GACHAPON CHALLENGE at the World's Largest Gashapon Store, Ikebukuro

[@grantdole]

We went to that store and I was surprised that it did have an entirely separate room in the back. Just. Kept. Going. Great video. Phil’s choices win 🥇 🏆

[@cakeswithfaces]

It's a must-visit if you love gachapon!

[@bel___13]

Amy won the best and Phil won the strangest

[@christinegilmore4195]

I think Phil won that competition especially the noodle monsters. I can’t wait to go to Japan later this year I hope we get to look around a gapachon store. It looked like fun.

[@cakeswithfaces]

Leave yourself plenty of time, there are soooo many gachapon there!

[@FreePienXY]

I've been there, it was enormous! Phil's strangest was strangest, Amy's best was the best

[@cakeswithfaces]

It's quite overwhelming isn't it!?! 😅

[@FreePienXY]

Wow very much so. Tried to look through most because I was seaching for something specifik. But that was quite i possible. Can't believe you only used 15 mins for the Challenge! You went in again after right? 😊

[@cakeswithfaces]

@@FreePienXY Oh yes we definitely went back in to browse after the challenge! 15 mins was nowhere near long enough for the challenge!

[@swissfoodie3542]

What a fun challenge! I think I would need hours in that store. For the "best category", I go with Phils choice, because I really like cats, and also thats its usefull. For the "weirdest category", I like both choices. Both are cool, and its funny that Amy wanted to find the same Gachapon machine that Phil used.

[@cakeswithfaces]

You really could spend ages in there! Wish I could have found that noodle monster machine again! 😂

[@magicsheepmom7790]

I think Phil won for both best and strangest!

[@Bodneyblue]

I saw the brids on the rail outside the station when I was in Japan (during one of my "Bocchi the Rock" anime locations days). Took pics of course... Also..The drummer of my favourite band, Akane Hirose, (also my now favourite drummer ever!) also played the trumbone!...The basist MISA played french horn and trumpet!...Both also play a little piano.

[@cakeswithfaces]

It's so cute when people knit tiny piece of clothing for the bird statues!

[@Bodneyblue]

@@cakeswithfaces In the anime "Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid", there is a bridge which appears in the OP of Season 2..It also has birds on the rail by the support arch..They are pigeons (though presumed Doves as Japanese language doesn't differentiate I believe). I took pictures of them when I visited the area where the anime is set...No clothing sadly.

[@johnhickey1170]

Love the gachapon videos. We bought so many whilst over in Japan last Spring. Votes for this challenge go to Amy for the best and Phil definitely has the strangest.

[@cakeswithfaces]

Gachapon are too hard to resist!

[@wendydiz]

I think Phil wins for both categories 😄

[@gallaghim]

Just stumbled across your channel. Subbed. Thanks for all of the info in your videos, they're great, really fueling those Japan travel dreams. And I like how natural you both are, it gets grating when people play up to the camera too much.

[@cakeswithfaces]

Thanks so much, and welcome to my channel! :-) Hope you enjoy my videos - I just got back from Japan and filmed lots more so here's lots coming up!

[@catsofmiramanor]

Amy wins for Best and Phill for the strangest! We leave for Japan on our very first trip next month and love your videos!!

[@cakeswithfaces]

How exciting!! Where are you going in Japan?

[@ShowDogVegeta]

I think Phil won best for the cat glasses one and Amy won the weirdest one but its a good weird one i forgot what she had but it was good !!!!

[@elorasaurus]

Best: Phil's lil kitty glasses holder😸 im a sucker for anything cat and I agree its super practical! Fun and functional Weirdest: Phil again (Loved the polite little pumpkin though) but the Noodle monster was so strange!

[@mggrx12]

Phil for both! I need the glasses holders, they're so cute!!

[@sefievalentyne3310]

It makes me so happy to know that I have finally managed to go there! All of them are the best there is no loosing with Gachapon!

[@CharlieStuff407]

That's a huge store!!!! You could spend an hour at least. I think Phil wins for the Best; I tend to agree with the "utility" idea plus, it's a cute cat!!! Amy wins for Strangest because vegetables with appendages made me think of an old Gilligan's Island episode where they found radiation-treated seeds and grew some weird stuff. Well done, BOTH of you!!! You could turn this into a game show--"Iron Gachapon: Only One Can Win!"

[@cakeswithfaces]

😂😂

[@damienglynn]

I think it's wild that in that entire store you both almost got the noodle monster as one of your picks! I think the best one was the pumpkin sitting down gacha, but the strangest was the noodle monster for sure. So... a draw? I love these gachapon challenges. :)

[@cakeswithfaces]

It's a crazy coincidence isn't it! Wish I'd found that one again!

