SuzuKube of French-language game site OtakuGame.Fr travelled all the way from Martinique with something very specific in mind: He wanted to experience the world of the Yakuza games firsthand.
As pointed on HachimaKikou (via SoraNews), SuzuKube was interviewed after arriving in Japan for a TV show called You wa Nani Shi ni Nippon e? (Why Did You Come To Japan?). The program approaches tourists at the airport, posing the question to them. Sometimes the responses are quite surprising.
LMAO this dude of Why Did You Come To Japan? is a Yakuza nerd who came to Japan to do a tour of Kabukicho pic.twitter.com/aqxFGqFVme
— Seibaa @ Tokyo! ???????? (@SeibaaHomu) January 27, 2020
On the show, SuzuKube replied that he had come to Japan because of the Yakuza games. He added that there was no place like Tokyo’s Kabukicho entertainment district on Martinique and that he wanted to experience the place first hand. (He also said he was a little afraid!)
Youは何しに日本へ?見てたら龍が如く好きで日本にまで歌舞伎町見に来た外国人出てきた笑 pic.twitter.com/2tYxqXGHRi
— マナミーJr (@masososo_) January 27, 2020
SuzuKube had been waiting ten years to visit Kabukicho and was amazed to see it looked just like in the game.
歌舞伎町にテンション上がる龍が如く好き外国人 pic.twitter.com/T7WSjUJEqE
— マナミーJr (@masososo_) January 27, 2020
The in-game version of Tokyo’s Kabukicho is called Kamurocho, and the resemblance is uncanny.
Thinking about the whole virtual tourism aspect of Yakuza again – and how incredible it is to see it translate into *actual* tourism. For those unaware, Kamurocho is modeled off Kabukicho, the real life “red-light” district of Shinjuku pic.twitter.com/s2lqGrJT1s
— Jon Riesenbach ???? 空の軌跡FC Evolution (@moriyoshijon) January 28, 2020
But he was a little let down there weren’t yakuza-looking people like in the game all over the place.
龍が如くが好きすぎてリアルヤクザに会いたがる外国人 pic.twitter.com/2eU3yFZBgw
— マナミーJr (@masososo_) January 27, 2020
He asked the interviewer where the real yakuza were and pointed out that in the game, people are fighting in the streets.
最後はこのセリフを残して歌舞伎町へ消えてゆきました笑 pic.twitter.com/CwctHN7Q1T
— マナミーJr (@masososo_) January 27, 2020
SuzuKube said he wanted to go find people that looked scarier.
????????????危険ではありませんでした^ __ ^
(私はビデオの男です)I made so many pictures 😮 ! pic.twitter.com/XXiv7okHPj
— Otakugame.fr (@OtakugameFR) January 28, 2020
Turns out that Kabukicho wasn’t as dangerous as he thought! Certainly, there are unsavoury people in Japan’s entertainment districts. But these days some yakuza might look like regular people and not even have tattoos so they can blend in and commit crimes more easily.
Aaaah ! I love that picture (but I wanted that Pichu soooo bad) ???????????? ! https://t.co/6BSrVubbU2
— Otakugame.fr (@OtakugameFR) January 29, 2020
It looks like he had an excellent time. SuzuKube made many wonderful memories.
I found another picture from my trip to Japan. I love so much this one ???? ! pic.twitter.com/8eJoGWJqlf
— Otakugame.fr (@OtakugameFR) January 29, 2020
You can follow SuzuKube’s video game Twitter right here. (Thanks @OtakugameFR for the tip!)
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