Virtual Tourist Site

**pachi_sloter** · 02-28-2005, 09:17 PM

The VirtualTourist.com site has some photos of pachinko parlors.
http://www.virtualtourist.com/vt/ks/...amp;s=pachinko

I got a good laugh when I read the "How to play free pachinko" post.
http://www.virtualtourist.com/f/p/56b3/

**azlew** · 03-01-2005, 02:18 AM

Nice finds pachi_sloter !

I am curious. On Ebay and US dealer websites we see Pachislos and Pachinkos all advertised that they are direct out of the Japanese casinos yet I have never heard of or seen a japanese casino..just pachinko/slot parlours. Are there really actual japanese casinos or is this something else that has been made up to make Pachislos look more like our US Slots ?

Also I have yet to see actual photos taken from japanese cruise ship "casinos" . Have you run across these yet as we certainly see Pachislos as being advertised as being direct from japanese cruise ship casinos also. It would be nice to see some photos of japanese cruise ship casinos also.

Thanks.

**JamesM** · 03-01-2005, 12:44 PM

"Try this trick: Go into a pachinko parlor and stare in amazement at the machines as if you have never seen such a contraption before in your life. The manager or a hospitable staff worker will inevitably spot you as the curious tourist from afar and be eager to show you how to play this strange Japanese game you're gawking at, usually providing you with a complimentary small container of balls. Go to next pachinko parlor and repeat."

"Yeah, I've even had hospitable clerks open the machines for me and manually spread the slots so that my balls go right into the hole!I save my best "Ah so, that's how it works!" expression of gratitude for them and then as soon as they turn the corner I trade in all of the steel balls for Men's Pocky and go to the next pachinko parlor."

:smt036 very funny!