Report by John

I had my second trip to Tokyo in late September this year.  This time I had a pinball gathering with two of Tokyo pinball fans (Ito and Imoto san) in a new location - Garret Bar, near the Shimo-takaido train station.

Garret Bar is in the basement

We arrived there around 7:30pm and seemed that we were their first customers on that day. Although the bar is quite small, it has unique decoration.

The interior

The interior

The only pinball - a Bram Stoker's Dracula (Williams, 1993) was in excellent condition since it was maintained just the day before.

As an incentive to good players, the bar will offer a free drink to anyone who can achieve 500M points or more on the Dracula pinball. Of course, it was not a difficult target for us. Each of us could win a free drink that night.

A free drink if you reach 500M points

The tournament begins, with Imoto san, Ito san, and the bar manager

The fun day ended at 10:30pm.  As usual, Mr. Ito was the champion.

The best two scores

Here is some additional information about Garret bar:

• Opening hours: 19:00 to 06:00
  
  
• Public transport: 2 minute walk from the Shimo-takaido train station
  
  
• Admission fee: Free (but expect to order a drink)
  
  
• Pinball cost: 100 yen per game
  
  
• Website: none
  
  
• Comments: The pinball was in EXCELLENT condition.

© Pinball News 2014