TY - JOUR
T1 - Pachinko
T2 - declining popularity or a continuing Japanese social problem?
AU - Brooks, Graham
AU - Ellis, Tom
AU - Lewis, Chris
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Pachinko refers to the peculiarly Japanese amusement arcade game that was supposedly modelled on the ‘Corinthian’, a US
pinball machine, imported to Japan in the 1920s . Pachinko machines closely resemble pinball machines , though they are somewhat
smaller and have a vertical, as opposed to horizontal, playing surface. Pachinko machines are played almost exclusively in specialist
pachinko parlours , where the compactness of the machines is an important factor, as we shall see. In 2005, there were an estimated
17.1 million pachinko players , providing revenue of just over 28.7 trillion yen ( US$250 billion) . It is difficult to think of another
developed society in which gambling is as universally accessible and widely practiced on a daily basis by such a significant portion of
the adult population.
AB - Pachinko refers to the peculiarly Japanese amusement arcade game that was supposedly modelled on the ‘Corinthian’, a US
pinball machine, imported to Japan in the 1920s . Pachinko machines closely resemble pinball machines , though they are somewhat
smaller and have a vertical, as opposed to horizontal, playing surface. Pachinko machines are played almost exclusively in specialist
pachinko parlours , where the compactness of the machines is an important factor, as we shall see. In 2005, there were an estimated
17.1 million pachinko players , providing revenue of just over 28.7 trillion yen ( US$250 billion) . It is difficult to think of another
developed society in which gambling is as universally accessible and widely practiced on a daily basis by such a significant portion of
the adult population.
U2 - http://www.japanfocus.org/site/make_pdf/2425
DO - http://www.japanfocus.org/site/make_pdf/2425
M3 - Article
JO - Japan Focus
JF - Japan Focus
ER -