Noise in Japanese slot and Pacinko arcades [closed]
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I am visiting Japan, I went into a couple of huge Pacinko and slot arcades, just wanted to see them live.
I noticed in both of them a very strong almost unbearable noise, not coming from the machines, more similar to a jet engine or a huge airflow or a strange white noise. I also noticed big loudspeakers around the arcades.
I know well the noise of video games arcades, this is completely different.
Is it possible that the noise is transmitted through the loudspeakers for some reason related to how there venues work? If this is the case, why?
japan local-customs casinos
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closed as off-topic by fkraiem, Olielo, David Richerby, blackbird, Gayot Fow Oct 12 '16 at 12:56
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I am visiting Japan, I went into a couple of huge Pacinko and slot arcades, just wanted to see them live.
I noticed in both of them a very strong almost unbearable noise, not coming from the machines, more similar to a jet engine or a huge airflow or a strange white noise. I also noticed big loudspeakers around the arcades.
I know well the noise of video games arcades, this is completely different.
Is it possible that the noise is transmitted through the loudspeakers for some reason related to how there venues work? If this is the case, why?
japan local-customs casinos
edited Feb 25 '17 at 12:04
RoflcoptrException
34.5k42167380
asked Oct 12 '16 at 10:30
LucaLuca
32129
closed as off-topic by fkraiem, Olielo, David Richerby, blackbird, Gayot Fow Oct 12 '16 at 12:56
- This question does not appear to be about traveling within the scope defined in the help center.
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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not about traveling.
– fkraiem
Oct 12 '16 at 10:49
In the US, many (say) banks play white noise in the offices. It is some sort of security measure. (Stops recording supposedly, or something like that.) Perhaps it's related?
– Fattie
Oct 12 '16 at 12:22
Anecdotal and I may be remembering wrong, but when I visited at 18 I was told that some places played a high pitched sound at the doors to deter young folks from loitering or entering. As you get older you lose the ability to hear the high pitched noise so it only affected terms/early twenties and younger. My younger brother (12) found it actually painful. Maybe this was what you heard?
– Roddy of the Frozen Peas
Oct 12 '16 at 14:55
You will find this all over Japan (I have found it seems to appear near escalators quite often). I haven't got to the stage where I ask if they are playing high frequency "mosquito sounds" however, you can certainly hear it if your ears are not damaged or aged. I haven't experienced this around Pachinko Parlours though (mainly because both the sounds of the incessant sound of the machines and thick tobacco smoke is a huge turn-off, that and the fact that the Yakuza are usually involved in management. Also note that as per the law, Pachinko is not gambling / a casino, so your tag is wrong.
– The Wandering Coder
Oct 13 '16 at 2:12
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I am visiting Japan, I went into a couple of huge Pacinko and slot arcades, just wanted to see them live.
I noticed in both of them a very strong almost unbearable noise, not coming from the machines, more similar to a jet engine or a huge airflow or a strange white noise. I also noticed big loudspeakers around the arcades.
I know well the noise of video games arcades, this is completely different.
Is it possible that the noise is transmitted through the loudspeakers for some reason related to how there venues work? If this is the case, why?
japan local-customs casinos
edited Feb 25 '17 at 12:04
RoflcoptrException
34.5k42167380
asked Oct 12 '16 at 10:30
LucaLuca
32129
I am visiting Japan, I went into a couple of huge Pacinko and slot arcades, just wanted to see them live.
I noticed in both of them a very strong almost unbearable noise, not coming from the machines, more similar to a jet engine or a huge airflow or a strange white noise. I also noticed big loudspeakers around the arcades.
I know well the noise of video games arcades, this is completely different.
Is it possible that the noise is transmitted through the loudspeakers for some reason related to how there venues work? If this is the case, why?
japan local-customs casinos
japan local-customs casinos
edited Feb 25 '17 at 12:04
RoflcoptrException
34.5k42167380
asked Oct 12 '16 at 10:30
LucaLuca
32129
edited Feb 25 '17 at 12:04
RoflcoptrException
34.5k42167380
asked Oct 12 '16 at 10:30
LucaLuca
32129
edited Feb 25 '17 at 12:04
RoflcoptrException
34.5k42167380
edited Feb 25 '17 at 12:04
RoflcoptrException
34.5k42167380
edited Feb 25 '17 at 12:04
RoflcoptrException
34.5k42167380
34.5k42167380
asked Oct 12 '16 at 10:30
LucaLuca
32129
asked Oct 12 '16 at 10:30
LucaLuca
32129
asked Oct 12 '16 at 10:30
LucaLuca
32129
32129
closed as off-topic by fkraiem, Olielo, David Richerby, blackbird, Gayot Fow Oct 12 '16 at 12:56
- This question does not appear to be about traveling within the scope defined in the help center.
closed as off-topic by fkraiem, Olielo, David Richerby, blackbird, Gayot Fow Oct 12 '16 at 12:56
- This question does not appear to be about traveling within the scope defined in the help center.
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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not about traveling.
– fkraiem
Oct 12 '16 at 10:49
In the US, many (say) banks play white noise in the offices. It is some sort of security measure. (Stops recording supposedly, or something like that.) Perhaps it's related?
– Fattie
Oct 12 '16 at 12:22
Anecdotal and I may be remembering wrong, but when I visited at 18 I was told that some places played a high pitched sound at the doors to deter young folks from loitering or entering. As you get older you lose the ability to hear the high pitched noise so it only affected terms/early twenties and younger. My younger brother (12) found it actually painful. Maybe this was what you heard?
