Gachapon & Capsule Toy Stores in Tokyo — English Guide

Gacha Hiroba is a Japanese directory of gachapon (capsule toy) stores — 120+ locations across Tokyo and the Kanto region, updated daily. This page is a starter guide for visitors from abroad: the biggest stores, the best areas, and how it all works.

🏆 Biggest gachapon stores (by machine count)

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📍 Best areas for gacha hunting

3,000+ machinesIkebukuro — Sunshine City hosts the Guinness-record venue (4,096 machines in one building). Two mega-stores within walking distance. (article in Japanese) 1,200+ machinesAsakusa — one building next to Kaminarimon Gate packs 1,200+ machines on two floors. Perfect souvenir stop on the tourist route. (article in Japanese) Open till 23:00Akihabara — the classic "Gachapon Kaikan" hall plus Bandai's official shops, all in the electric town. (article in Japanese) Open till 23:00Shibuya — 2,350+ capsule series on Center-gai street, a minute from the scramble crossing. (article in Japanese)

💡 How gachapon works (quick tips)

Price: mostly ¥300–¥500 per turn, shown on each machine's front panel. Premium series can be ¥1,000+.

Coins & change: machines take ¥100 coins. Specialty stores have change machines; smaller corners in stations or supermarkets often don't — carry coins. Newer stores increasingly accept Suica/PASMO or QR pay.

Etiquette: queue for popular machines, turn the crank slowly all the way, and drop empty capsules in the recycle box you'll find in most stores.

Language: the rest of this site is in Japanese, but it works well with your browser's translate function. Every store page has an address and a map, which work in any language.

Store information is based on official sources and updated daily. Machine counts are as published by each operator. © Gacha Hiroba — a Japanese gachapon store finder. 日本語版トップへ →