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Location: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan |
Google maps: 35.449824,139.630817 |
Opened: 1968-05-11[1][2] |
Closed: 19xx |
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The Golden Center Game Corner, was a 1500m² arcade opened by Sega Enterprises on May 11, 1968 on the seventh floor of the Sakuragichō Golden Center (桜木町ゴールデンセンター), currently Sakuragichō Pio City[3] (桜木町ぴおシティ), a shopping center located in the city of Yokohama, Japan, next to Sakuragichō Station[1][2].
Opened on the same day of Sakuragichō Golden Center's inauguration, the arcade contained more than 140 games and several other amusement pieces manufactured both by Sega Enterprises and the major US firms that the company represented in Japan at the time (Rock-Ola, Williams, Bally, Midway, Chicago Coin, etc).
The seven million dollar building also housed two wedding halls and five types of foreign restaurants.
Magazine articles
- Main article: Golden Center Game Corner/Magazine articles.
Photo gallery
External links
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Billboard, "July 6, 1968" (US; 1968-07-06), page 44
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 Cash Box, "July 6, 1968" (US; 1968-07-06), page 45
- ↑ http://www.piocity.com/pio.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-02-24 02:50)