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Guns and Beer

Well, almost. There's a bar in Tokyo that lets you shoot plastic pellets from air guns. From Stars & Stripes:

TOKYO — It’s pretty much a dream come true.
Beer, not too badly priced for Roppongi. Rockin’ ’70s and ’80s music.
And guns.

That’s right. A childhood passion for toy models gave Yoshihisa Takahashi the idea for a new Roppongi bar about six years ago. To stand out from the legions of other bars in the area, he thought man’s fascination with guns, and especially the kinds that go “pop,” would be a nice niche.

He was right. Hollow Point attracts all kinds of people. Men, who make up most of the patrons, come for the toys, Takahashi thinks. It’s the women who show up to blow off steam.

It’s probably worth noting that laws in Japan mean there aren’t actually metal slugs in the chambers. You shoot air guns with small plastic pellets. It still offers some of the realism — the adrenaline, the quick pops, the bragging rights after tearing the heart and guts from the paper target, which you get to keep.