10 of the best otaku shops in Tokyo

The Guardian Open daily noon-8pm Japan's gachapon vending machines (the name comes from the sound a machine makes: "gacha" when a dial is cranked, and "pon" when the prize drops) dole out brilliantly detailed toys and figures ranging from anime and manga characters ... http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2012/feb/01/top-10-otaku-shops-tokyo-anime-manga?newsfeed=true