If you’ve ever been to a major city in Japan, you’ve seen modern pachinko parlors. They’re almost impossible to ignore.

Modern Pachinko: The Game That Definitely Isn’t Gambling!

We could tell we were getting close to one by the intense cigarette smell that came out of them.

@Omrrc Only photo I could get from a parlor. The noise was crazy, but that smell? Coming out in a rush every time the door would open? That was unbelievable! They had these specific places to smoke, so we were not used to the smell anywhere else. It was strange.