– Roddy of the Frozen Peas
Oct 12 '16 at 14:55
You will find this all over Japan (I have found it seems to appear near escalators quite often). I haven't got to the stage where I ask if they are playing high frequency "mosquito sounds" however, you can certainly hear it if your ears are not damaged or aged. I haven't experienced this around Pachinko Parlours though (mainly because both the sounds of the incessant sound of the machines and thick tobacco smoke is a huge turn-off, that and the fact that the Yakuza are usually involved in management. Also note that as per the law, Pachinko is not gambling / a casino, so your tag is wrong.
– The Wandering Coder
Oct 13 '16 at 2:12
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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not about traveling.
– fkraiem
Oct 12 '16 at 10:49
In the US, many (say) banks play white noise in the offices. It is some sort of security measure. (Stops recording supposedly, or something like that.) Perhaps it's related?
– Fattie
Oct 12 '16 at 12:22
Anecdotal and I may be remembering wrong, but when I visited at 18 I was told that some places played a high pitched sound at the doors to deter young folks from loitering or entering. As you get older you lose the ability to hear the high pitched noise so it only affected terms/early twenties and younger. My younger brother (12) found it actually painful. Maybe this was what you heard?
– Roddy of the Frozen Peas
Oct 12 '16 at 14:55
You will find this all over Japan (I have found it seems to appear near escalators quite often). I haven't got to the stage where I ask if they are playing high frequency "mosquito sounds" however, you can certainly hear it if your ears are not damaged or aged. I haven't experienced this around Pachinko Parlours though (mainly because both the sounds of the incessant sound of the machines and thick tobacco smoke is a huge turn-off, that and the fact that the Yakuza are usually involved in management. Also note that as per the law, Pachinko is not gambling / a casino, so your tag is wrong.
– The Wandering Coder
Oct 13 '16 at 2:12
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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not about traveling.
– fkraiem
Oct 12 '16 at 10:49
I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not about traveling.
– fkraiem
Oct 12 '16 at 10:49
In the US, many (say) banks play white noise in the offices. It is some sort of security measure. (Stops recording supposedly, or something like that.) Perhaps it's related?
– Fattie
Oct 12 '16 at 12:22
In the US, many (say) banks play white noise in the offices. It is some sort of security measure. (Stops recording supposedly, or something like that.) Perhaps it's related?
– Fattie
Oct 12 '16 at 12:22
Anecdotal and I may be remembering wrong, but when I visited at 18 I was told that some places played a high pitched sound at the doors to deter young folks from loitering or entering. As you get older you lose the ability to hear the high pitched noise so it only affected terms/early twenties and younger. My younger brother (12) found it actually painful. Maybe this was what you heard?
– Roddy of the Frozen Peas
Oct 12 '16 at 14:55
Anecdotal and I may be remembering wrong, but when I visited at 18 I was told that some places played a high pitched sound at the doors to deter young folks from loitering or entering. As you get older you lose the ability to hear the high pitched noise so it only affected terms/early twenties and younger. My younger brother (12) found it actually painful. Maybe this was what you heard?
– Roddy of the Frozen Peas
Oct 12 '16 at 14:55
You will find this all over Japan (I have found it seems to appear near escalators quite often). I haven't got to the stage where I ask if they are playing high frequency "mosquito sounds" however, you can certainly hear it if your ears are not damaged or aged. I haven't experienced this around Pachinko Parlours though (mainly because both the sounds of the incessant sound of the machines and thick tobacco smoke is a huge turn-off, that and the fact that the Yakuza are usually involved in management. Also note that as per the law, Pachinko is not gambling / a casino, so your tag is wrong.
– The Wandering Coder
Oct 13 '16 at 2:12
You will find this all over Japan (I have found it seems to appear near escalators quite often). I haven't got to the stage where I ask if they are playing high frequency "mosquito sounds" however, you can certainly hear it if your ears are not damaged or aged. I haven't experienced this around Pachinko Parlours though (mainly because both the sounds of the incessant sound of the machines and thick tobacco smoke is a huge turn-off, that and the fact that the Yakuza are usually involved in management. Also note that as per the law, Pachinko is not gambling / a casino, so your tag is wrong.
– The Wandering Coder
Oct 13 '16 at 2:12
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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is not about traveling.
– fkraiem
Oct 12 '16 at 10:49
In the US, many (say) banks play white noise in the offices. It is some sort of security measure. (Stops recording supposedly, or something like that.) Perhaps it's related?
– Fattie
Oct 12 '16 at 12:22
Anecdotal and I may be remembering wrong, but when I visited at 18 I was told that some places played a high pitched sound at the doors to deter young folks from loitering or entering. As you get older you lose the ability to hear the high pitched noise so it only affected terms/early twenties and younger. My younger brother (12) found it actually painful. Maybe this was what you heard?
– Roddy of the Frozen Peas
Oct 12 '16 at 14:55
You will find this all over Japan (I have found it seems to appear near escalators quite often). I haven't got to the stage where I ask if they are playing high frequency "mosquito sounds" however, you can certainly hear it if your ears are not damaged or aged. I haven't experienced this around Pachinko Parlours though (mainly because both the sounds of the incessant sound of the machines and thick tobacco smoke is a huge turn-off, that and the fact that the Yakuza are usually involved in management. Also note that as per the law, Pachinko is not gambling / a casino, so your tag is wrong.
– The Wandering Coder
Oct 13 '16 at 2:12