MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Re: I'm still in Tokyo, suckers

> > After buying a big bag of Sanwa parts at Mak Japan, I took the family and my sister
> > to MaiDreaming. Almost ¥10,000 but totally worth it. I think my sister enjoyed it the
> > most.
>
> Ok, Japan is always a mystery to me. What is Maidreaming & what are Sanwa parts? You
> look like you're having a good time though

Sune already answered, but I'll just elaborate a bit more.

Sanwa is one of the two most reputable manufacturers of arcade controls in Japan, the other being Seimitsu. Those light-action, clicky Japanese joysticks with square gates in all the Sega cabinets? Those are Sanwa sticks. Getting new Sanwa parts in Australia is difficult and expensive, so I bought a whole lot of sticks and buttons here to take back.

Mak Japan is an arcade parts shop in Akihabara. It's upstairs opposite the Sumitomo Mitsui bank branch, and the shop is packed full of stock, racks of boards, carts and panels up to the ceiling, and hardly any space to move. I came so close to buying a CPS2 and some carts, but I had to remind myself that I really don't have the time and space for a rig like that. But Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha was so tempting!

MaiDreaming is one of Japan's premier maid café chains. Videos don't do it justice, you really have to go for the experience (if you do, make sure you go to one of the busier ones in Akihabara, they're better than the other locations in Tokyo). It's like stepping into a moe anime in real life. They talk cutesy, act hyper, and make everything a show. Even the food is cutesy. You pay a table charge of ¥1,000 per adult (no table charge for kids), adults have to order at least two things off the menu, kids have to order at least one thing off the menu, and you have a time limit of two hours. As long as you're not creepy otaku they'll make it worth your while. It's just so absurd it becomes totally awesome. They had no problem with couples, tourists, families and groups of women, but the creepy otaku who were obviously there to buy the cheapest thing on the menu and perv were clearly given minimum love. Cutesy food photo attached.

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