A couple sat closely together and surfed the Net in one of the intimate, comfortably cushioned, semi-enclosed terminals aligning the walls. A New Zealander dropped in and seemed puzzled. Look, this place is empty. Perhaps Shibuya has too much eye candy for a PC Bang to seem interesting. Maybe it's the Net cellphone thing.
Style is very important in Japan.
Perhaps the government's e-Japan initiative will drive a public need for Net speed and bring flocks of twitchy PC gamers, bored teenagers, and company salarymen to places like Necca. Or maybe Japan's traditional gambler, the pachinko enthusiast, will someday cross over to online gambling and investing and make Necca a popular trading floor, precisely the scene at Korea's PC Bangs. Japan Inc Communications Inc. All Rights Reserved.