Just in Tokyo by Justin Hall
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  • 52 - Just In Tokyo
    The most popular games seem to be the fighting games. Sega's
    Virtua Fighter 4 allow frequent players to carry their statistics with
    them on cards. If you're good, get a card from a vending machine
    and you can prove yourself in mostly silent matches between men
    who don't make fun of each other or seem to talk smack between
    matches.
    Print Club - "puri kura"
    Photo booths are a popular curbside attraction in Japan. A far cry
    from simple quick-printed pictures, the state of the art in Japan
    includes multiple cameras you can set at any angle and the chance
    to review your pictures on a small screen, doodling on your image or
    adding a background to fashion yourself floating in space or standing
    in a sea of British flag-patterned stars.
    These are not machines intended for passport photos, or anything
    terrifically useful. Some of these machines are in areas of video
    game arcades intended for girls only; single men walking through
    might get some strange looks and an invitation to leave. Still there
    are so many of these machines, anyone should be able to find a
    place to get a little goofy in front of a camera.
    The results? A sheet of colorful photostickers. Many locations will
    have scissors so you can cut up and distribute stickers to any folks
    who might have appeared in your sticker-shots with you. It can be
    great fun to have your photo taken with locals, especially if they are
    hyper-fashionable, dressed up Tokyo kids. Good luck inviting them
    to join you in a small curtained room; patience and an innocent
    expression have yielded some great fun souvenier stickers. Be sure
    to scissor and share what you have taken! Depending on how you
    muddle through some of the on-screen Japanese, your stickers
    might appear online. www.mitemite.ne.jp is one such site displaying
    photostickers beamed directly from the booths.
    Bathing
    Japan has a tradition of public bathing. Japanese people travelling
    within the country frequent onsen, traditional hot springs.
    In the cities where the sulfer mostly bubbles up in nightclubs, you
    can still find places to soak in hot tubs and saunas in various neigh-
    borhoods. The etiquette is roughly this: sit on a stool in front of one