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Shiny Colors, Happy Sounds, and How to Play Pachinko
Anyone who has any interest in Japan has most likely been exposed to pachinko (パチンコ) in one form or another. Perhaps you saw it in an anime or a drama, or perhaps you ran across it in one of our...
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How Pachinko Keeps You Sucked In
Even though I was way too young to gamble the first time I visited Japan, pachinko really interested me. My dad tried to take us into a pachinko parlor to see what the hubbub was about, but the staff...
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Lucky Enough To Be Skilled
Are you feeling the need to take back your own destiny? Or maybe you would rather let chance decide. Either way, it will cost you, and much less than a visit to your local therapist. 100 yen, 500 yen,...
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Japanese Legal Loopholes: How Japan Looks Innocent While Breaking the Law
One of the big questions I asked myself while in Japan was “why?” Just “why.” Not the usual, little “why’s” that accompany a trip to a foreign nation like, “why are squatty potties so hard to use?”...
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