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only in Japan welcome to akih Haba we're
back again for another gacha pone
Adventure now we made a video on this a
few years ago at gacha Pon Kon and
introduced what gacha Pon were and we
had a lot of fun but what makes this
time different is we're going to be
doing it in 360 virtual reality video uh
I'm going to be meeting a friend of mine
on the other side of the station
let's see if we can find
her akih Hab is a crazy Place akih Haba
is the center of many Japanese
subcultures like anime manga ma cafes
and electronics it's also known for
having a lot of gacha
machines hi John how are you ready ready
yeah okay I found Monami at the end of
the
street so this is the first time we're
getting a chance to meet you why don't
you uh introduce
yourself well okay
hi I'm wami I'm 16 years old and I live
in too I love anime and singing where
are you from originally originally I'm
from California La all right but you're
half right yeah half def is half right I
know her
mom so we're going to be walking to the
gacha pong Kon this above us is the soo
line the Jr Soo line which is quite
famous this bridge that crosses the Main
Street this is the choori the main
street that crosses through Tokyo I
think if you go straight you hit Ginza
but the gachapon Kon a lot of people
have been asking me is straight down
this road this is my first time back to
gachapon Kon since I cut open a gachapon
machine with YouTubers Lincoln and Dan
from what's inside last year it'll be
fun to see what new things they have
this time it's just off choori in this
side street do you see it there it is
right
there so this is gacha pong Kon wow your
first timer yeah I am there are hundreds
of machines here loaded with different
items you can see how they've lined them
up uh four levels high you can also see
glass cases that collectors rent to sell
their gacha Pon goodies in a way this is
like a museum of figures and
toys There are two main corridors here
gachapon Kon mixes old machines with new
ones so you get a really unique
experience prices vary from 200 to 500
yen or $2
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to5 get 100 yen coins at the changer
before starting Monami is now ready she
looks high and low browsing for a series
she's
into you can find gachapon from popular
anime and manga series like one piece
and Dragon Ball
Z on the other side Monami found one she
likes some kind of bracelet from the
series utan no Prince
Sama let's see if she gets the one one
she
wants to get up there she needs to
borrow one of the Shop's
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ladders what'd you get what'd you get
not sure yet oh that's small it is it's
a lot smaller he's one of my favorite
character oh let's
see okay who is it
I forgot his name I forgot his name but
he's really he's all my favorite
characters though so the first attempt
didn't go so well but that means it's
time to hit other
machines got you got you over the next
hour we hit a bunch of machines many
tie-ups with Brands I know quite well
from the United States some gacha Pon
machines have items that make great
souvenirs from Japan like plastic Sushi
or Ramen some are just plain bizarre
making them super
cool Monami went low and won this a
golden egg mascot called gudetama she
really loves things on chains after a
few minutes into our gacha ping I ran
into an only in Japan regular it's Kai
okoda from the monster GZA manga Cafe
and the last gacha Pon show he knows his
gacha Pon and showed us one he's really
interested in so this from a really
popular anime from a 10 oh did not want
this is that the one you wanted no this
oh see like you wanted wanted like niku
or
Yuki he but this guy no hey let me see
yeah we can have that I don't want that
one why not who is this that's Kon Kon
he's he's like the straight man he's
like the most boring character in the
entire Series in my opinion so you got
the most boring character it's it's
pretty much like Ted from How I Met Your
Mother
okay all right so you want to try again
with this one or you you like yeah I'm
going to hopefully hopefully I don't get
this guy okay here Kai tries his luck
again it's possible he gets the same one
but the odds are against it is that the
one you wanted no but this is good too
this is good oh what was her name again
like did she has like the little Fang
which is always awesome like the long
green hair oh wow yeah so much much
better than this gu it's my turn I'm
more into Japanese food and cultural
gachapon items this one and this one
because they look like real food models
this one is um yakii and this one is are
bows of ramen oh okay wow yeah and who
doesn't love ramen it's just you know do
you love ramen got your P right do you
want that like you know hanging on your
keychain or something I don't know I'd
be hungry all the time yeah you know
what I I I I like the way that these
look so I'm going to go for the Yakitori
and I'm going to I'm going to hope for
the neima okay
this one is 200 yen which is and this
one's 300 Yen so that made it uh made me
decide what'd you
get H
AET that's good too yeah that's that's
so that's not what I wanted but it's
actually pretty cool yeah
yeah you so it wasn't like something
weird that you don't usually eat when
you go to yakatori I would eat this this
in the back was a weird gachapon machine
for 500 yen the price means it's going
to be wellmade it's Nea Neco meaning cat
ra meaning
Godzilla it's a monster
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cat so close that's not
bad oh this is as far as my leg get me
yeah dude that's that's still
interesting cuz it's like oh my God look
at the
this some kind of problem yeah the fact
kind of skin like that's awesome it's
like it's like a punk rock Godzilla cat
uh that should not happen to any cat I
just feel bad what's even worse is the
fact that it has two
tails that's for B you know because all
reptile cats need to have two tails yeah
it was a fun afternoon trying our luck
at gacha Pon in all we spent about 3,500
Yen or $35 on stuff some of which is on
display here behind it you can see those
glass cases filled with Collectibles
much better than
these here's a closer look at some of
the items we
want right so I bumped into Rush here
and you have some really amazing Goa
Pawn yes cuz we got uh I got an UMO rice
yeah then a bow of uh down yeah that's
cute looks realistic yeah then uh I
think is that cup of uh oh you got the
sakei cup I got a I got a wooden one a
sake cup huh I got oh nice this is for
sakei yeah it's weird it's a square one
huh
nice and this little oh great so
probably spent about a th000 Yen or
2,000 Yen yeah no th000 Yen th000 Yen I
like this the quality is pretty good how
much was this one 300 not bad
so these are good souvenirs from Japan I
think yeah good souvenirs very fast and
uh if you're in a rush just put it and
you can get it right rush in a rush rush
in a rush here's one of my favorite
gacha machines from this afternoon the
cat in a tissue box Series so it looks
like little cat little
scue
yeah here you go cats love tight
spes do you have a cat no I don't I have
an Al
if I had a cat I would want it to go
inside of a tissue box just like
this if you come to Japan definitely
stop into a gacha pun shop they even
have them at nadita airport so it's a
perfect way to get rid of those Pockets
full of change a little souvenir
shopping before the flight happy gotcha
Pon hunting everyone
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