PACHINKO
Buy steel balls and put them in a machine. Today, mechanical pachinko machines have been completely replaced by computer-controled machines in which a knob is turned and the balls are propelled automatically. When a ball enter one of winning holes on the panel, new balls are released in to the tray. The player can get prizes according to the number of the ball you have. |
Pachinko is the handiest recreation for Japanese businessmen. Pachinko parlors are always noisy, brightly, and fulll of smoke of cigarette |
Pachinko was first played commercially in Nagoya in 1948.
Then, soon it became very popular troughout the country.