Images From Japan
This is a drum game in the arcades here that is similar to Dance Dance Revolution except you are of course playing drums and not dancing. We tried to record a bit of the sounds on the italk but it froze up on us… we need to play around with the settings more and try again.
Pachinko is the only legalized gambling in Japan, and like any other game of chance, people will cash in the rent in hopes of hitting the jackpot. And much like Vegas, these parlours are loud and filled with smoke.
We’ve been playing a lot of shooting games in the arcades here…
The incredible massaging chairs of Japan, second only to the incredible toilet seats of Japan.
Not much to say about this one…
Yes, I now own a pair of pink sneakers. The last time I had pink sneakers was the summer before fourth grade when we were in Argentina. Awwwwww yeah.
Sebastian and Nanae with a newly won pooh hat.
This is the ramen place we like to eat at, once we figured out how to open the door.
More guns… surprised?
More details of the incredible massaging chair.
We went to a megamall the other day and encountered this (I have no idea what it is), outside of an electronics store. The picture doesn’t convey how loud all the screaming children were.
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Have you tried playing the pachinko yet? Do you understand how it works at all?
I played five bucks worth of pachinko and hell if I understood anything that was going on. All I know is the more lights and sounds, the better. People playing there had like, bins and bins of pachinko balls at their feet… I can only imagine the amount of money invested in those…
yeah, we played briefly, and T tried to tell us what was going on but it didn’t help. All these noises come out of my machine and I scream (you know, in order to be heard) “what’s going on?” and T says “you’re winning, just keep on doing that!” Ok.
Ever since I’ve been really curious as to what the hell was actually going on in that game.
it looks like you’re having some definite lost in translation moments.
:)
The blue puppet you encountered at the mall is the robocat from the future,Doraemon!
ahhhh, it’s all clear now. Thanks for info :)
I just hope those pachinko-playing hands have not forgotten the simple pleasures of a game of good old American euchre. Bout to whoop or be whooped when you get stateside.
These are first and foremost euchre playing hands! They only touched a pachinko machine once, and wrongly at that. The business man next to me corrected my poor pachinko release mechanism with a bit of a stern frown. Plus, euchre is cheaper.