{"product_id":"heritage-mah-jongg-rocks-glass-honors","title":"Heritage Mah Jongg Rocks Glass - The Three Honors","description":"\u003c!--\nMERLIN CLASSICS R4.3SP PRODUCT MINI HUB - HERITAGE SERIES - Heritage Mah Jongg Rocks Glass - The Three Honors\nWhat changed: v001 NEW build Mon Nov 2 2026: five paragraphs (hook, sell, story, story, product details with care); keywords meta, article tags, BreadcrumbList and FAQPage added; top button to The Mah Jongg Collection, tail button to Mah Jongg Ornaments\nGKP 505: shared ladder R1 166\/1338 = 12.4% | R2 333\/607 = 54.9% | two-run 499\/1945 = 25.7% - CLOSED Mon Nov 2 2026 | GKP number penciled, confirm against workbook\nKeywords: 2 published (tier-ordered) | Tags: 2\nIP Clean: no league, card, tile maker, app, title or living person named\nContent audit: PASS - facts checked Mon Nov 2 2026; hook 17 words\n--\u003e\n\u003cmeta name=\"keywords\" content=\"mahjong glasses, mahjong drinkware\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mahjong glasses\"\u003e\u003cmeta property=\"article:tag\" content=\"mahjong drinkware\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/mah-jongg-collection\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;padding:14px 18px;margin:16px 0;background:#A9C7A1;color:#111111;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;border-radius:4px;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eMore Mah Jongg Items\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow big did mahjong get in postwar Japan?\u003c\/strong\u003e Enormous. Police counted 36,173 parlours in 1978, and only a small fraction of them are left today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA glass for the end of a long shift. The three honors on clear glass recall the office crowd who kept the parlours full, and it does the job just as well at home, with a highball and the good tiles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 1957 government survey found ten percent of people played. Client entertainment and after-work games made it a fixture of business life, and upscale parlours even drew customers from restaurants. A 1969 novel serial pushed the game wider still.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParlours peaked at 36,173 in 1978, and one count put players at about 21 million in the early 1980s. Five-day work weeks hurt Saturday play, and thousands of parlours closed over the decades. It is a vivid reminder that even a national habit can fade. Keep your table. Keep your friends around it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClear 10 oz glass, tempered, with a good solid base. The art is printed on one side so it faces the drinker or the room. Wash by hand and peel away the sticker on the underside. Every sale counts: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/pages\/landing-page-charity\"\u003eprofits support hunger relief\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/mahjong-ornaments\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center;padding:14px 18px;margin:16px 0;background:#d9d9d9;color:#111111;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;border-radius:4px;white-space:nowrap;\"\u003eMah Jongg Ornaments\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e\n{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\", \"@graph\": [{\"@type\": \"BreadcrumbList\", \"itemListElement\": [{\"@type\": \"ListItem\", \"position\": 1, \"name\": \"Home\", \"item\": \"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/\"}, {\"@type\": \"ListItem\", \"position\": 2, \"name\": \"The Mah Jongg Collection\", \"item\": \"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/collections\/mah-jongg-collection\"}, {\"@type\": \"ListItem\", \"position\": 3, \"name\": \"Heritage Mah Jongg Rocks Glass - The Three Honors\", \"item\": \"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/products\/heritage-mah-jongg-rocks-glass-honors\"}]}, {\"@type\": \"FAQPage\", \"mainEntity\": [{\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"How many mahjong parlours did Japan have?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"A peak of 36,173 in 1978, by police count.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"Did Japanese office workers really play mahjong?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"Yes. After-work and client games were a fixture of postwar business life.\"}}, {\"@type\": \"Question\", \"name\": \"What is printed on this rocks glass?\", \"acceptedAnswer\": {\"@type\": \"Answer\", \"text\": \"The Three Honors tile, in our original engraved art.\"}}]}]}\n\u003c\/script\u003e","brand":"Merlin Classics","offers":[{"title":"10oz","offer_id":51295123570905,"sku":"41293860558625361904","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/9374\/9465\/files\/16394410062310198580_2048.jpg?v=1793676401","url":"https:\/\/merlinclassics.store\/products\/heritage-mah-jongg-rocks-glass-honors","provider":"Merlin Classics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}