Full size cars that banked side to side with the driving. Awesome. Sega Joypolis, Tokyo
Treadmill racing game. Sega Joypolis
Horse racing simulator!?
Lots of these simulator type games, super popular.
More soccer simulator
They all had books full of these cards, and would arrange them in one hand and move them around the flat screen with the other hand on the joystick/buttons. Craziness
More card game
There happened to be a location test while we were there, so this was unreleased at the time.
Random monkey street performer outside of Sega Joypolis
Great Namco arcade in Kyoto. Plushness, with velvety seats, ashtrays, vending machines. I could get used to that. And yes, one of the Namco ashtrays did come home with me!
Personal favorite, great Shmups on the left. They were abundant in the arcades there. My favorite was actually called Shmup Trainer, and had like various training type challenge mini games.
Beer vending machine in Kyoto hotel, with convenient to go bags. BTW, Asahi is AWESOME, try it
Virtua Tennis.
Typical, tight crowded arcade. On the weekends, just shoulder to shoulder
Focused female gamer
Tokyo gaming crowd
Crazy simulator games
Akihabara at night
Love the vending machines
Akihabara
Was a diehard Sega fan growing up!
Tokyo
DJ game
Tekken
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