and nowhere can you see it best than it's vending machine

many of which we featured in our series

There is the hot food vending machine

Fresh brewed coffee

Ramen

and banana vending machine

There is also a vending machine standing bar

and Crepe vending machine

Japanese Sake taste testing

and of course a totally unstaffed vending machine restaurant

There are also Gachapon toy machines

Dispensable unique and collectable toys

and in this episode I'm introducing to you a brand new vending machine

one that is like a department store opened 24hours a day

The perfect place to buy a gift, whether it's for...

a birthday, an anniversary,

or in this case, Christmas

Just think,

if you can avoid the store lines,

and the delivery wait for online shopping,

wouldn't that be the perfect solution for Christmas shopping?

This machine seems to be that answer for me

A simple solution for lazy guys

who want to be done with it in 5minutes or less

Get into the spirit of vending machine shopping

This machine is loaded with goodies

There are many reasons this is the perfect one stop shop

They are convenient.

There are over 600 of them around Tokyo

It's quick

Push the button, and done

It's 1000 yen, or about 10 dollars for each gift

If the gift is no good, it's not your fault

Blame the machine

Oh, and it's fun

That's the way shopping should be

All you need is a wad of 1000 yen notes

The first gift was a pair of LED glasses

Next, a smart egg

It's kind of a puzzle

This one's a mystery

A box. I wonder what's inside

The hard part is deciding which button to push next

Ah, a pair of wrap around head phones

Hmm...should I go high, or low?

Maybe I'll go low this time

and a pair of walkie talkie watches

That's enough for now

I should've brought a Santa sack for these presents to be

It's quite a haul

and very little fuss

Ah, my friends are going to love these

So, what's the deal?

Let's ask Nakajima-san

The CEO

What exactly is this vending machine?

This is a Gachapon machine for adults

You will find various products from many brands

is what you'll get from this vending machine

Where the heck did you come up with this concept?

Well, to be perfectly honest...

when I was a child, I loved to

play with Gachapon capsule toy machines

I wanted to play Gachapon for 24hours

but that kind of Gachapon does not exist in Japan

When you think of Gachapon,

it's usually made of plastic,

with weak security

you can't leave them out

on the streets for 24hours

It's normal now that when the store closes,

the Gachapon machines are brought inside

and locked away

I wanted to overcome that and,

make something available for 24hours and

fixed up the old vending machines and

created a 24hour Gachapon like vending machine

There are expensive things in there, right?

Sure, there are expensive things in there

Is that ok?

I mean it's only 1000yen

It's 1000yen but

Thanks to bulk buying, we can keep the cost low

so we are able to provide everyone with

something worth 1000yen or more

and in every 300 to 400 items,

we add goods worth 20,000 yen or more

There are luxury items in there as well

What we like to call it is

THE DREAM VENDING MACHINE

It started out with just one machine

but now there are nearly 650 of them

Inside the machines are

20 items, right?

Inside them are actually

4 to 50 items in the machine

-50 items? -That's right

But there are only 20 buttons

There are 20 buttons but,

each slot may have 2 items

or even 3 items

It's a secret but toda

I want to show you what's inside

What's inside?Let's reveal the secret treasure

Nakajima-san designed these machines himself

Recycling old machines exactly for this purpose

to give small gifts to people

Here's what's inside

The product lineup is like this

The items fall from different places

For example, let's see...

He converted old Japanese book vending machines

into a mystery box dispenser.

refitting the button and style.

The button lights up when the item is available

in that position

When pushed, the machine simply releases the box

in that location

Box drops

and it's yours

Just like that

The system is really simple

Nakajima-san made the first machine for himself to play with

so he can stop by after work near his office

Normal Gachapon machines aren't 24 hours

and he got off work late

Of course his friends made fun of him

but who's laughing now?

He's got around 650 machines around Tokyo

His job is leasing vending machines

but when the book vending machine leases were up,

he was stuck with 1000 of them

Instead of throwing them away,

he converted them to these

This is really cool

Cool

There is a postcard in here

When you win this, and you send the post card,

this will be sent to your house

This is not 1000yen

This is 1000yen

1000yen and this may come out

Sort of looks like a Pokemon Ball

It's really hard to copy this machine

No way it will be copied

Loaded with gifts, it was time to make my Christmas deliveries

First up, Simon and Martina

I gave them the pair of walkie talkie watches

Look at the twinkle in their eyes..

Yes, they really do work

Ahh, the spirit of Christmas

Next stop, my friend Shingo

He loves to solve problems at work,

so I knew he'd love this one

A smart egg

You have to be smart to key threw the egg in a minute or less

I have no doubt he'll figure it out

I found Peter in Akasaka

He's a big audio file and always dressing stylish

so I knew he'll love these

Wrap around head phones

Rock around town in comfort and style

Here is Joseph

The ultimate LED do it yourselfl tech wizard

Nothing could be more fitting than this

LED glasses that lights up to sound

They also lit up a big smile

Next, off to my favorite neighbor's house

Mr.Seiichi

My 95 year old neighbor

has always shared his wisdom about Japan with me

Today, I'm going to enlighten him

Yep, those LED glasses again

It'll be perfect when he sings Karaoke

next time with his friends and family

5 for 5

This vending machine was the perfect answer

to my last minute shopping

So, if you come to Japan,

give the KING's Treasure Box

or the Dream Vending Machine a try

You might get lucky and win something big

or you just might get something fun

like these

Merry Christmas

I went back to get myself a gift

These machines are all over the city

If you want to see what I got,

Check out the ONLYinJAPAN instagram page for the answer

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