It dates back to the time that Commodore Matthew C. Perry first visited Okinawa. Also, its materials and style are good. I don't consider it mine, but prefectural property. Coffee, tea, or gambling In all Japan, Okinawa has the most game kissas, coffee shops which have set up gaming machines, for its population density. The number of shops per hundred thousand of population on Okinawa is ten times the national average of all other prefectures of Japan.
Some people have fun with the games during lunch or when they have a coffee break.
However most players are gamblers, and the strong inclination towards gambling causes many to go bankrupt. On the other side, there are some shopowners who worry and feel guilty placing the gambling machines, but they have no other choice to find jobs for their own income. According to the police, there were 645 game kissas on Okinawa in 1998. That number means 50.3 shops per hundred thousand people, while 4.8 shops is the average for the whole of Japan. During the period between 1985 to 1990 especially, the number of shops increased sharply.