Lucky Pachinko Tee

運命 (unmei): "fate."

Cash prizes are against the law in Japan, so a pachinko win comes out as a tray of small steel balls. The balls go to the counter for prize tokens, and the tokens go to a tiny window nearby, run as a separate business, which buys them for cash. Everyone knows how it works, and halls have run on that arrangement for decades. Even the game's name is a sound word, the snap of a steel ball, with -ko on the end.

The back is a whole machine face: two koi leaping a waterfall on the center screen under gold stars, red dragons climbing both sides and "Lucky Pachinko" across the top. The big cream characters read 運命 (unmei), "fate," and the katakana under the machine spells パチンコ (pachinko). The chest badge sets both words around one gold ball.

Retro arcade regulars and claw machine experts will feel at home, the reds and golds glowing on black like a pachinko hall at midnight. Put it under a loud shirt worn open and it's a night out in Osaka. The dragons and gods behind the luck live in gods and guardians.

• Fabric: 100% combed cotton, 230gsm, pre-shrunk and soft-washed
• Print: direct-to-garment (DTG)
• Color: black
• Fit: unisex, regular; size up for a boxier, oversized look
• Sizes: S to 3XL
• Size reference: 6 ft 2 in wears L; 5 ft 7 in wears M

Measurements for every size are in the size guide.