Capsule Toys
With options like bread as living creatures and useless trivia from elderly men, it would seem safe to say you can no longer be surprised…
You won’t find a bird in Japan a feathered friend with a better PR department than the long-tailed tit. Called the shima enaga in Japanese,…
At this point, it’s getting harder and harder to find something that isn’t sold in a gachapon, Japan’s blind-buy capsule toy machines. Walking up to…
It’s sometimes hard to believe that gachapon, or blind buy capsule toy machines, in Japan have something you can’t buy. Nowadays the machines seem to…
Japanese capsule toy maker Kitan Club has stumbled upon an odd but proven to be popular combination: onigiri rice balls and jewelry. Kitan Club has…
When many Americans hear the name Denny’s, the immediate image of heaty Grand Slam breakfasts and a smorgasbord of diner food that ranges from burgers…
There really does seem to be a capsule toy for everything in Japan these days, but maker Qualia has been on a roll with pushing…
We’ve seen some creative erasers in Japan recently, including some that slowly turn into Mt. Fuji with every mistake you make and others shaped like…
One of the charms, as well as most frustrating aspects of the many gacha capsule toy vending machines that are popular in Japan is that…
When it comes to the already vast but very specific world of Japanese gacha capsule toys, Bushiroad Creative’s Tama-Kyu brand really dives into every niche….
There really isn’t a category capsule toys in Japan shy away from. Whether it be spider cats that hug the rim of your glass or…
It seems that every inch of the human imagination will one day be covered by capsule toys (gacha) in Japan. There seems to be one…
Japanese capsule toy (gacha) machines are filled with just about everything you can think of. The niche categories of these toys can be so particular–Lovecraftian…
Capsule toys in Japan can cover a lot of niches you might think of as unimaginable (such as Lovecraftian squid and watermelon hybrids), but figure…
Japan’s capsule toy machines are filled with figures and accessories of just about every niche you can think of, but maker Kitan Club has quite…