new History of Pachinko book published by Hosei University

[cait001]

Mr. Sugiyama, who runs the Birth of Pachinko Museum out of his house in Japan (http://www.pachinko-tanjo.com/) has written a new book about the history of pachinko
I've written about it here:
https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2...hings-and.html

There are links included for purchasing the book, a few photos of what is inside, and further links about pachinko history.

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This book covers pre-WW2 history, the intersections of bagatelle, allwins, corinthian, smart ball, and gets deep in to the history of post WW2 development of the masamura gauge!
Even for someone like me that doesn't speak a word of Japanese, I love this book for it's illustrations, patents, photos, and all the info I have been able to get using my phone's translation app.
(oh, and my name is also mentioned in the book twice since I helped with some research that spanned outside of Japan)

[MrGneiss]

Sweet!!

[hanabi]

That’s great!

congrats on getting the name checks too!

[pachi_sloter]

Without the phone app the man's surname is Sugiyama (杉山) not Sugimoto (杉本).

[cait001]

Without the phone app the man's surname is Sugiyama (杉山) not Sugimoto (杉本).

thanks, correction made. I had it correct in all of my other posts on him. oops