A young woman selecting a toy to buy from a gacha gacha toy-dispensing vending machine. Ikebukuro, Japan Tokyo, Japan

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Among the wide array of vending machines peddling items from the everyday to the obscure, one staple in Japan is the toy-dispensing “gacha gacha,” which is named after the handle-turning noise that precedes the release of the plastic capsule. The terms gashapon (ガシャポン) or gachapon (ガチャポン) refer to a variety of vending machine-dispensed capsule toys.

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Size: 3393px × 4524px
Location: Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan
Photo credit: © John Steele / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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