OKINAWA
Shoji Kudaka illustration

(Stripes Okinawa)

There is a slot machine known as “Okislo (Okinawa slot).” It generally refers to pachislot, a mixture of pachinko and slot machine, which utilizes coins with a diameter of 30 mm. While many pachislots use coins with a 25mm diameter, those of Okislo are made for bigger coins. The difference comes from the fact that American slot machines were used as Okislo in the past, which were made for coins of the bigger size.

ie (house in Japanese kanji character)

ie (house) (Stripes Okinawa)

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