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SithMaster:
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--- Quote from: pinballjim on April 28, 2008, 09:20:55 am ---Something about 'gambling sidequest from the land of wind and ghosts'
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Seriously?
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No. :cheers:
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That is probably what it actually says.
Malenko:
translates to "See Island" or something about seeing an island. My Japanese fails.
the coin I am completely clueless on
ChoiceStriker:
Hi guys. The game itself says "Shima-uta" (Island Song), which is a style of folk music from the Ryukyu islands in Southern Japan, the most famous of which is Okinawa. It's also the name of a Japanese pop song.
I can't help with the token, because it's such an archaic style of kanji (Japanese characters), but my guess is that it's just the name of the establishment that's on the token.
P.S. I'm a freelance Japanese translator with an M.A. in East Asian Studies, so I enjoy solving these little mysteries for people. :D
HaRuMaN:
--- Quote from: ChoiceStriker on May 09, 2008, 05:50:05 pm ---Hi guys. The game itself says "Shima-uta" (Island Song), which is a style of folk music from the Ryukyu islands in Southern Japan, the most famous of which is Okinawa. It's also the name of a Japanese pop song.
I can't help with the token, because it's such an archaic style of kanji (Japanese characters), but my guess is that it's just the name of the establishment that's on the token.
P.S. I'm a freelance Japanese translator with an M.A. in East Asian Studies, so I enjoy solving these little mysteries for people. :D
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Oh, wow! Thanks for your help! :) This thing is sitting in my living room and I had no idea what it said. :cheers:
ChoiceStriker:
Oh, duh.
*smacks self in forehead*
I was mis-reading the ENGLISH letters on that token. It just says "Daigaku" (University) Pachinko. I was thinking that even though the characters were so stylized, it looked familiar. I thought of the Waseda Daigaku logo (coincidentally, where I studied abroad one summer), and when I looked it up, there it was:
http://www.waseda-ny.org/Test/logo.gif
So now you know! :)
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