What's Japan without Pachinko? Honestly...

Seriously though, I don't understand the obsession with Pachinko. We played Pachinko once while in Tokyo and it made absolutely no sense whatsoever, just many balls falling and random button pushes. I'm not a huge gambler to begin with but at least I can understand the draw in slots, you have a bit of control in your chances of getting things to line up. As far as I could tell with Pachinko, it's all just fluke chance. Oh well, it's definitely popular in Japan and obviously making someone a ton of money judging by all the crazy Pachinko parlors on every street corner.

This one can be found in one of the many covered arcades in the Namba/Dotombori area of Osaka. I'm sure if hadn't been carrying way too much crap and looking like the biggest tourist ever the Pachinko parlor guy would have asked me to put the camera away... Maybe street shooting in tourist attire is the best way to get around security?