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  • This is full access inside the original Nintendo headquarters hotel.

  • [Intro]

  • I'm in Kyoto, Japan and I've got a special one for you today.

  • I've got first access to Marufukuro. Nintendo's original headquarters, turned hotel.

  • Although opening April 1st of this year, it's not open right now so I'll have full access to show you everything inside.

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  • All right let me take you inside!

  • So you all probably already know that Nintendo is one of the largest video game companies in the world today.

  • But you may not know that it all started out as a company that made playing cards.

  • In 1889 here in Kagiyacho, Kyoto and was founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi.

  • And this very building was Nintendo's first ever office headquarters, which was in full operation until 1959 when Nintendo

  • finally outgrew the office and moved to a larger space.

  • Since then, it's sat in this location unoccupied, until now.

  • As it's been transformed into a hotel so that many can enjoy its cool history in person.

  • Named Marufukuro, after one of the company names Nintendo used in its past.

  • Situated by the famous Kamo river, it's located just four minutes from Nanojo

  • Station and a walking distance from Kyoto Station.

  • Okay so it looks like this hotel is still not completely finished. There's

  • probably a little bit more stuff to do before the hotel opens. But this is kind

  • of the whole point of doing a video like this, is to show you it all before it comes out.

  • But it is getting hot in here so let me just take my jacket off real quick.

  • Okay that feels a lot better.

  • I mean just looking at the entrance and just coming inside, I can already see all the

  • historic pieces that have been just left original but there's also some new pieces.

  • Let's look around just a little bit more and see if we can find some of the rooms

  • [Music]

  • [Music]

  • Okay, so this building is where

  • Nintendo's HQ office was originally.

  • [Door handle jiggling]

  • It looks like it's not open, let's go see

  • if we can find a different room!

  • [Music]

  • Walking around you'll quickly see that

  • the building itself has been preserved,

  • along with [its] interior and many of its

  • historic details. You kind of get a sense

  • that you're traveling in time! Just look

  • at this piece of art, which is a tile

  • design pulled from the residence

  • building's bathroom. The hotel consists

  • of four buildings, three original and one

  • new one. Nintendo's main office, a

  • warehouse, the actual President's house!

  • Yup, him and his family lived here. And

  • then a new building designed by Ando

  • Tadao (安藤 忠雄), who even designed a Malibu house

  • that Kanye West bought. TA-DAO how you

  • like me NOW? :D

  • And this is the lounge area. Unlike some

  • hotels, Marufukuro is all-inclusive so in

  • addition to breakfast and dinner being

  • part of the stay, it also offers drinks

  • and finger foods 24 hours a day here! Yep,

  • they've got them happy drinks all day

  • long!

  • Okay let's see what's down this hall.

  • This.. It's just concrete right here.

  • Oh! And just through here it seems like

  • the former office building is directly

  • connected to the new building!

  • [Music]

  • [Door opening]

  • [Music continues]

  • So this room is quite interesting

  • because it's a mix of the old building

  • and the new building. So this room here

  • that's all in green is a part of the

  • older building, and connected behind me

  • is the master bedroom and the new

  • building with its newer style. It's just

  • so crazy being in such a historic

  • building! Just to think that this was the

  • original starting point of many of my

  • childhood memories of playing Nintendo.

  • Ah, that's so crazy, it's just so crazy

  • being here! Just looking around, I believe

  • that this furniture is actually part of

  • the older building and it just has been

  • what do you call it? Refurbished (yeah!) or

  • Redid? Redone? It looks new but I think some

  • of this is probably from the original

  • wood. I think.

  • [Laughs] I don't know. Let's go around some more!

  • [Music]

  • Cool! The bathroom is all brand new along

  • with the toilet!

  • Oh, I guess there's still a little bit of

  • finishing work left in the sink area.

  • [Music]

  • So this is the bedroom area and I think

  • the thing that surprises me the most is

  • how big the beds are. You generally don't

  • see a bed this wide in Japan. Let me just

  • show you how wide it is.

  • This is me... Lens isn't picking up, let me

  • see if I can move this around!

  • I think that's a little bit better, maybe

  • if I sit all the way

  • to the end here..

  • You can see, I can't even reach halfway.

  • Let's see if we can see more of this

  • room!

  • [Music]

  • Okay! So this is the balcony area and for

  • this room it's pretty huge! When they

  • finish, there's gonna be some furniture

  • here, some tables and some chairs and

  • whatnot but man! Just look how spacious

  • it is. And the view out here ain't so bad

  • either!

  • [Music]

  • So this room looks like it's completely

  • in the new building and as you can see,

  • like just everything is obviously new. It

  • is pretty spacious, you can see that it's

  • not done completely, the TV is still on

  • the ground. But, the bed looks larger than

  • ever! I also like this light thing that

  • comes all the way from the corner, and

  • down here in the center.

  • [Music]

  • So there's even a little kitchen right

  • here! It has a stove, microwave,

  • refrigerator and just right here, there's

  • a washing machine! You really don't see

  • washing machines in hotels and very

  • often in the room itself!

  • [Music]

  • [Music]

  • Okay, so that's that room. Let's see if I

  • can find a room that has a little bit

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  • [Music]

  • I think this is the way ~

  • Oh look, looks like they have some

  • 65-inch televisions coming in.