[@ryder_playys7720]

I think the best is the cat glasses holder!! But the pumpkin with legs was so funny and strange!

[@clebby_claire]

Best nyanko set, so cute! Weirdest noodle monster! I love gacha, would spend so much money in there 😄

[@user-gc1lb9dh9o]

Ahhh I do love this series! Nyan conbini is the best, and noodle monster the strangest, so both Amy and Phil win in the end ❤ Next time definitely extend the time a bit, so we can see more cool gachas

[@cakeswithfaces]

15 mins was nowhere near long enough! 😅

[@bellatrix85]

Phil wins both categories for me! That place is huge, can't wait to visit!

[@cakeswithfaces]

You'll love it! Make sure you leave yourself plenty of time!

[@MagicGreenSquid]

Spoilers! Best: Glasses-holding kitty (Phil) Strangest: Noodle monster (also Phil) Sorry, Amy! However, I do think that the limbed pumpkin could be used as a miniature in a tabletop role-playing game :-)

[@cakeswithfaces]

That would be cute! Lots of gacha would be perfect for games!

[@mjmullane9556]

Best Amy. Strangest Phil ❤

[@nstocks261]

Best - Amy's Strangest - Phil's noodle monster I'd say the noodle monster could win both categories

[@maddyrabbit21]

Best - Amy! Strangest - Phil! Definitely points all around though. I went to this store in March last year and it is absolutely dizzying how many gacha there are!

[@cakeswithfaces]

You could spend ages there! 😅

[@j.thedemonkat6572]

I'd love to say it's a tie because I love Nyanko, but if I can't I'd have to give it to Phil for the Yumen noodle monster. I'm planning my first visit to Japan for this year (paws crossed) and I'm obsessed with finding that set of Yumen gachas now. Sunshine City just moved from my "maybe" pile to "definitely".

[@cakeswithfaces]

Hope you can find them (or something equally awesome!). Someone told me there's now another huge gachapon store in Sunshine City on the floor below that one too. What a gachapon goldmine!

[@leewhite4578]

U know how much I love these things. Collection getting larger but need to do another trip soon to tokyo now I've seen that place.

[@cakeswithfaces]

Someone told me there's another large gachapon store in Sunshine City now, on the floor below this one!

[@Alwaystheplanner]

Sorry Amy- you definitely write the better guide book (as far as I know) but Phil won both rounds this time. I also like a gacha that’s functional.

[@cakeswithfaces]

Haha thank you, Phil has yet to write a guide book but he does make very good videogames!

[@SusanJERitta]

Best to me is cat convenience store and strangest is definitely that leggy pumpkin. This is such a great idea - I wanna try it when we visit for the first time in October! Thanks!

[@cakeswithfaces]

You'll have to send me a pic of the gachapon you find in your challenge! ☺️

[@GingerFreckledGirl]

This was so fun to watch! I think the cat glasses holder for best and the pumpkin with legs for strangest! Going to Japan for the first time for my honeymoon in October and definitely gonna have to try and do this

[@cakeswithfaces]

Great choice of honeymoon destination! You'll have to let me know what gachapon you find. I got some cute Halloween gachapon in October!

[@fedkari]

My vote is for Phil’s gashapon. 😬

[@blackcatwanderlust]

This was so much fun! I thought the best one is the cat conbini and the strangest is the noodle monster. I really wish I had seen those glasses holders when I was in Japan! I would have tried to get a black cat one. 🥰

[@Xanreenmidnite]

I thought the pumpkin with legs was the strangest, and the best was the cat glasses holder. Well done guys, great video!

[@ernestinekopytko5148]

Overall you are both winners however, since I have to choose I think Amy's Convenie Store Gashapon was the best as it is interactive as well as cute. Phil won for strangest as the noodles with faces are kinda scary! The fact that you both chose that in the beginning makes it the sure fire strangest winner. Thanks for another great video. I live vicariously through your Japan trips...happy, happy, happy!

[@cakeswithfaces]

So glad you're enjoying my videos, thank you!

[@Nadyia307]

Nyankomarto was the best! Human noodles was the weirdest! ❤

[@tinathetangerine3413]

Noodle monster and cat eye glass holders! Amy’s neko mart would have been best if it were complete. I think on its own it was a little lacking.

[@cakeswithfaces]

Yes you would want to collect the whole set really! I guess with a series like that, it wouldn't matter too much if you got duplicates.

[@andyloggins6318]

The noodle monster was the definite win for the strangest! And the best one was the glasses holder cat!

[@andyloggins6318]

I am headed back to Tokyo in a few months so I will definitely be heading there!!! I love gachapon!

[@cakeswithfaces]

Be ready to spend a LONG time there!!

[@andyloggins6318]

I hope so!!

