SETTING

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Dotonbori

Once a famous entertainment district before the war, this Dotonbori has definitely seen better days. The streets the characters who will soon be branded 'Akudama' appear on are both dark and light, neon signs lighting up the otherwise shady and understated part of the district the characters find themselves wandering without warning. Something about the vibe here makes it feel like you've been hidden in a forgotten part of the city... but it's probably nothing. There are still handfuls of ordinary people wandering around, after all - it will be hard to find anyone willing to speak with, though, for reasons that will quickly be apparent from the hologram billboards projecting above the main streets as a warning to its citizens. Each one has their face, a list of their crimes and information, but no personal names - just a concise, reductive title. Bold passersby might get out their smartphone, project a hologram screen at an adjustable size, and take a video. You, on the other hand, don't have any phone you didn't bring with you - if you were lucky enough to have one, you can connect to Kansai's internet. There is one thing that everyone will be given to start with though - an interesting rectangular object with a special design seal on the end (but they don't come with charms, sadly.) The seal is unique to your character - think of it like a signature. Businesses ask for this seal as a form of credit. It seems nearly all money exchanges are done using seals, and a portion of whatever money your character was carrying was transferred to the seal. It seems in Dotonbori, the following places are the only ones who will do business with the suspicious individuals:



Biriken Mart 🤖 This convenience store is named after Billiken, ‘the god of things as they should be’. Punks hang out in front of it. An old man is browsing porno. They ran out of anpan. It’s as the name suggests: Some things never change. Others might - you won’t ever find any kind of produce in this store, not even sandwich toppings, salad, or packaged fruit. Thankfully, the nori around the onigiri is still fine. A few small tools can be bought, such as screwdrivers, wrenches and box cutters. You can even buy a plushie of the Billiken itself, which seems to be a popular character in these parts. No matter what the product is, a label on the package says it is “Kanto-made” - it’s even on the milk and eggs!

Takoyaki Stand 👱 Immediately next to Biriken Mart is an old-fashioned takoyaki stand that sells the street food to go. The old lady who runs it doesn’t take seal payments, so in order to get takoyaki here you probably have to get cash back at Biriken mart. Unless you find a coin lying around on the ground or something… just make sure you don't skimp the payment. She won't hesitate to call the cops on a dine and dasher, regardless of what else you're accused of.

Net Cafe 👱 This internet cafe is staffed by helpful workers who will explain the various levels of service. Each room is private and comes with high-speed internet and free drinks - the internet access is particularly useful for those who have come to the setting without so much as a cellphone in their inventory. There are tiny cubicles with just a computer and a video game console (these are also ‘Kanto-made’), couple rooms that have the same amenities but include a big couch, and ones that can be slept in as well. An observant person may notice a lot of shady looking people using this net cafe, oftentimes meeting a worker in the back rooms of the cafe and absconding mysteriously. Were they really that unsatisfied with the hourly rates?

Karaoke 🤖 A fully-automated karaoke bar. Here, anyone who wants to blow off steam by singing can gain access to a private karaoke room using their seal for a specific amount of time, which is renewable from a scan pad in the room itself. In the lobby, there are vending machines for alcohol and snacks, which are, you guessed it… Kanto-made! You can take the elevator up to the next three stories with two private rooms each. At the end of week 1, conquered by the X-Class Akudama. Don't expect restocks.

Holo-Tattoo Parlor 👱 Ink tattoos? No. Tattoos that glow! After making your request, simply lie down on the table beneath the holo beam and watch the art unfold. You can even get tattoos that change colors or play a custom sound when touched. Each tattoo comes with a voice activated key for these features - the tattoos are permanent, but if you toggle them off with the key, they become invisible, allowing the owner to decide when they want to be noticed.

Yose Theater 👱 It’s a theater hosting a medley of vaudeville-esque Japanese comedians, from Rakugo to Manzai. The crowds are small, but the laughs are big at these skilled storytellers. Though it is a tribute to traditional styles, the theater appears to be newly built from synthetic materials, with the owner hoping to capitalize on Kansai’s recent retro-nostalgia fad. Though the rakugoka stay true to the art form where a fan and their comedic delivery are the only tools they use, the decor from the outside can’t help but be as neon as the rest of the city.

