Discovering Gashapon Popular Japan Vending Machine Toys
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Gashapon (ガシャポン), also called gachapon (ガチャポン), are a variety of vending machine-dispensed capsule toys popular in Japan and elsewhere. "Gashapon" is onomatopoeic from the two sounds "gasha" (or "gacha") for the hand-cranking action of a toy vending machine, and "pon" for the toy capsule landing in the collection tray. "Gashapon" is used for both the machines themselves and the toys obtained from them.
Gashapon machines are similar to the coin-operated toy vending machines seen outside grocery stores and other retailers in other countries. While American coin-operated vending toys are usually cheap, low-quality products sold for a few quarters (US$1 or less), Japanese gashapon can cost anywhere from ¥100–¥500 (US$1–5) and are normally a much higher-quality product. They are often constructed from high-grade PVC plastic and contain more molding detail and intricately painted features.
Gashapon toys are often licensed from popular characters in Japanese manga, video games, or anime, or from the American entertainment industry. These highly detailed toys have found a large following among all generations in Japan, and the trend is filtering to the world, especially among adult collectors. It is not uncommon for sets marketed specifically for adults to feature risqué female figurines.
Okay, so we are sitting in Maruyama Park (Maruyama Koen) in Japanese Maruyama. It is one of the famous parks in all of Japan and it's like the most famous one in Kyoto when you visit Kyoto you absolutely need to come to check this place out it's a lot of fun but this video is not about Maruyama Park it's about these toys. I've been in Japan for 25 years and I always thought that it was called gacha-gacha which is like the rattling sound noise or fashion's another name for it, because of the rattle it makes when you shake it.
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0:17 About Gacha Gacha (Gashapon)
0:50 Types of Gashapon Capsule Toys
1:10 Inside the Gashapon Toy Store
2:48 How to Buy Gashapon Capsule Toys
5:22 Gasha or Gacha Definition
5:48 Maruyama Park (Maruyama Koen)
6:36 Unboxing Gashapon Capsule Toys
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