That place looks awesome, thanks for the video!

my fav part was when you said benghazi run hah

looks like all the machines are in really nice shape too

Wow that place has a great lineup! Thanks for sharing

I've seen vids and read articles of that place before. You made a good video though. Very enthusiastic. I loved how you called coke "pop". I think that's a midwest thing.

So pinball DOES exist in Japan. Amazing. Noted. In fact... thank you very much for this video....

Wow! They've got a great collection!

I enjoyed your video. Cool looking place!

Eveyone in Canada says pop not soda. I prefer calling it soda but everyone looks at me weird and asks if i want to be or am a american.

How about 'bubbler' vs 'water fountain' Canada?

Great video! Thanks!!

Holy crap, everything I could think of and more is in that hall. Should I ever visit Japan, that's definitely on the list!

good stuff, I might go to osaka and tokyo next month. I cant wait, looks like a overload of stuff to do. I just want to see shibuya crossing. This will be on list too.

In typical Japanese fashion the machines at the Silver Ball Museum look supremely well looked after and clean.

Whilst you're over there, perhaps you could tell the Pachinko, Smart Ball and other amusement machine manufacturers in Japan about the insane retail prices and margins currently in the pinball industry. We could do with the Japanese re-entering ....

I'm pretty sure that T3 and Tommy are my old ones! I sold them to Endless Pinball & Pat told me they went to a museum in Japan. The T3 LED job looks like mine. The camera moves by fast, but I'm pretty sure I saw the autograph on the translite (I bought it from the writer of the movie).

Awesome video! I would love to visit sometime!

I saw this and expected pachinko. Very happy to see actual pinball, especially where pachinko seems to rule the land. I can't wait to watch the video. I would like to hear comparison and thoughts from Japanese who play both types of pin machines. I find pachinko too random and monotonous, but always wondered if I was missing some subtlety that only a 'true' player would understand.

If you want to check out another place, you should see if this place is still around. This one has a lot of Sega EMs from the 70s that are really cool. There are actually three videos showing off this place.

Great video. Thanks.

Excellent video!

That place has a great selection of games.

Were there any SEGA pins there that were made in Japan in the 1970s?

Awesome video, thanks for sharing!

There is a competitive pinball scene in Japan as well. I have met some of the top players, they are really good.

I'm 99% sure they meet in Tokyo at a "private place" like a club rooms. I'm sure you'd be able to get hold of them through the IFPA.

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very nice location and line up

The Tokyo folks are called oddly enough "Tokyo Pinball Organization". Google that for more details, they show up at Expo every now and then.

Thanks for the video, they look nice and minty....

occasionally a container of pins come from Japan to Aus and alot of the time really nice imports, they look after them and you can tell if they were sited in the 90's as from what I have been told they have to have visible plates fastened to them.

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We are going to Tokyo on vacation next summer - so will check this out - thank you!

The strip clubs are better...

Well this is perfect. I was going to start a thread last night where to play in Tokyo. I am here on business and was planning to go out this weekend and try to find the neverland arcade. Just have to figure out what train to get on...

Keith

I've been searching forums, websites, etc... trying to find pinball in TOKYO, since Osaka and Inuyama are a bit further south and require a several hour train ride.

Luckily I have found and confirmed 10 public pins IN Tokyo! You get on a train to Odaiba (accessible from Shinagawa Station, and only a ~$3, 15min ride) and head to DECKS. On the 4th floor is a retro fitted arcade and shopping area. (there are over 100 shops in this building, so if you're traveling with friends and family that aren't gamers, they have plenty to be distracted by too!)

Overall the pins are in good shape, and after a few days of not playing pinball, finally finding this place was such a relief.

My only gripe is that I wish the solid state machines, especially the Sterns, had more of an incline. The balls were super floaty (proper terminology right?) making gameplay slow. I'm working on editing a video now re-capping the whole arcade, so you can see what I mean later.

Here's the website to the mall they're in: http://odaiba-decks.com/services/en.php (Even though you can scower that whole site and not even realize that pinball exists here)

Bring more pinball to Tokyo!!
EMs in awesome condition
The toppers say, if you win this many points you get a free cookie! ... ... but... where's my free game, Oniisan?
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You gotta admit, instructions in Japanese is pretty rad... and talk about detailed!
This guy played REALLY great.
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Someone come and blast this Grand Champ score away! (not mine btw, I suck still)
Not pinball... but good plunging practice to win toys!

^^^ Thanks for the write up. Ended up going to Akihabara yesterday and found a bunch of arcades with fighting games and super crane games. Not a single pin Interesting area though. Hopefully I will have some time today to wonder around.

Keith

Thanks for the tip, I was in Osaka yesterday and went here. Japan is amazing, and this place was really nice. The machines are maintained like a home private collection. Everything worked and was shiny like new. There was an older gentleman with a cart and tools going around fixing every detail on the games, I tried to strike up a conversation but he spoke no english. If you go Osaka go here, the whole area of Namba, Dotonburi, and this America Mura mall is cool.

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Dude thanks for all your other videos

After I saw this pin video I watched your others on japan. I loved them and thanks for putting them up and going to some not so known places.

I always check for new ones but I dont comment on YouTube but hopefully you'll see this.

Going to japan has been a dream since I was young and is still on my bucket list but it is nice to see it through other eyes as well

Thanks for the heads up. Will look into this place when going to Osaka.

Loved this place when I was in Tokyo. I stayed in a hotel just down the street from it, and came across it by accident. A nice find, for sure.