(Ruined Building) Executioner HQ 🤖 This isn't exactly a place that's open for business, so much as it's just been completely trashed and abandoned. A look around will show that it was once a headquarters for "Executioners." Blocking the entrance is a "silver" statue of a young woman with short hair, holding a crutch. The word 一般人 (Ordinary Person) swirls around the statue in matching silvery text, belying that it's all yet another hologram projection. Therefore, you can actually slip past her fairly easily if you're interested in digging through a sketchy burnt-out office.

WS Research Hospital 👱🤖 In the center of the city, closest to the Mart, there's a white building that looks polished, like it was recently restored. It seems the specialty of the hospital is developing experimental treatments.

The automatic doors part to let characters into a lobby. This waiting area of individual and concatenated chairs is almost spacious enough that you can find a seat to ignore the televisions. Almost. The tables are empty besides tissue boxes and hand sanitizer, without the slightest speck of dust. The water cooler works like everything else in Kansai: There are electronic buttons to push, and a hoop of hard light will appear to hold your cup in place for you. Walking forward will reveal the elevator, as well as the commissary to the left and the pharmacy to the right.
The commissary contains several machines that offer food, beverages, and sanitary products, initially completely full stock. Behind a door in the back lies the emergency stairwell leading to the residential floor and the basement.
The pharmacy is populated by drones that will give out quite a few drugs and supplements from the locked cabinet behind the counter. In a separate area behind a ceiling-to-floor holographic curtain, the drones will also perform examinations.
The second story of the building is filled with individual patient rooms. Each room contains a bed, a corner table with a drawer, a clothing rack, and a small bathroom.
The entire basement is taken up by the therapeutic treatment room. LED lighting reveals a series of pods, connected through wires embedded under the translucent floor, to monitors on the walls. In the back, there's a desk you might be able to approach for questions about what this is even supposed to be.

Neo-Nipponbashi

Book Bride 🤖 A two-story bookstore, which also sells various other things like manga, music and even movies in sections throughout the building, all of which can be purchased with your seal at the counter. The mascot on the store window is clearly a ‘Wife’ of some kind, and a sign next to her urges you strongly to ‘Read!!’ Best-sellers and popular genres as well as the music and movie libraries are on the ground floor, while the upstairs has the more niche selections as well as a simple cafe - rather, it is mostly an area with a few comfortable seats and tables nestled in a corner with vending machines that dispense canned coffee of all kinds - hot coffee, iced coffee, milky or black, you’ll find something to your coffee preference in these machines. One of the hot drink dispensers even comes with soup... oh. But they’re out of it. Sorry to raise your hopes.

J’s Denki 🤖 This is a shop that sells electronics of all kinds. You can get a real feel for the technology level of the average citizen when you browse through here. In the cell phone section, you’ll find that while staring at the small screen is an option, each phone also comes with a holo-projector that can make a larger screen float above it - perfect for watching videos on the go. Televisions are sold here as well, some of which are surprisingly lacking in gimmicks considering how holo-obsessed this society is, while others are fancier and will project parts of your show’s scenes into your living room if you choose. On the other hand, the computers sold here have no need for monitors as each one is equipped to summon multiple floating screens as desired - and unlike the phone projections which are mere holograms, these are made of hard light and serve as fully functional touch screens. The gaming experience must be wild… and speaking of which, they do sell game consoles here too. VR in particular has advanced to the point you could really mistake games for reality. Accessories for the products such as chargers are in a corner of the store along with some smaller items like cameras and digital watches. Most of the products in this store have available free trials, so you could kill a bit of time playing around with them. However, if you start to take anything out of the store without a proper seal payment, a hard light force field will come down on you and an alarm will sound.

Mainichi Treasure 🤖 This is a somewhat large store with a variety of furniture departments. Supposedly, it could be possible to add some touches to your assigned room from a store like this that sells home goods. Perhaps to one’s relief, chairs, couches and beds aren’t that different in the cyberpunk dystopia, though there may be advances in sleep science that can ensure a better night’s rest. A variety of pretty lamps are on sale, and some of them aren’t even neon! Kitschy knick-knacks to decorate a home are sold on shelves throughout the store. Both major and small appliances can be bought here - it’s notable that the major appliances are all ‘smart’, made in Kanto, and often come with voice commands. So yeah. Your new refrigerator is possibly spying on you…. But the small appliances (like your Billiken-shaped waffle iron) are probably trustworthy. Probably. The furniture store takes both seals and cash if you happen to have it, and unlike most of the other stores that are open 24/7 with the aid of automation, this one closes at night around 9 pm. Still automated, mind. The owner probably just figured there’s no reason to get a couch at midnight that isn’t sus. Anyway, just be sure you’re out of here before closing time or a force field will trap you inside. Wouldn’t that be embarrassing?

