Japanese capsule toy mania is here! So -- what's inside this famous gachapon game center in Akihabara" Join John on a virtual tour and adventure in a shop with hundreds of them stacked to the ceiling. These machines have been booming around Japan, especially with foreign tourists where it's become a place for quick souvenir shopping and getting rid of your pocket change before flying back home.

It's hard to miss GACHAPON machines. They're everywhere around Tokyo and Japan from Narita Airport to the local supermarket.

This time, John heads to Akihabara for another trip to Gachapon Kaikan (???????) for a virtual reality tour of the show. The machines go all the way to the ceiling! It's his first time back since cutting open a gachapon machine on WHAT'S INSIDE in 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch"v=WGNCGaDXdy4 (Cutting Open a Gachapon Machine!)
WHAT ARE GACHAPON"
Gachapon items are collectables. Some have value and many sell out fast. The name "gachapon" is actually an onomonopia - it comes from the sound the machine makes when you turn the handle ("gacha gacha") and the capsule hits the bottom ("pon").

HOW MUCH ARE GACHAPON"
Prices for gachapon goods range from 200 to 500 yen ($2 to $5) and price has a big impact on quality.
Collections range from anime and manga figures and goods to Japanese souvenirs and cultural trinkets.

Gachapon series are always changing and are limited in nature.
Items you see in this video...