Japanese Cyberpunk

Japan has influenced the creation of many forms of literature, with one of the most distinctive being cyberpunk. Tropes of this sci-fi subgenre include advanced, dystopian cities, corrupt mega corporations, oppressed outsiders fighting to bring down the machine and Japanese aesthetics front and centre.

⎯ Here is a list of cyberpunk places in Tokyo for you to explore ⎯

• KAWASAKI WAREHOUSE
  
  This is Warehouse Kawasaki, one of Japan’s most peculiar video game arcades, modelled after Hong Kong’s former Kowloon Walled City, an ungoverned and overpopulated slum superstructure that to this day influences aesthetics in cyberpunk and Hong Kong settings. Warehouse Kawasaki opened in 2005 as one of Geo Corporation’s Anata no Warehouse amusement centres, and was renovated in 2009 to its current “Cyber Kowloon Walled City” state with the design handled by Hoshino-Gumi.
• KABUKICHŌ DISTRICT IN SHINJUKU
  
  Kabukichō is an entertainment and red-light district in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. Kabuki-chō is the location of many host and hostess clubs, love hotels, shops, restaurants, and nightclubs, and is often called the "Sleepless Town".
• AKIHABARA - ELECTRIC CITY
  
  Akihabara is a common name for the area around Akihabara Station in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo, Japan.Akihabara gained the nickname Akihabara Electric Town shortly after World War II for being a major shopping center for household electronic goods and the post-war black market. Akihabara is considered by many to be the centre of modern Japanese popular culture and a major shopping district for video games, anime, manga, electronics and computer-related goods.
• CYBERPUNK MAID CAFE IN AKIHABARA
  
  The new cafe aims to capture Akihabara’s techno-cool image in its design, taking inspiration from futuristic films like "Ghost in the Shell," "Blade Runner," "Neon Genesis Evangelion" and "Super Dimension Fortress Macross." The cyberpunk theme extends to the menu, which includes meals like the Omurice Plate (1,450 yen), designed to look like a dystopian meal from a maid cafe in the future.
  

Coded by Ellen Spencia