Ani-Mart - 🤖🤖 Goods for all kinds of anime and other 2D media can be found here although most are unrecognizable to even the most seasoned X-Class weebs. Still, it never hurts to learn about a new anime, eh? The mix of products is incredibly eclectic. Figurines, body pillows, T-shirts and cosplay outfits comprise part of their sales. There are a row of gachapon machines with ordinary charms and toys, as well as their similar cousin, the blind box nearby. You can also get some more mundane products with an otaku twist, like a cigarette lighter with an anime character on it. There’s also model weapons of swords and guns on a back wall - but mixed in with them are some real weapons that are considered legal, such as stun guns and brass knuckles. Beyond this wall is a back room that’s labeled ‘for adults only’, which we will leave to the imagination - suffice to say it’s a secluded room for a reason, and if any minors try to sneak in, what appeared to be a statue of a large mecha will do a body scan and immediately come to life and remove them. A similar mecha also waits at the entrance to dispatch any thieves. Because they each believe in their friend, the two of them are undefeatable. Even if you can beat police bots. Them’s the breaks in the otaku store!

Chuo

Shinkansen Station 🤖 An incredibly glorified train stop for the local god, Shinkansen-sama, the building boasts the heights of its affluence by being entirely made of wood. Red shrine gates are built into each of the doors leading into the station, and polished arches welcome the train… Or it would, but the actual Shinkansen is still damaged from a bombing incident. As a result, fanatics of the revered train come up the escalator every day to leave offerings in the elevated station and pray for its resurrection. It’s slowly on its way to becoming an actual church service. Hard light conveyors collect the offerings into a pod at the end of each day, allegedly to be delivered to Kanto. The white walls can be seen from a great distance outside.

Chuo Square 👱 One of the many crowded plazas in the city. Though the cafes with chairs on the sidewalks are closed to the X-Class Akudama, plenty of stalls sell sunglasses, flashlights, and sundry souvenirs. There's a striking lack of newspapers, perhaps because this is a convenient place to gather and watch broadcasts on the sides of buildings.

Hyper Zone 🤖 An amusement center with an all-ages vibe for the most part, although the showroom at its center that pairs Bunny and Shark animatronics with dining is certainly targeted at kids. The menu is mostly yoshoku stuff, like hamburg or spaghetti. Most people don’t come for that, particularly now that customers are more wary of bringing their families to what’s become a parole zone. The real draw of the Hyper Zone is the fun activities. Attached to the showroom, there’s a ticket arcade with games like skee ball and basketball, rhythm and dance game section, as well as a line of enticing crane games. Outside of the building, there’s a row of batting cages where you can practice your baseball swing, and even a Go-Kart racetrack with the karts decorated to look like the mascot’s faces on the fronts of the little cars. Just like the actual cars on the roads, the karts have autopilot and are programmed to avoid obstacles.


Museum 🤖
Lobby - the center of all the various museums, which are blocked off with clear force fields that show a cheerful holographic symbol of the type of exhibit. They are individually lowered by using your seal and paying a small fee.
Cafe - to the side of the lobby, there is a place (no force field!) to sit and get tea and wagashi before you enter the various galleries. Though it’s small, the holo-wallpaper creates a soothing atmosphere, like a summer’s day in a flower garden. This is the closest to a park or nature scene you’ll get in the whole damn city so far.
Art Gallery - A chic gallery showing off works from all of the popular holo-artists of the modern day.
Gems and Minerals - A beautiful and educational display of rocks and gemstones. Some of them are even made into jewelry to show off their exquisite polish. Of course, they’re all within hard glass cases. For now.
Historical - Some pre-war relics are displayed here, but they’re pretty tame. There’s a lot of focus on the Kansai restoration and glorification of Kanto. You might come out of this one thinking, ‘Kanto is just the best!’