[@staceychi9834]

Ooh, I love the cat conbini and the glasses holders! How could we ever choose between Amy and Phil? Thanks for the great video!

[@maartjeminderhoud]

Phil is the winner this time!!! 🏆

[@emelinemettania3582]

The weirdest is definitely the pumpkin for me since I found the legs kind or morph into teeth in my weirded out imagination. And the noodles monster is actually pretty kawaii for being a monster. The glasses holder is my second choice - I will be looking for it when going to Tokyo. Unless they miraculously have some at the gachapon floor in London’ s Namco Bandai center :) It was a very fun video Amy Thanks

[@andrewbolton2298]

Phil's were the best and strangest. Also, glad to see you found the MOS Burger ones. I love MOS Burger and was delighted to discover and buy MOS Burger gachapon when I was there last year.

[@cakeswithfaces]

Fantastic! I love their teriyaki burger!

[@briannotbryan3888]

I must agree with Philip's "logic" about the cat glass holder. A practical gacha., especially a very cute one, gets my vote for the best one. 😺And the strangest is the Yuumen . Who wouldn't want one of those🍜. Thanks for the super fun video guys! And don;t worry Amy, you'll get him next time.🏆

[@cakeswithfaces]

Revenge will be mine! 💪

[@andrew99888]

For me the best was the cat glasses holder and strangest was the sitting pumpkin! Definitely a challenge making your choices in such a short space of time - we spent ages faffing in much smaller gachapon shops 😂

[@cakeswithfaces]

It was stressful! 😅😂

[@naomigill9604]

That pumpkin needs some googly eyes for sure! Are there machine which will give you change for notes in the gachapon stores?

[@cakeswithfaces]

Yes, there are change machines! You definitely need them! ☺️

[@Yoomano]

Gotta say Phil wins both! The glassholder is super cute and simply useful and the noodle monster is definitely the weirdest, but still in a very good way

[@acatstales]

The weirdest award has to go to the noodle monster because you both wanted it! Cuteness goes to the cat convince store! So cute

[@Ock_Small]

I like Phil's glasses rest (I have glasses and have been wanting something fun to sit them on!) And your sitting veggies!

[@johnking9852]

What a very entertaining watch. Which we intend to follow on in April. So Best is the very useful, & different, Phil’s glass holders. The Strangest is the rather perplexed Ramen with the folded arms. Thank you & keep up the very entertaining & informative videos.

[@cakeswithfaces]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@evelinehansen]

I'm travelling to Japan in March, and after seeing this I not only have to check out gachapon - but I have to go hunting for that cat glasses holder (possibly an impossible task, I wonder how many gachapon machines I'll end up exploring!). So cute! Cat glasses holder definitely gets my vote for the best. The pumpkin was the strangest. Thanks for all the great videos on your channel!

[@cakeswithfaces]

Good luck, I hope you find it! And/or lots of other fun gachapon!

[@tds6519]

Great idea! I love you guys! For me the best is Amy‘s conbini basket and the strangest is Phil‘s noodle monster.

[@ellenrik]

I think Phil’s choices win BUT they are all fantastic! I can’t wait to visit Japan!! 👍😎😘🇨🇦🤩✌

[@cakeswithfaces]

Hope you find lots of fun gachapon!

[@PinkiePie-z5t]

I could spend a long time getting lost in that store! I think the best one is the cat basket and drink (how adorable!) and the strangest one is those noodles.

[@cakeswithfaces]

It's a must-visit if you love gachapon!

[@xXNekou]

It's hard to choose BUT I think Phil wins :) I would buy those noodle people creatures

[@Fumberbumblin]

We are going in June with our two grandkids, and the idea of a gachapon challenge will be perfect for them - great idea! I think Phil one both categories - best with those wonderful glass holders, and strangest with the noodle monster. Our first day in tokyo we plan on visiting this same gachapon shop so I'll be on the lookout for them. I've been watching many of your videos in prep for the trip, but this was the one that got me to order your book. I look forward to using it!

[@cakeswithfaces]

Thanks so much,that's much appreciated - it'll be on the way to you in the post tomorrow! Your grandkids will love the gachapon, and doing a challenge with them will be so much fun! I'm sure they'll enjoy Sunshine City - there's also an aquarium there, and the Pokemon Centre. I hope you'll be collecting souvenir stamps as you go around too! :-)

[@pstevenson]

best - cat glasses rest. strangest - pumpkin with legs. I kind of like the ramen noodle monsters, sort of mini version of those faux examples of food in windows, plus a monster!

[@cakeswithfaces]

Haha it's fake food turned monstrous! 😂

[@conejovlanco]

I really liked the conbini cat with all the little details so I think that's the best, and the noodle monster was really cool and the weirdest one.

