100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience Filming Locations

100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience filming locations

Where was 100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience filmed? 100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience was filmed in 8 locations across Japan, United States and Canada in the following places:

100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience Filming Locations

Akihabara is a buzzing shopping hub famed for its electronics retailers, ranging from tiny stalls to vast department stores like Yodobashi Multimedia Akiba. Venues specializing in manga, anime, and video games include Tokyo Anime Center, for exhibits and souvenirs, and Radio Kaikan with 10 floors of toys, trading cards, and collectibles. Staff dressed as maids or butlers serve tea and desserts at nearby maid cafes.

Tokyo, Japan’s busy capital, mixes the ultramodern and the traditional, from neon-lit skyscrapers to historic temples. The opulent Meiji Shinto Shrine is known for its towering gate and surrounding woods. The Imperial Palace sits amid large public gardens. The city's many museums offer exhibits ranging from classical art (in the Tokyo National Museum) to a reconstructed kabuki theater (in the Edo-Tokyo Museum).

Shibuya is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. A major commercial and finance center, Shibuya houses two of the busiest railway stations in the world, Shibuya Station and Shinjuku Station.

Up-and-coming Ikebukuro is known for the Sunshine City complex, with diverse shops, an aquarium, and the Sunshine 60 skyscraper and observation deck. Indie stores for anime and manga dot the surrounding streets, and cosplay fans hang out in Naka-ikebukuro Park. Tokyo Metropolitan Theater stages classical concerts and opera. Anime-themed cafes, ramen shops, and sushi bars are among the area’s eclectic dining options.

Shinjuku City encompasses the buzzing clubs and karaoke rooms of neon-lit East Shinjuku and upscale hotel bars and restaurants in the Skyscraper District. Tokyo Metropolitan Building has a popular observation deck, and Mount Hakone rises over tranquil urban parkland. Galleries, theaters, and bookstores attract students from busy campuses. New National Stadium is a high-tech sports venue built for the 2020 Olympics.

Kawasaki is an industrial city in the Greater Tokyo area. The grand Kawasaki Daishi Temple complex has an octagonal pagoda. Set in the Tama Hills, the Japan Open-Air Folk House Museum has a collection of traditional folk houses. Nearby, the Taro Okamoto Museum of Art exhibits the work of the celebrated abstract artist. Fujiko F Fujio Museum is dedicated to the co-creator of the manga cartoon character Doraemon.

Las Vegas, often known as Sin City or simply Vegas, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the seat of Clark County. The Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area is the largest within the greater Mojave Desert, and second-largest in the Southwestern United States.

Calgary, a cosmopolitan Alberta city with numerous skyscrapers, owes its rapid growth to its status as the centre of Canada’s oil industry. However, it’s still steeped in the western culture that earned it the nickname “Cowtown,” evident in the Calgary Stampede, its massive July rodeo and festival that grew out of the farming exhibitions once presented here.

100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience (2012)
Runtime: 68 minutes
Rating: 6.5
Release year: 2012
IMDB: tt2438860
Plot summary

100 Yen is a historical documentary about the evolution of arcades and the culture surrounding it - from the birth of arcades to the game centers that still thrive today.

Genres
Documentary
Cast
Brian Ashcraft
Daigo Umehara
Aaron Chmielowiec
Mike Ross
Directors
Brad Crawford
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100 Yen: The Japanese Arcade Experience filming locations