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Taito Corporation [b] is a Japanese company that specializes in video games, toys, arcade cabinets, and game centers, based in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The company was founded by Michael Kogan in 1953 as the Taito Trading Company, [c] importing vodka, vending machines, and jukeboxes into Japan. It began production of video games in 1973.
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Capsule toy is the generic term for miniature toys dispensed by capsule vending machines. There are also cases where products other than toys are included (as mentioned below). Each vending machine contains several different items (usually from the same series) and one of them is randomly dispensed. Gashapon shop located in Akihabara
Gashapon is a type of a Japanese vending machine in which people insert a coin to acquire a random toy capsule. In gacha games, players pay virtual currency (bought with real money or acquired in-game) to acquire random game characters or pieces of equipment of varying rarity and usefulness.
Shokken machines were first seen in 1926 at Tokyo Station [1] There are currently over 43,000 shokken machines in Japan. [2]Shokken are often found in restaurants, cafes, fast-food restaurants and other establishments.
It originated in the 1960s [1] and is popular in Japan. The word Gashapon, a Bandai trademark, is onomatopoeic from two sounds, gasha (or gacha) for the hand-cranking action of a toy-vending machine, and pon for the toy capsule landing in the collection tray. [2] Gashapon is used for both the machines themselves and the toys obtained from them.
In 1961 production of juice vending machines is established and one year later, in August 1962, the company is listed on the second section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The 1970s brought the introduction of automotive products to the product line, namely automotive air-conditioners and SD compressors for automotive air-conditioners.
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