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Starbucks Japan releases first-ever gacha capsule toys, featuring iconic menu items as plush coffee charms

• Oona McGee
  Jul 31, 2026
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New Japan-exclusive collectibles are only available at select locations.

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Sanrio characters become teeth in crazy new gacha series from Takara Tomy

• Oona McGee
  Aug 19, 2025

Hello Kitty takes on her weirdest job yet, with famous friends along for the ride. 

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• (Bad Badtz-Maru • capsule toy machine • capsule toys • cute • gacha • gacha gacha • gacha vending machine • Hello Kitty • My Melody • Pekkle • Pompompurin • Sanrio • Takara Tomy • Takara Tomy Arts • teeth • weird)

“Grandpa’s F**k it, Whatever Anything Best 3” gacha is today’s weird capsule machine find

• Oona McGee
  Mar 23, 2023

Handwritten note from a Japanese granddad turns out to be heartwarming…and strangely heartbreaking at the same time.

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• (capsule toy machine • capsule toys • COK • cool • gacha • gacha vending machine • grandfather • grandma • grandpa • grandparents • handwritten notes • Japanese grandmother • Japanese vending machines • lists • notes • SNJO • vending machines • weird)

Gacha machine backpack is Japan’s hottest new fashion statement

• Oona McGee
  Feb 8, 2023

Wearable gacha machine is sure to turn heads wherever you go. 

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• (backpack • bags • capsule toys • cool • fashion • gacha • gacha machines • gacha vending machine • gachapon • Takara Tomy • Takara Tomy Arts • weird)

“Have fun seeing what comes out” gacha machine is a mystery in more ways than one

• Oona McGee
  Dec 10, 2022

What the heck will come out of a machine like this?

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Wagyu beef gacha vending machine dispenses meat at random in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Sep 11, 2022

Like a box of chocolates, you never know which one you’re gonna get.

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• (beef • COK • food • gacha • gacha vending machine • Japanese food • Japanese vending machines • MG Ogawa • omi beef • Osaka • SNJO • taste test • vending machines • Wagyu • weird)

Tiny travel guides are our latest Japanese gacha capsule toy obsession

• Oona McGee
  Aug 19, 2022

Taking pocket-sized to whole new extremes. 

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• (Bandai • bean book • capsule toys • COK • cute • gacha gacha • gacha toys • gacha vending machine • Kawaii • mame hon • mini book • reading • SNJO • tiny • travel • travel guide)

Sushi By Foreigners BC: Japanese gacha capsule toys just keep on getting weirder

• Oona McGee
  Jul 27, 2022

Have you ever heard of these sushi before?!?

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Gacha capsule machines now dispense perfumes in Japan

• Oona McGee
  May 24, 2022

Spin the wheel of fortune on your fragrance — you never know which one you’ll get.

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• (capsule machines • capsule toys • capsule vending machines • COK • cool • fashion • gacha gacha • gacha toys • gacha vending machine • gachapon • Nose Shop • perfume • Shibuya • shopping • SNJO • vending machines)

Japanese gacha machine sells nostalgic super tiny books, and we tried it out

• Shannon
  May 16, 2022

Read some tiny flashbacks from the Showa Era!

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• (bean book • gacha gacha • gacha toys • gacha vending machine • mame hon • mini book • Showa • Showa Era • Vintage)

Cats and dogs apologising at Japanese press conference is our newest gacha capsule toy obsession

• Oona McGee
  Feb 11, 2022

Pets saying sorry for their bad deeds is also a fun way to learn Japanese.

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Japan’s Flat Gasha Pon takes gacha capsule toy machines to a whole new level

• Oona McGee
  Feb 2, 2022

A fun way to buy otaku goods.

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• (anime • Bandai • capsule toy machine • capsule toys • capsule vending machines • gacha • gacha toys • gacha vending machine • gachapon • manga • new • oshikatsu • otaku)

Will we win a 75,000-yen tub of caviar from this Japanese vending machine?

• Oona McGee
  Dec 28, 2021

Putting our faith in the gacha gods at a new store dedicated to weird vending machines in Tokyo.

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  1. Japanese toilet aims to attract foreign tourists but not everybody is happy about it
  2. New Japanese vending machine at Shinkansen station sells cups of ice on platform
  3. Japan’s new beer glass is designed to force you to drink…water [Video]
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