  • [Applause]

  • [Music]

  • So this building was actually the

  • Nintendo CEO's house back in the day, and

  • now where the Japanese style rooms are

  • located; right when you step inside

  • you're greeted overhead by a stained

  • glass piece, which was recreated based on

  • an old design from the main office. It

  • represents the local scenery and playing

  • cards. In fact, there are original pieces

  • preserved like this one throughout the

  • building and its design recreated in

  • other parts of the interior.

  • [Music]

  • [Music]

  • Wow this room is just so impressive! You

  • can just feel the history walking

  • through here. This room is actually

  • pretty unique as you can see, it has the

  • tatami room. But just looking around you

  • can see how much historical detail that

  • has been left behind. I mean if you look

  • at the covers you can see the handles

  • and just how much detail there is. And

  • just along this entire room you can see

  • these plum designs. I'm... to be honest I

  • don't really know what it is but it

  • looks pretty intricate. And just even

  • looking up at the ceiling you can see

  • that it's how it was back in the day. And

  • then this room itself, if you just go

  • right here it has its own built-in

  • outdoor bath. And then just beyond that,

  • you have the full bedroom. It's just cool

  • to think that you'd be in the same room

  • as the Nintendo founders is pretty

  • awesome. And I love how they kept the

  • entrance as is. You have like the

  • traditional genkan (玄関) or entrance area

  • where you step up into the actual house,

  • and people just leave their shoes in the

  • front. It's pretty cool. This one you have

  • the actual like stone going into the

  • house is pretty cool as well. And the

  • unique thing about staying at this hotel

  • is just not the rooms but, as you walk

  • around the entire building you can see

  • pieces of Nintendo headquarter history. I

  • think just even in the front, there's

  • this huge bird, it's called 'sagi' in

  • Japanese. I believe that bird is made up

  • of little wallpaper pieces that was from

  • this building. All right, let's see if we

  • can find some more cool stuff in this

  • building!

  • [Music]

  • I guess this is the original warehouse

  • where all the playing cards were stored.

  • And this elevator used to move products

  • up and down the floors. It's a nice touch

  • that they kept it around, even at the

  • entrance of the warehouse, you can see

  • the original boxes Nintendo used to

  • store their playing cards!

  • [Music]

  • One thing I do love about Japanese

  • construction sites, is that everyone

  • leaves their shoes outside to keep the

  • site clean!

  • Oh ~ And right here it looks like they

  • have the original playing cards that

  • they used to make. Before today I'd never

  • seen original Nintendo playing cards!

  • Also each of the four buildings are

  • assigned to one of the card suites. For

  • example, the warehouse building is a

  • building is hearts.

  • [Music]

  • So this room has a completely different

  • feel. Maybe it's the red theme, it just

  • feels a little bit different. More kind

  • of like 1920s or something, I don't know

  • why. Maybe maybe it's the red or maybe I

  • just don't even know my eras. But this

  • room was renovated from their old

  • storage warehouse. They're so cool. You

  • can see that just up here, they have

  • higher ceilings. But I think I was told

  • that if you look inside of the closet, it

  • has some like old remnants of the old

  • warehouses' wallpaper or something like

  • that. So let's go see ~

  • [Music]

  • Oh okay, so this is the original

  • wallpaper that they had in the storage

  • warehouse. So that's pretty interesting. I

  • love how they have these like little

  • historic easter eggs hidden throughout

  • the whole entire hotel.

  • [Music]

  • [Music]

  • Okay so, I guess this is the balcony area,

  • not as big as the one before but pretty

  • decent and with a pretty good view!

  • Obviously the furniture isn't here yet.

  • So one thing that I'm actually excited

  • to see is this whole thing all completed,

  • all finished, all the furniture in and in

  • fact! I will be back here in about a

  • month or so when it opens, and I'll do

  • another video of that experience. And

  • I'll actually be staying in one of the

  • rooms here. So I can share the entire

  • experience with you and I won't be alone!

  • I'll be bringing Maiko and I'll be

  • bringing Wolfie, and we'll just kind of

  • have a little family trip over here, and

  • stay at the Nintendo hotel and so, we can

  • also kind of do a little wrap up of this place

  • and show you how things got finished. I don't know which room I'm

  • going to be staying at yet but, let me

  • know in the comments if you have any

  • preferences in which room I stay in. Um,

  • let's see if we can find some other

  • stuff in this hotel. Just outside here, I

  • had to go because apparently there's a

  • restaurant here that we can take a look

  • at, but you have to get through it from

  • the outside. So the hotel also has a

  • restaurant serving breakfast and dinner,

  • supervised by a Japanese culinary

  • specialist, Ai Hosokawa. With an

  • international cuisine using seasonal

  • Japanese ingredients!

  • Okay, so the restaurant is right here but

  • I can't get in so I guess I'll just have

  • to wait until the video when Wolfie and

  • Maiko and I come here. And there you go!

  • That's a first look at Nintendo's

  • original headquarters turned hotel. And

  • if you guys want to see more of this

  • hotel, don't worry I'll be doing another

  • video like I said so, if you guys want to

  • see that video or anything related to

  • Japan, hit that subscribe button and the

  • bell button, and I'll catch you guys in

  • the next one! :D

This is full access inside the original Nintendo headquarters hotel.

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