The unknown product placement

Shenmue originally had Coca Cola, Timex, Case Logic and Sumito Bank as featured brands.

But there is one more brand in the game that doesn't seem to get mentioned anywhere.

Alpha Trading Lockers

The Alpha Trading Office is more than just a place for the secretary to hang out in.

It's also a break room for the foremen and has lockers for them. Which one belongs to who?

Random Object #4 - Virtua Model Car

In the Pine Game Arcade you can spot a rather crudely modeled car on the counter.

This little model of a Formula 1 style race car is no blindly picked thing that got put there.

Randomized Cassette Tapes

In Huang's Room Ryo has to find cassette tapes containing clues about Zhang's whereabouts.

Those tapes in the trashcan have a unique feature that hardly anyone is ever likely to notice.

Random Object #3 - Alpha Trading Cups

In the Alpha Trading Office there is a cupboard with a very easy to miss detail.

You wouldn't even think about it when playing just the first game on its own. So what about it?

The Mystery Of Warehouse No. 4

Have you ever checked all the warehouses around Fortune's Pier in Shenmue II?

If so, have you ever wondered where some of them have gone and why?

Training Efficiency

When you have learned a new move you get the option to keep training for a while.

Is it worth it to do so? Is this kind of training more efficient than Free Practice?