Old Shinsekai

Police Station 👱🤖 This is a massive police station with a prison underneath it in a basement level. Other than the offices where the police work, there are large chambers for audiences to visit for a public execution ordered by the Police Commissioner. These are the ordinary method of punishment for S-Class Akudama, if caught by the cops. Though the advertising isn't quite as bombastic for these under the current Commissioner, it would still be reasonably possible to attend one if you happened to be over here of your own free will.

As of week 3, the characters' parole has been expanded to include more of Shinsekai.

Cybernetics Mall - 👱
You can get cool cybernetic enhancements here, like a rocket glove or a laser beam eye! They’re way too expensive for you though. There’s some crummy second-hand ones that are more easily attainable. However, ask the right questions and the owner might send you on a task in exchange for the powerful versions. As for the shape of the building, it is quite large with a main store area and some back rooms for basic installation or even more complicated surgeries. There’s a big laser beam that they use in amputation for the more extreme clients. Supposedly, it’s entirely painless. Supposedly.

Mechanic & Repair Shop - 👱🤖
It’s primarily an auto garage (...or maybe it’s really a chop shop?) There’s a small storefront, and several machines in a back area, such as garage jacks, maintenance droids, and the machines being repaired. Despite their shady appearance, the workers here can repair almost any machine brought to them, including robots. With a good enough opening bribe, they might even sell you something from the back.



Yakitori Bar - 👱 a restaurant you can see from the street. As you might expect, they sell a robust number of alcoholic drinks lined up on the wall behind the bar, and the yakitori is grilled right in front of you - it’s also quite normal to order yakko tofu or edamame while you wait. At a set price, you can even order all-you-can-eat yakitori and/or all-you-can-drink beer with a cap of two hours. It’s a good place to talk about your troubles, or hear gossip to an extent. The bartenders are friendly even to the most criminal customers, though most won’t stick their neck out. All drinks must be paid for with seals, so minors will be immediately refused if they try to buy them. They are a bit lax with checking seals in the case an adult is buying a round for their companions. Kids and teens who look blatantly underage will still get kicked out though.

Hanafuda Parlor - 🤖 a sign in the alleyway next to the yakitori bar points out the set of steps that leads down to this gambling den. Artwork of birds and animals hang from the walls on faded scrolls. The cards are dealt by slightly-rusty androids that wear flowery yukatas and katsura wigs, who place the cards on low tables (that the players sit around on mats), detect the cards with recognition software, and announce the winning plays with a beaming pre-recorded voice. There are fancy-looking ashtrays on all the tables, and naturally, the parlor always smells heavily of smoke. No age-sensitive products are sold here though, so they do accept all ages.

Ryokan - 👱 inn with bigger rooms to sleep in, futons, and a bathhouse. Note that the building is packed right into the rest of the city. There are holowindows to scenery such as a pond and a rock garden. If you stay overnight, the charming staff will bring dinner at 7 pm and breakfast at 7 am. Dinner includes grilled fish, cha-shu, mixed rice, and for dessert they bring in a tiny little grill you can roast marshmallows over, that comes with the chocolate and crackers on a plate. Breakfast is fish and white rice, with seaweed salad and tamagoyaki as side dishes. Other than this service, the hosts of the inn will not disturb you. The holo-windows also provide a curious benefit of soundproofing the rooms with a combination of their structure and subtle white noise that is intended to really sell the tranquil nature getaway vibe, replacing it with noises such as gentle rain or hooting owls.

Cyber Sushi - 🤖 It’s a conveyor belt sushi restaurant, but it seems the sushi is created by some kind of food replicator and then transferred to the belt by a robotic appendage. Random ordinary types of sushi are created by the minute as customers are seated, but you can order specific sushi with voice activation. Alongside usual fish selections, you can get surprisingly creative. Even if you say something like ‘marshmallow’ or ‘steak’, you’ll find a small piece of those ingredients atop the rice in a nigirizushi approximation - though the more different from fish the item you request is, the more artificial it tastes. Seemingly the only things it won’t make are soup and the like. That would get the belt dirty.

(Wo)rld Peace Alleys - This is one of the buildings that lives up to the ‘Old’ moniker of Shinsekai, a bowling alley that was constructed before the war. It has become a delinquent hangout and fallen into abandonment, which may explain why the first character fell off the sign. Power still runs to the alley, though, so one only needs to find the switch to bring the place to life and play a few games. Once the power is on, you’ll be able to see the old cubbies still full of rental bowling balls and shoes behind a desk, a small grill in the back where they used to make burgers, and by the lanes, there’s an empty candy vending machine that looks like it could have had kit kats in it by the flat shape. Scratches on the machine and a deliberate looking crack in the lower part of the glass indicate some kids pilfered them a long time ago.

