49+ Pachinko Parlor Japan Pics. 2 on neo geo pocket (japan). Nik yasko examines japan's popular punt.

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Pachinko is a huge industry in japan. The loudest place in japan: Tokyo alone boasts around 760 parlours and japan spends some $200 billion on the game every year.

A journey through a pachinko parlor in asakusa, tokyo.

Pachinko originated in japan in the 1920s and is a cross between a pinball and slot machine. Korean japanese dominate the pachinko industry. A pachinko parlor in japan where a mix of thumping music and chorus of beeps and clanging of pachinko machines beats its patrons into a level of submission. When we visited, we saw people lining up at pachinko parlors before they'd even.