Their culture is very foreign to us. When I was there in the late 1980's I saw things that I couldn't believe. They have vending machines that distribute beer and hard liquor. I asked if they had a problem with teenagers buying from them and the answer was "Why would they? They are not old enough". Gambling is totally illegal there yet Pachinko parlors are more popular than our casinos. You cannot win money at a pachinko parlor but if you get enough credits (say $50 worth) you go to the back of the room and they will give you a handfull of a trinket (maybe pencils). You leave the building, go around the corner and there is a window where they will buy your pencils for - guess what - $50! Many of the machines in these parlors are regular Bally 3 reel slots. Most use pachinko balls and play like a vertical pinball machine. Another example of Japanese integrity was when I went for a walk very early in the morning. Sometime overnight they had delivered numerous boxes of electronic goods to a Best Buy type store. All of the boxes were just sitting on the sidewalk! They wouldn't last 5 minutes over here but were as safe as could be over there.