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Japan’s “ugly” Nara Deer Buddha mascot now available in tiny gacha capsule toy form
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Oona McGee
Jul 21, 2024 - Tweet
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- (capsule toy • cute • figurine • gacha • gacha machines • gacha toy • mascot • Nara • Sento-kun • souvenir • tourism • yuru-kyara)
Mysterious hand figures turn out to be our new favourite Japanese capsule toys
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Katie Pask
Jul 1, 2021
- Japan
- (capsule toys • clever • COK • cool • gacha • gacha toy • gachapon • shadow art • shadow puppets • SNJO • toys • weird)
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