Photographs from Japan, assorted, September–December 1999

Collection

Identifier: WILLIAMSON.01

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection includes roughly 700 digital photographs taken by game journalist Colin Williamson in Japan from 1999–2005. The subjects include include trade shows, interviews with developers, and general photographs from game stores and arcades around Japan. Many of the early digital photographs in this collection were taken at low resolution; their appearance in our digital archive reflects their original resolution and quality.

From the Collection:

Additionally, this collection includes a set of film photographs that Williamson took during a press visit in 1997.

Dates

Creation: September–December 1999

Historical Note

"closed SC5 office.jpg" depicts the outside of Sega's AM9 department, later known as United Game Artists, in the Shibuya neighborhood of Tokyo.

"pokecen.jpg" was taken at the original Osaka location of Pokémon Center.

The photos "dendenden.jpg" and "dendenstreet.bmp" depict Den-Den Town in Osaka, an area often compared to the Akihabara neighborhood in Tokyo for its specialty retail presence.

Full Extent

28 Digital Photographs

Language of Materials

Japanese

Additional Description

Abstract

These photographs were taken by Colin Williamson around fall 1999 using a Sony Cyber-shot digital camera, which he purchased after arriving in Japan in order to deliver photos for his reports to IGN. These photographs include pictures of various arcades and game stores, primarily from Osaka as well as Tokyo.

This gallery also includes pictures from Tokyo Game Show 1999 Autumn (see "Tokyo Game Show 1999 Autumn photographs" for additional photos).