Chiyozaki

Virtual singer concert dome -🤖 turns out that when you're not having trials in this stadium, many of Kanto's best entertainers show their stuff in here. Immense holograms display idol groups and other such wotagei performances. The majority of these singers and dancers are entirely virtual, generated by a growing crowd of behind-the-scenes content producers. This exer-expanding art scene allows the shows to continue 24/7 - at least, in normal circumstances. Because the dome is being used for trials on a regular basis, they take a little time to stop partying for the grim proceedings. As for tickets to the show, there are a variety of options. For the smallest amount you can purchase a ticket to be there for a specific length of time starting from where you got there, usually a couple hours. You can buy a season pass for a particular star and go to all of their shows… Or, the most expensive, a mega pass that grants you access to the show at all times. Mega Passholders have gained a culture unto themselves that is rather cultish, calling themselves "denizens of heaven" and devoting all of their waking hours to either going to the shows or working to afford another mega pass. They have an immense sense of superiority, but are also remarkably easy to bribe… As for what happens to people who are in the dome with an expired pass, a giant anime girl lovingly nicknamed "Yeet-chan" will manifest through hard light and huck them out the top of the stadium by their ankles until they are a little star in the sky. A hard light net generated by poles around the stadium activates to catch any fastballed fans after the poles sense their ticket. Suffice to say…. Do not come in here without a ticket if you don't want to be a pancake.

Sweet Taste Station - 🤖 This is a patisserie that sells dainty treats such as pancakes, baumkuchen, montblanc, and castella prepared fresh throughout the day, and displayed in a lovely glass case at the side of a pink counter. There’s a second case with a selection of chocolate, strawberry, or matcha donuts on the other side. But who bakes these? They’re actually delightfully round droids with, surprisingly enough, ovens in their bellies. Whoever created the tech that allows this to happen without overheating them was seriously flexing on both the kitchenware and robotics industries, and the result is an immensely popular chain that outlasted its gimmick phase and even opened restaurants for other foods. However, these machinations make a bit of noise while baking, so their kitchen is soundproofed to allow the customers peace and quiet in the dining room. A number of small, round tables are placed to sit at in the cafe, each having an adorable fruit design on the tablecloth, although the pastries themselves do not really have fruit - the strawberry frosting is artificial, sadly. They sell simple drinks here, but if you want something more elaborate than a black coffee or plain latte to wash down your pastry, you’ll want to pop in at the drink shop next door first.

Space Cosmo - 👱 A trendy shop that sells coffee, energy drinks, and sports drinks to support your all-nighters at work and/or dance parties. The staff mostly consists of bright-eyed teens admiring the nightlife from afar… though at least one is a Denizen, and the shop sees quite a few of them as well. Apart from the drinks you can buy at the counter, they also sell protein bars in a little basket, and reusable cups with cool galaxy designs that you can bring back for a discount. It’s not the only merch… they also sell T-shirts with a vaporwave cosmos flower on the galaxy background and of course, the shop’s name. There is no sitting area as the drinks are made very fast. Unfortunately, despite the name, you cannot get a Cosmopolitan here.

Torture/Execution Tourist Trap -🤖 A walkthrough attraction dedicated to recreations of Akudama’s crimes and their subsequent torture and executions in a campy gallows-humor way. Much like a haunted house, there are all sorts of special effects and robotic actors to create the sense that a dramatic history is unfolding all around you as you proceed through the exhibits. There are even some little indoor rides, like the ‘shaking gondola of doom’ or the free-fall ‘rocket crash.’ It’s definitely more for entertainment than history, and even more for indoctrination than entertainment. The picture it paints of Akudama is incredibly subhuman, portraying them as true evil souls and demons in human disguise. Fun!
Joycat Night Club -🤖 A venue with no visible DJ but a huge crowd of customers. Holograms often provide the illusion you’re raving in the wildest places like underwater or outer space. You CAN get a Cosmopolitan here, or even some high-quality sake if you go to the bar area located on an upstairs balcony overlooking the dance floor - it functions the same as the yakitori bar in terms of how drinks are bought, although the robot bartenders with their scanning AI are more strict. There’s also a bathroom right next to the bar with several stalls - people love to plaster its walls with flyers for underground events.

