Crane games are big hits with foreign tourists and Japanese kids, so Family Mart is happy to have them come in and play.
UFO catchers
I had no idea you could win crane game prizes in Japan the way my friend won this Dragon Quest Slime
This black Slime plushie had become his white whale until something I’d never experienced before happened.
Popularity with customers, including foreign tourists, leads to chain hitting crane game target months ahead of schedule.
“Slime Sandwich Mold” usually wouldn’t be such an appealing combination, but these are sandwich makers shaped like the beloved Dragon Quest mascot we’re talking about.
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