Gachapon, also known as gashapon, are those ubiquitous capsule vending machines found throughout Japan. Children and adults alike have taken delight in inserting their leftover change into the coin ...

The gacha machine looks like a miniature gumball machine, in which the sphere at the top displaying all the prizes resembles a Poke Ball. When you put in a special coin, you can turn the handle and ...

Before I visited Japan, I always had the idea that the gachapon capsule toy machines were really plentiful. I expected I’d see them everywhere. This proved mostly true! The KIX airport had some both ...