??? - a building with a neon sign attached to the wall, advertising it's a service for 'fixing and repairing'. It doesn't even specify what it is, and going inside only shows a reception desk with a button, pressing it only gives a prerecorded message that this business is closed, no matter what time of the day it is. Other than that desk and a couple chairs to sit on there's nothing in this lobby. A door on the back of the reception desk guards a staircase that leads to the second floor.
Tip-Top Hip-Shop - 👱 This is a store on the highest floor of a hotel building by the name of ‘E&V’ that doesn’t otherwise stand out much - Its lights are much brighter from the street. With plenty of form-fitting, mesh, and/or see-through clothes, this place is perfect to get an outfit for clubbing. Of course there are some more typically ‘gorgeous’ clothes among them, and if you’re not looking for a new outfit, there are plenty of accessories as well. Shiny earrings, candy-colored bracelets and necklaces made of actual candy, wristbands, as well as purses and backpacks can be gotten here. There’s even a bunch of hats and wigs! As for the employees of this store, they really like to encourage their customers to try more daring looks than they normally might have. As an aide, they have an interesting mirror you can stand in front of as they holo-project different outfits on you like a paper doll. Of course, normal fitting rooms are still in the back. But according to gossip, their CEO was once working on a way to materialize clothes directly onto customers, before he suddenly retired to live with the great ones in Kanto.

Umeda

Super-Akudama Cholesterol Okonomiyaki 🤖- This is a very new looking Okonomiyaki restaurant, made by an owner with a crooked sense of humor. Did you know that the word ‘akudama’ is also used to describe the ‘bad’ kind of cholesterol? Good cholesterol is apparently called zendama as a counterpoint, but you won’t find much of that here. What you will find is several tables, each equipped with its own griddle so you can cook up the okonomiyaki yourself. Much like at Cyber Sushi, you can order any type of food from the replicators to truly have the ingredients ‘as you like’ alongside the standard cabbage-y batter. Unlike the sushi on the conveyor belt, these robots will deliver the ingredients to your table. Once you have them, you mix them up in the batter until they’re evenly distributed, put a bit of oil on the griddle, and fry up your dinner with metal spatulas. Whatever sauces you ordered are added next with a drizzle of mayo, then you shake on the bonito and aonori flakes for the final tasty touch - and voila, a true Kansai style okonomiyaki is ready to eat! Don’t worry if you’ve never done this before. There are instructions written on plaques on the wall, with accompanying artwork of chibi characters completing the tasks. In keeping with the tongue in cheek naming, these characters are dressed with a kerchief on their head and tied across their face like stereotypical burglars. It is not unheard of for real Akudama to eat here either.

P & P - 🤖 This is a clothing store that sells ‘Protective’ and ‘Professional’ garments, catering to customers in need of work clothes. Androids milling about this store are both mannequin and customer service, which is quite fitting for a clothing store that is all about getting or having a job. A robot in a suit bows as you enter the shop and happily answers any questions it has pre-programmed, such as the location of a particular item. They have a shoe section, an expansive business attire section, and another for medical scrubs and lab coats, each with plenty of well-dressed mannequin bots to make your shopping experience special and productive.

Warehouses 🤖 Cold storage warehouses in rows that assist in distribution to the various parts of Kansai. There’s some for perishables like bread. A few warehouses that are primarily for seafood and meat. Another for pharmaceutical storage… Why are there so many different things in one place? Looks like a lot of product had to be shuffled around while the Shinkansen that once brought all the goods from the Kyushu plant was dysfunctional. And of course, there are a lot more buildings, and none of these warehouses are especially conspicuous in terms of what they store - you wouldn’t necessarily know what was in them unless you snooped around. This location is pretty secluded too, apart from trucks that come and go - but actually, these are also self driving, with the products unloaded by a hard light conveyor beam.

??? - 👱 A relatively small black warehouse. When you try to open it, green hardlight locks-and-chains appear.

