Pachinko Power - Pachinko Power
Pachinko Power - Pachinko Power
by Tom Bazin and Satoshi Kawase
It's 7:30 am on a Saturday morning, and I just rode my bicycle 45 minutes to get to the MJ Pachinko parlor near the Tenjin train station. Pachinko parlors like this have special event days from time to time where they crank up the machines so they're more likely to dish out. I exchange wary glances with the other early birds lined at the sliding doors waiting for their pick of the best machines. A chilly rain falls upon us as we blow into our hands, smoke our cigarettes, and read from the latest Pachinko-Waza magazine. I jingle through my pocket for some change to buy some hot canned coffee, and a dozen pachinko balls spill to the ground. "Ah, Tom-san. Again?" one of the regulars chuckles. Yeah, you might say I'm pretty into it.
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