Warehouse Kawasaki was a five-story amusement facility in
Kawasaki,
Japan
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under
Geo Corporation
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's brand of themed amusement facilities and parks. It was designed to look worn down and like the former
Kowloon Walled City
Kowloon Walled City was an ungoverned and densely populated ''de jure'' Imperial Chinese enclave within the boundaries of Kowloon City, British Hong Kong. Originally a Chinese military fort, the walled city became an enclave after the New Ter ...
in
Hong Kong
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, 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".
It was located 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
is the 8th single from Japanese idol group Keyakizaka46. It was released on February 27, 2019, through Sony Music Entertainment Japan. The title track features Yurina Hirate as center.
The single was announced on January 14, 2019. The song wa ...
")
and
Yumemiru Adolescence
, commonly abbreviated as , is a Japanese idol girl group. Their single "Maijene!" reached the fourth place on the weekly ''Oricon'' Singles Chart.
On February 3, 2021, their first sister group, YumeAdo Europe (stylized as YUMEADO EUROPE), was a ...
("
20xx").
The facility closed on 17 November 2019.
References
Further reading
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External links
Anata no Warehouse official website
2019 disestablishments in Japan
Buildings and structures in Kawasaki, Kanagawa
Cyberpunk
Dystopian fiction
Video arcades
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