After reading a walkthrough for Shenmue, I just realised something. I don't think I have ever explored the Old Warehouse District at the harbour. I know Master Chen and Guizhang are in one of the warehouses but what about the rest? There's quite a few of them. If I remember correctly there's a sparring area in one of the warehouses in the main harbour area but is there anything like that in the Old Warehouse District? Can you gain entry into any of them? Is it worth me restarting the game to explore the place or is it just a waste of space?
You can explore all of the warehouses until they're locked at 7pm, but I haven't found anything interesting in any of them. As far as my explorations are concerned, they're pretty much the same as the New Warehouse District.
I'm fairly certain there's absolutely nothing of interesting back there, but there may be a sparring area like you said. It's been years since I explored back there.
Now I'm curious, but I don't have Shenmue with me. Darn.
I've set up the DC and intend to investigate either tonight or tomorrow (I have numerous saves so it shouldn't take long). Even if there's nothing there it will still be cool to see areas that I haven't visited before.