Japan Images: Pachinko Parlour
Friday, August 19th, 2011
Pachinko (パチンコ) parlours are everywhere in Tokyo and I do mean everywhere. Even in the small back streets with just a konbini (コンビニ) and a chemist you hear the dull roar of a hundred Pachinko machines doing their thing. Then the automatic sliding doors on the front open up and for a few seconds it sounds like Metallica concert until they close again. It’s amazing sound – here’s a Youtube clip that will help to explain ^^
With the word “Yakuza” somewhere in the back of brain, I wasn’t game enough to walk in to a parlour full of people so this is what they look like at midday on Tuesday (Golden Gai, Shibuya). I was in and out pretty quickly!
