Japanese Arcade Snaps
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010 | 61 Comments 
Ok I did gachapon yesterday so how about UFO Catcher snaps today?! 
Oh these I even have WORSE luck 
with! Even after watching “helpful videos” on how to win I still failed! 
I know you can get the shop keeps to make it “easier” upon request. I even saw it done! However, Mike advised me not to cause a fuss lol. 
So I never tried asking. Oh well~ 
So I tried the most for the Rinka items at Sega! I don’t like Sega Arcades that much because you have to switch your money out for Sega Tokens (dnw) but whatever. 
It’s the iconic Rinka character in both pillow and phone strap form!
The pillow! Omg I wanted this so badly *cries a river*
EYE CANDY SPAM TIME
Oversized food containers you can win!
A sign showing which prizes have just arrived or will arrive
Alpaca are super popular right now. There are even photobooks & DVDs featuring Alpacas as if they were cats (cat photobooks & DVDs which are crazy popular!)
Arcades usually have purikura sections or even entire floors. 
I don’t care for some of the new machines that much lol. Like 7iRO Co. (ナナイロコーデ.) It’s hard to explain. 
It’s just, they feel less cute oriented and are more DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION oriented. And the exteriors are less cutesy and more web 2.0 iPhone sleek digital age looking. Haha~ I’m probably not making much sense. 
Jenny posted at 9:37 pm ; Wednesday
TAGS: japan trip, cute stuff
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OMGGG
i thought that was an alpaca
i want thsoe fuzzy gloomy bears sooo baddd
Oh yeah! I think you’re right *fixed*
*reads katakana on DVD box* yuuuuuup alpaca haahaa
wow, I WANT ALL OF THOSE PLUSHIES
!!!
I want the Rilakkuma, Gloomy bear, and Alpacas! D: Wahh! I have bad luck with UFO games too :(
ALPACA PLUSHIES!
*STARS IN EYES*
Yeah, I saw those too - I was a little freaked out by the new machines - much too much effort and takes all the fun out of it - we tried one that made out eyes look freaky big and shiny - we look like aliens!
Haahaa the Dolly eye ones will super magnify your eyeballs!! I never used the full eye expansion on those, only 1 step up and still they were like WHOA.
did you get free matsuke from the puri machines???
DDD
the 7iro one gives you freakishly big huge eyes OTZ
Yeah that machine in particular was crazy, it felt more I HAVE TO LOOK SCULPTED BEAUTIFUL rather than fun & cute~
OMG JAPEANESE ARCADES! I wish I could go there in person someday because it’s like a land of happiness there. *___*
i want to see your purikura!! hee hee, that morimorie (yeh i spelled it wrong) one is kinda scary! its like japanese makeup ON CRACK,
i want that rinka pillow, my bro is the master at that, im pretty good too..
Haahaa! I took a lot of purikura but last time I posted them they ended up being posted on random ppl’s blogs/sites & that sorta freaked me out so I probably won’t ever post them :X
Mike is a pro at the US claw games but sucks balls with Japanese style ones!
I’m not a fan of Sega arcades either, it seems they make it a little more difficult on the UFO catchers.
I spent almost 2,000 YEN trying to get a giant Alpaka. I have a feeling the ‘larger’ items are more fixed than the others.
However I have had good experiences. There is an arcade in Kabukicho where the same guy has moved things for me a few times, and then told me the tricks of the trade haha
I think it’s just luck of the draw.
I haven’t seen those Rinka pillows/chains but if I do I will try in your honour! But don’t get your hopes up, I’m not very good haha
I agree, larger items, especially the ring on hook ones seem deceptively easy but don’t budge AT ALL! OMG if you ever one any of the RINKA ones (there’s a shushu one out now) I’d pay you back for it in full!!! hahahaa
Which Sega arcade was it?
I’ll be heading to Shinjuku on Tuesday so I could pop to Kabukicho if it was one of those ones.
Ah, sorry late reply!! I saw the pillows in Shibuya but the straps were in most SEGA arcades! Have fun on your outing! If you do happen to find one & play, let alone win, YOU ROCK!
Awww, the alpaca! Do want~ *__* I’ve looked for something like that here, but to no avail.
Oh! Is that a DVD of Maru the cat (from youtube?)? Haha, cute.
Hm, I don’t like those super-transformation purikura so much. It’s a bit…weird, I think. Though, the pictures for the “CUBE” purikura machine are cute.
Yup it’s a Maru DVD!!!
Yea Cube is cute! And it’s print style is sorta fun too
Yeah alpacas! Not as cute in real life sadly… But they seem to be in with the mori girl thing?
Oh man those machines made Andy look like a bug-eyed freak in 2 strips!!! LOoool
Alpaca are popular just because they have those CRAZY SUPER EYELASHES! That’s the only reason why
DDDDD & furry~~
No seriously, I don’t think the eye enhance ones are good for, um *cough*white boys*cough* =Y Mike looked so strange in the ones I took this trip compared to the machines we used last time. And I didn’t even go FULL enhancement!
Ohhh, I’m never any good at those things either! ;o; I think I would feel even worse for failing on any of those because they have such cute things too, buu~
Love the purikura machine photos ♥ Though I agree about the 7iRO Co. one, looks slightly creepy…
Seriously, me sucking at US ones doesn’t bother me because, let’s face it, they’re full of crap, but failing at ones like these makes you cry!!
Ohmaghad! It’s Maru in the DVDS!
omg I like cute purikura so much more! wtf is that, dnw. I’d totally want to win a rilakuma (sp?) plush but would probably fail horribly.