Nakanoshima

City hall - 👱 A large red building where the politicians of Kansai hold meetings. Lit up at night, it takes on a more gaudy appearance. All sorts of golden holograms shimmer around it, full of prideful propaganda. Meetings are conducted in an amphitheatre on the ground floor. The governor has an office on the upper floor, as do many of the other council members. Every room is lavishly decorated with polished wooden furniture, which is viewed as a status symbol throughout Kansai. Even the picture frames on the walls are made of very nice wood, making the portraits inside them seem like a big deal.
Rose garden -🤖
An actual, legitimate garden of roses, carefully grown on imported Kanto soil within a nice little city park full of actual grass. The blooms of thousands of bushes with hundreds of species are at their peak. In the skies above the garden, drones patrol as a warning against plucking or otherwise harming these precious flowers - Colorful holographic banners hang from them with a friendly reminder of immense fines and other strangely harsh consequences.
Pizza Pie Station - 🤖
It’s another shop in the oven-bot chain of restaurants! This time they make pizza in their oven bellies, and they also have a spinner for the crust on the top of their heads. The dining room of this establishment is larger than at Sweet Taste, lined with booths around tables that have checkered tablecloths and tea lights for decoration. There’s a basic salad bar next to the counter boasting the freshest produce you’ll have seen in quite some time, though it is almost twice as expensive as the pizza…and secretly, ‘fresh’ is kind of an overstatement. The chain simply uses the same advanced cooling secrets they use for their robots to keep the veggies preserved as if they were. They smell a bit metallic... but it’s probably fine. Something as cute as an oven-bot couldn’t poison you, right?
Bank - 🤖
A hologram above the entrance boasts that it is the ‘safe and soundest bank in all the world.’ The building is enormous, and the main lobby is almost entirely wood as a symbol of its wealth. A host of fearless droids stand in place of the tellers, manned alternately by remote humans and a complex AI network. Thick force fields of hard light cover the multitude of already-impressive metal vault doors. What could be inside?
Electric Company HQ - 👱
An office for a company that deals in the buying and selling of the electricity that powers Kansai. They are very busy - after all, the need for power is only more huge, considering the technology level. Are you a scientific mind concerned by what type of plant might be used to generate all these robots and hard light crap? Then this company could be worth snooping in on. You might not want to actually hang out here, though. Unless you just want to try and get a job here? Those P&P clothes have to be good for something, I guess.

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Locations of Interest

The seal center is a massive round building with cylindrical decorations designed to resemble said seals on the roof. The name of the center swirls atop the doors to the building in massive letters - though the Akudama will find it a little to the east of the Dotonbori probation area, there are doors on every side of the building, so it can be entered from anywhere. That’s important because the crowd at this center is always enormous. Any changes to your seal must be registered at this center under usual circumstances. Examples include things like marriage or driver registration. In other words, this is basically the Kansai equivalent of the DMV… the building is full of desks for the workers and the people in line to see them or sitting on chairs waiting for their turn.

Chuo Tower is a radio tower that looms just to the south of Chuo Square, in the shadow of the Shinkansen. As of week 4, nobody is ever seen maintaining it.
Tezukayama Private Elementary School is a school complex significantly to the southeast of Old Shinsekai. The structure surrounds a central courtyard.
Chiyozaki Computer Complex is a black, blocky server farm to the east of the Dome. Even outside, the humming is foreboding. The credentials to get inside are insane, but digital.
Umeda Sky Building is a double skyscraper in the north of Umeda. The center of commerce, communication, and whatever else takes place on and under its many floors.
Ichiza is a two-story stone restaurant in the east of Nakanoshima. You can have a kaiseki banquet! Well. If you book six months in advance. Lovely view out the window of the Shinkansen.
The actual annihilation power plant operated by the electric company in Nakanoshima generates energy using antimatter.

Internet

Kansai's net is a bit limited... at least in the sense that there is no world wide web. For the most part, no information can be found on it that doesn't exist in Kansai, and there's no apparent way to contact any devices outside of Kansai either. But you can still visit the popular sites!

10chan seems to be a busy website, a BBS allowing for fully anonymous posting.

Cardinal, the red bird app and another high-traffic social website. 'Verified' celebrities and politicians post here quite often. If you make your own account, you can use the friend add and direct messaging functions.

Uto-Uto is a site for posting and streaming video. Less-important videos are often interrupted by PSAs from a couple of child-friendly mascots, 'Bunny and Shark'. Beholden to the laws of a dystopia, objectionable streams and videos are removed at lightning speed. At least you know with your content here, someone is ALWAYS watching.

Akudama Go, an app that allows anyone to circulate notes and evidence photos as a neighborhood watch tool.