Japan -- Oct/Nov 2007

This photo and the next one are the signs on each side of the main entrance to the Nintendo building (apparently unchanged from when the building was constructed). While Sony was originally an electronics company that worked its way into games, Nintendo started as a games company and worked its way into electronics. The guide gave each of us a Japanese playing card (he's holding some in his hand in the photo of him that appears earlier). These are quite different from "US" playing cards. They are smaller than "our" cards. The "face" of each card in the deck apparently contains a different picture (like a small painting), but no numbers. The objects on the cards are things like landscapes, flowers, birds, bridges, etc. Apparently the number of items in the picture on the card determines its value (rank) during game play.


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