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

• Oona McGee
  Dec 10, 2022
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What the heck will come out of a machine like this?

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cool • Demon Slayer • figurines • gacha • gacha vending machine • Hokkaido • Japanese vending machines • Kimetsu no Yaiba • Manbekun • Oshamambe Station • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • vending machines • weird)

Mr. Sato takes on the “Trap or Treasure” capsule machine for 500 yen

• Master Blaster
  Dec 1, 2022

One man’s trap is another’s treasure.

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• (Ameyoko • capsule machines • gacha • Mr. Sato • prayers • Taito • Tokyo • Trap or Treasure)

Win a room or bed on an overnight boat from Nagoya in ferry’s Boat Gacha campaign

• Shannon
  Oct 11, 2022

Feeling lucky and adventurous?

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• Japan
• (boat gacha • gacha • gacha gacha • Hokkaido • Nagoya • Nagoya Matsuri • Sendai • travel gacha)

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

Arcade game coin slot capsule toys bring coin-op style to your home or office【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 2, 2022

A clever way to preserve a fading part of video game design.

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• (Arcades • capsule toys • cool • gacha • gachapon • Tama Kyu • video games)

Tufts of shed polar bear fur among the gacha prizes at Japan’s newest crazy capsule toy machine

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 5, 2022

Hokkaido zoo sees overwhelming demand for unique souvenirs.

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• Japan
• (animals • capsule toys • cool • crazy • gacha • gachapon • weird • zoos)

New Saizeriya gacha toys make us severely regret our life choices as we defy rules of probability

• Katie Pask
  Apr 30, 2022

New set of Saizeriya gacha turns from ‘let’s collect them all‘ into ‘this feels like torture‘.

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• (Ahiruneko • capsule toy machine • capsule toy machines • food • gacha • gacha toys • Restaurant • restaurants • Saizeriya • SNJO)

Origami folded by gyaru – The first capsule toy it’s impossible to get a complete set of【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 27, 2022

Flock of cranes folded by flashy women comes with a side of philosophy.

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• Japan
• (capsule toys • COK • crazy • funny • gacha • gacha toys • gachapon • Gyaru • origami • oritsuru • paper cranes • SNJO • vending machine toys • weird)

Photos of Complete Strangers: Japan’s new strange, and strangely compelling, capsule toys【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 22, 2022

Unusual concept is a hit, with a second line on the way.

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• (capsule toys • COK • crazy • gacha • gachapon • moving • Mr. Sato • SNJO • touching • vending machine toys • weird)

We spent over US$400 at a Tokyo premium capsule machine, and we’re not sure how we feel about it

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 5, 2022

Things get complicated/expensive when Mr. Sato and our boss combine their intellectual powers/lack of willpower.

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• Japan
• (capsule machines • capsule toy machines • COK • crazy • Don Quijote • funny • gacha • Mr. Sato • SNJO • weird • Yoshio)

Conveyor belt sushi restaurants in Japan now offer random airline ticket discount gacha capsules

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 9, 2022

Tabikuji program expands to Japan’s favorite revolving sushi chain.

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• Japan
• (airlines • capsule toys • COK • Conveyor belt sushi • gacha • Kaitenzushi • Peach • revolving sushi • Sushiro • Tabikuji • travel)

Check out these capsule toy replica old-timey bicycle locks…for some reason?

• Master Blaster
  Feb 14, 2022

All the thrills of locking a bicycle in the palm of your hand.

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• Japan
• (bicycles • bike locks • bikes • capsule toys • COK • gacha • gacha toys • gachapon • SNJO • weird)

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
• (animals • apology • capsule toy machine • capsule toys • capsule vending machines • cats • cute • dogs • gacha • gacha toys • gacha vending machine • gachapon • new • pets • weird)

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

Turn your water bottle into a Japanese toilet!

• Oona McGee
  Jan 16, 2022

Complete with a two-metre jet spray to get the party started.

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• Japan
• (capsule toys • COK • culture • cute • funny • gacha • gacha toys • gachapon • Japanese toilets • party • PET bottles • Tama Kyu • toilet humor • Toilets • weird)

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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• Japan
• (caviar • COK • food • gacha • gacha vending machine • Japanese vending machines • Mr. Sato • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • vending machines • weird)

Japanese ramen restaurant serves up noodles via gacha toy capsules

• Oona McGee
  Dec 17, 2021

What surprise meal will the gacha gods bless us with today? 

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• Japan
• (capsule machines • capsule vending machines • COK • food • gacha • Harajuku • Noodles • ramen • rice balls • SNJO • Taiyo no Tomato • taste test • tomato)

Japan has a random hotel room gacha capsule vending machine

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 9, 2021

Offers stays for solos travelers or pairs in cities from Tokyo to Sapporo, some with suites and included breakfasts.

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• Japan
• (awesome • capsule toys • capsule vending machines • COK • cool • crazy • deals • gacha • gachapon • hotels • restaurants • Tobu • travel)

Cats bowing in apology is Japan’s latest weird gacha capsule toy collection

• Oona McGee
  Dec 7, 2021

Felines walk us through the finer details of saying sorry in Japan.

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• Japan
• (animals • apology • bowing • capsule toys • cats • COK • culture • cute • funny • gacha • gacha toys • gachapon • Japanese etiquette • Japanese language • manners • SNJO • weird)

Famous Japanese writers get a new life as cats in weird gacha capsule toy range

• Oona McGee
  Dec 6, 2021

Ever wondered what literary greats like Natsume Soseki and Osamu Dazai would look like as felines?

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• Japan
• (animals • books • capsule toys • cats • cool • cute. cats • figures • gacha • literary genius • literature • Natsume Soseki • Osamu Dazai • reading • weird • writers • wtf)

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