Remember when you were a kid and the most basic toys could keep you entertained for days, or the most simple figurines could make your day? Now while collecting toys and figurines is definitely not limited to kids it’s not something I ever really got into so much since ‘growing up’, even if my inner geek as always craved for some.
And boy is my inner geek happy since I’ve moved to Japan and discovered the joy of gatchapons aka capsule stations. Gatchapons are small toys and figurines, which you get from a giant bubble gum dispenser style machine - put in some money, generally 200 yen, turn a big plastic handle and a plastic egg falls through holding your toy. And these machines are located everywhere - outside train stations, manga shops, video game shops, arcades, shopping centres… If you walk anywhere in Tokyo for 5 minutes chances are you’ll come across a set of capsule stations.
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