Wherever you go in Japan, be you in the smallest village or the biggest city, you are never far away from a Pachinko hall. These places do a ridiculous amount of business. The game is a version of a one armed bandit with the extra interest of only getting a shot of the one armed bandit if one of a hundred ball bearings reach a special hole that triggers the one armed bandit. It's as mindless as it sounds. Jason tries to explain it here for you. He begins the video though by describing the Japanese etiquette of saying hello and welcome to anyone who enters your shop/restaurant/pachinko hall. It's a very nice custom. In most restaurants, all the staff say hello. And goodbye when you leave. It usually begins with someone saying, "A customer is leaving, say goodbye" and all the staff say goodbye. Just another wonderful little Japanese quirk!
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