I followed a tip on Reddit during my Osaka hotel stay and clicked through to
plinko late at night. That casino game’s mechanics reminded me of dropping tokens in a shrine box—simple yet suspenseful. After a couple of demo spins, I started betting small credits and managed to climb out of a losing stretch. It was oddly satisfying, like wandering through Kyoto’s Arashiyama bamboo grove and stumbling upon a hidden teahouse.