Oh gosh, there’s a mini Japanese arcade just like this in Sydney which I always visit.. today I did too and took some purikura~
I waste so much money on trying to get a toy from the claw .___.
You think you’ve got it but somehow the claw just drops it D:
i love those rinka stuff!!! super cute!!!
oh i miss purikura time~
Once on the plane to / from HK it was showing a DOCUMENTARY on how to win those prizes in the ufo catcher machines… takes a huge amount of skill but most of them try to get the claw tangled in the tags or small gaps in the soft toy (like if the arm is sewed to the hip so it’s not just dangling). it was very educational and I wanted to try it out too but I haven’t found any good machines with nice prizes like the ones in japan (￣ゝ￣)
Seriously we CRAMMED on youtube vids on how to win at these games and still failed. And Mike’s an expert at the American claw style ones but not at the UFO style ones :(
awww i love rilakkuma! :3
thx for sharing!
XOXO
Oh! I can’t caught up with your posts! You’ve been blogging so frequently! Haha! Ohhh.. love those Rilakkuma!
I have! But now it will drop off more as I relax over Christmas I think
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Awwww maann! Now I miss Japan even more!! I loved the arcades SOOOO much!! I wish my country was as cool as Japan is.
Thanks so much for posting these :3
They’re all so cute xD especially the alpacas.
The Rinka pillow~~~It looks amazing.
omg i want the rinka pillowwwww was that in akihabara??? im sooo going there!
havent tried them yet though~
and the amount of money i wasted on the stupid rilakkuma machine!! i even asked the shop assistant to make it easier but she actually made it harder!! DDD:
ufo catchers make me depressed
i didnt see the new purikura booth in sendai but i went to the one with the free falsies
I think it was in Shibuya mostly. The lash ones are neat but I think take practice getting them to fit on your eye just right! Like just as long as just putting on fake ones take
Wahh, that’s so cute!! I wish we had more of those here in the US. Don’t worry, I would probably fail too. D:
As I was scrolling down I was like ‘unf this so cute’ and then BOOM I see the mickey mouse thing. The face is so scary DDDD: but at the same time it’s interesting…but still scary ;o;
That cube Mickey is NOT my favorite either! And it’s EVERYWHERERERERERERERERER! Like insanely popular I have no idea why =_=;;. It’s intriguing but in the end I have no desire to own any of it
Ah!!! I think if I saw all those machines I’d waste most of my spending money on them trying to fish out the prize! And those purikura booths..instant Photoshop! Seems so fun!~
UFO catchers in Japan always have the best stuff!! *__* Those Rinka items are beyond cute~! ♥
Some items are so big I dont get how you can get them
I remember seeing some with spinning nets, those I dont understand at all lol
7iRO looks like the ultimate alien machine lol
Spinning nets!? *thinks back* Seriously some things I don’t understand how to win them, or I THINK I DO then play then realize I HAVE NO CLUE!
THE ALPACA OR LLAMA STUFFED TOYSSSSSSS JFOIWEJRWIRJ SO CUTE
Japanese arcades look so cool!
Haha, my mom is the BEST at UFO-catchers. Hopefully she’ll be able to win some things if I ever go to Japan.. (the prizes in the UFO-catchers here are not as cool, plus UFO-catchers are rare here anyway)
Our catchers blow usually too, the claw type is most popular and I can sometimes when at them but the prizes are usually blegh.
the 7iro promotion pic freaked me out a little. the lips look so plumped LOL
but i still love purikura machines T_T
Me too
I have so many puri, I need to start attaching them to letters & what not to get use of of them hahahaa
Japan is so awesome. And it’s so amazing that Rinka is so well-loved that there are even little dolls made after her! Hahaha…
that VIDEO!!! ok brb, going to go watch more ‘cheat’ videos on how to win at these! i don’t even TRY to play any more because i’m so bad -_- i remember ONCE i won a duck plushie out of a machine when i was young and i was so proud.
llama obsession?
haha that’s great. except llamas aren’t so great themselves, what with the spitting and stuff…but oh well the plushes are adorable!!
Oh I totally agree! 7IROco is weird! I don’t really get the appeal of of web 2.0-ing yourself?! I would much rather enhance my cuteness meter ‘ x ‘
Ah I hate to be bashing the US and praising Japan…BUT…ufo catchers are one of those things. The ones in the US always look so dirty and have such fail prizes! I don’t understand why we can’t put useful (or at least quality) stuff in there! And make them white!
Anyway, I love a good old-fashioned arcade. I find those really hard to find in the US unless you go to Dave n Busters or Mountasia or smthng.
God the US machines! Some of the stuff looks like it’s been sitting in there for DECADES!!!! Though true, D&B do have Care Bears and candy pillows in theirs, but… don’t add up to the Japan gifts imo
AHHH! I spotted a Maru dvd! I love Maru! LOL
Those are some intense advertisements! Was it an overload at times?
Too bad you didn’t get the pillow! :(
Can never get too overloaded it’s just constant eyecandy!
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh~ SO CUUUUTE! :3
i want everything!!! LOLL~
*uwaaa*~ SO many UFO catchers! But I’m just like you, I suck at them so much i bet it’d charge me extra for being so sucky…~! The Rinka keychains look adorable! *grabby hands* And those Purikura machines… Wow, wish they had some of the cute ones in Toronto…! T^T
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*)^%&*)#&*!!!!111!!~~~ I WANNA ALPACA!!!!!!
Those are the cutest alpaca I’ve EVER SEEN!!! *dies*