣

  • @remyuvev
    @remyuvev 4 года назад

    This looks like a fever dream

  • @flipkiller8521
    @flipkiller8521 3 года назад

    This is pretty impressive.

  • @jaydlor949
    @jaydlor949 7 лет назад

    That is so cool! :V I could spend my time there like everyday.

  • @cloneNK1124
    @cloneNK1124 8 лет назад

    WOW !!! __ It reminds me of some of the buildings I've explored.

  • @jasoncrews2
    @jasoncrews2 8 лет назад +2

    OMG i gotta check this place out someday!!!!

  • @itskevinjustkevin
    @itskevinjustkevin 6 лет назад +1

    It's as if we stepped into the set for the 1988 movie of Akira or the 1995 movie of Ghost in the Shell

  • @koppii2
    @koppii2 4 года назад

    I like the cyber punk vibes on this arcade

  • @user-uz1bq7is5q
    @user-uz1bq7is5q 6 лет назад +1

    holy shit i would like to visit that place so much

  • @HEHEHE_I_AM_A_MASKED_WARRIA
    @HEHEHE_I_AM_A_MASKED_WARRIA 3 года назад

    1:53 A Street Fighter 1 machine? You don't see _that_ every day lmao.

  • @thetalon8437
    @thetalon8437 5 лет назад

    Beautiful😍😍

  • @yantantethera689
    @yantantethera689 4 года назад

    Interesting idea.

  • @GiveBlood555
    @GiveBlood555 7 лет назад

    amazing place

  • @av-w2524
    @av-w2524 5 лет назад +11

    sadly this place is closing down soon!

    • @SIZLL
      @SIZLL 5 лет назад

      Wait really?

    • @SIZLL
      @SIZLL 5 лет назад +1

      @@akunemuri any idea if another company will buy the building and keep it running?

  • @X1GenKaneShiroX
    @X1GenKaneShiroX 5 лет назад +1

    There’s only one Kowloon Walled City and there’s not gonna be another one like the original that got demolished.

  • @pg67a47
    @pg67a47 5 лет назад

    I wanna live next to this arcade! And also crapping on expedia when you have 847k subscribers lmao

  • @SilverScarletSpider
    @SilverScarletSpider 4 года назад +1

    Wall Market vibes from Final Fantasy 7 Remake.

  • @Lightning_Toad
    @Lightning_Toad 8 лет назад

    That is sick!!!

  • @1264-t4y
    @1264-t4y 6 лет назад

    Nice stabilization

  • @transitdude3352
    @transitdude3352 8 лет назад

    THIS IS THE COOLEST FUCKING THING I EVER SEEN!

  • @phuonghoai9415
    @phuonghoai9415 7 лет назад +1

    awesome

  • @kanatapaw
    @kanatapaw 2 года назад

    It gives off a re 6 vibe

  • @TaraFYW
    @TaraFYW 8 лет назад

    What a cool place! :D

  • @dustinfarinha2836
    @dustinfarinha2836 6 лет назад +1

    That's so cool

  • @irwandianto4857
    @irwandianto4857 3 года назад

    Awesome, just need more crowd

  • @Jadeabella
    @Jadeabella 8 лет назад +2

    Fffffffffffffuuuuark that is seriously the coolest thing I have ever seen!! It reminds me of the Foot clan hideout in the first TMNT movie... but also kind of like the Turtles lair.

  • @becca9226
    @becca9226 4 года назад

    It looks really cool and I would love to go but unfortunately it closed before I got the chance to visit there

  • @sadderthanyou7793
    @sadderthanyou7793 6 лет назад

    The Silent Hill 2 bathroom takes the cake.

  • @alinahoor4305
    @alinahoor4305 3 года назад

    amazing

  • @lemonbirdo1353
    @lemonbirdo1353 4 года назад

    Looks disturbing and chaotic. Wouldn't like living in a neighborhood like that.

  • @vincently1995
    @vincently1995 4 года назад

    RIP Kowloon Walled City (2005-2019)

  • @drumnbob
    @drumnbob 8 лет назад

    ça déchire!

  • @lnkn
    @lnkn 8 лет назад

    Awesome.

  • @Segab
    @Segab 5 лет назад +3

    Oh no it's closing :(

  • @experimetalfan8851
    @experimetalfan8851 8 лет назад

    That was AWESOME!
    but... why were there only like 5 people in there?

  • @AvidNightmareFan
    @AvidNightmareFan 8 лет назад

    I half expected to see the ninja turtles lol but that place looks amazing.

  • @lazycraft7376
    @lazycraft7376 8 лет назад

    Nice!!!

  • @loserscorner6746
    @loserscorner6746 4 года назад +1

    I would spend all day in there

  • @butterroronoabutter
    @butterroronoabutter 7 лет назад

    This is so weird and cool, especially when the real walled city is situated right next to my school

    • @becca9226
      @becca9226 4 года назад

      butterroronoabutter you do realize the real Kowloon walled city was demolished in 1994

    • @butterroronoabutter
      @butterroronoabutter 4 года назад

      @@becca9226 Love the fact that you replied to my 2-year old comment. And yea my old comment is a bit unclear: my school is located right next to the original site of the walled city. The site is now redeveloped into a park. I used to hang out there a lot.

    • @becca9226
      @becca9226 4 года назад

      butterroronoabutter lol yea im Just watching this video now. And it’s cool that your school is located near the Kowloon walled city park

    • @butterroronoabutter
      @butterroronoabutter 4 года назад

      @@becca9226 Yea considering my school is more than 60 years old I can't imagine what it's like to study right next to the City back then lol.

    • @becca9226
      @becca9226 4 года назад +1

      butterroronoabutter yea that would be really cool to go to school by the city before it was torn down. If it hadn’t been torn down I would have loved to go there

  • @SILENTHIL
    @SILENTHIL 8 лет назад

    wow amazing

  • @FlytheEarth
    @FlytheEarth 8 лет назад

    Welcome to Japan!
    実写版マリオが面白くて注目していました
    その方が日本に、しかもすぐ近くに来られたというのは感動です
    ぜひ日本を楽しんでください(^ヮ^*)

  • @fungyinyu347
    @fungyinyu347 4 года назад

    cool!!

  • @RainVine
    @RainVine Год назад

    when your bedroom is so messy they model a themepark after it

  • @Smarglenargle
    @Smarglenargle 8 лет назад

    wow, this IS cool

  • @lordtipz4706
    @lordtipz4706 8 лет назад

    It's creepy, but cool...

  • @kerrierobbins6193
    @kerrierobbins6193 6 месяцев назад

    Is it still there? ❤❤❤