[@the.golden.handlebar]

My vote for strangest is definitely the noodle monster, and I think Amy's Cat's was the cutest. I know that is a split vote, but I think that your combined efforts yielded the best results. Also, just a guess, the tall sitting vegetable looked like an okra to me. Thank you for all of the great, fun, and informative videos!

[@cakeswithfaces]

Split vote is fine, we won't fight that way! 😂

[@krinstin]

I think Phil is the winner in both categories (sorry, Amy) 😊

[@themccubbins]

Great video! I thought the tiny food was the best and the noodle monster was the weirdest!

[@jeffzhejiang]

I genuinely loved the glasses holder, so well done Phil for the best and most useful. The sitting pumpkin was the best strange one in my books, would look great on a desk to keep you company. Thanks for the great video.

[@cosmic2212]

I definitely love the strange little Yumen… I’d like to go to Japan just to get the entire collection… and the kitty conbini set was just delightfully adorable.

[@bunniaster]

best was the glasses holder which ill 100% try to look for in japan it looks so useful, and weirdest was the sitting pumpkin! that ones just plain creepy

[@cakeswithfaces]

Hope you manage to find it, or something similar!

[@feiorn]

Both of Phil's were easily the best

[@_kirbyson244]

I think the cat glass holder were the best because they were practical. And the funny noodle dude was the wackiest!😸🍜😆

[@DonSmith-sd5eg]

Cat convenience store is the best, I love the detail and the noodle monster is very strange. Honorable mention for the fat Alpaca you saw on the way out for both strange and best. 😂

[@cakeswithfaces]

I'd definitely have got that alpaca one if I'd seen it earlier!

[@primrose4441]

The pumpkin with legs is the strangest but the cat glasses holder is the best! I like useful things too. I want to go there so bad now!!

[@cakeswithfaces]

There are SO MANY gacha!! 😅

[@TheJedinator13]

I mean... TECHNICALLY Amy did concede defeat by admitting she wanted the noodle monster man... I vote Phil for both sorry! Definitely visiting here when we go over in April!

[@cakeswithfaces]

Have fun!! Hope you find lots of great gacha!

[@ChristianNoval]

I'm sorry Amy, but Phils get both weirdest and best. But best comment goes with a big smile to Amy saying "I think it makes you more strange" (17:07) when Phil confess he actually like Amy's strange Gashapon.

[@cakeswithfaces]

😝😝😝

[@gokaijourney2105]

That store is HUGE!!!! I probably spent an hour in there. I love how you both thought the strangest was the same, so I consider that a tie. Both of you found wonderful choices but I have to vote for Phil's choices.

[@cakeswithfaces]

You could easily spend AGES in there!

[@KatrinaWork]

Best Gachapon = Kitty Eye Glass Holder (Cause it's cute and useful), Strangest Gachapon = Ramen Monster (It's very Random). If Favorite Gachapon was part of the Challenge, it would be the Pumpkin with legs cause I love pumpkins!

[@cakeswithfaces]

You'd love Halloween in Japan, there are so many pumpkin decorations, and cute pumpkins!

[@abigailmcnaughton4661]

The pumpkin was the strangest, or should I say creepiest. I liked all of the other 3 but if I had to choose 1, Neko mart was the best and cutest. Fun challenge. Might have to do it with my friends. Thanks

[@withcorn55]

Amy's has the best but Phil had the strangest! All the stuff was cute tho!

[@MinnieWishes]

Sorrr Amy but Phil had the best and strangest! We will be doing this challenge when we are there and I will share the photos when we get back. PS enjoy your latest trip xx

[@cakeswithfaces]

Thank you!! Hope you find some great gachapon!!

[@seiyamasan]

Wow definitely adding that gachapon store to our must go places in Tokyo! Loved the challenge we did a similar one in Osaka when we last went...our 15 year old won. You both had some great picks but we think Phil won by a tiny bit.

[@cakeswithfaces]

Ah glad you did a gachapon challenge too! So much fun!

[@vegangoth6761]

Best: cat basket Strangest: noodle person

[@kiragehle]

It’s a clean sweep for Phil! Cutest and weirdest gatcha.

[@eyreheadrebekah]

I think best - Amy's, strangest - Phil's, although I loved both of the strange ones and will be looking out for them when I go to this store later this year!

[@thepagedcrusader]

Phil wins this one I think. The noodle monster is the strangest one that I have seen in your challenges... and the glasses holder is cute and useful.

[@cakeswithfaces]

It's hard to beat the doughnut with the ants....!

[@thepagedcrusader]

@@cakeswithfaces that one was fantastic too! My brother and I are doing some gachapon challenges while we are out there in April

[@cakeswithfaces]

@@thepagedcrusader You'll have to tag me in a pic of what you find!

[@thepagedcrusader]

@@cakeswithfaces I’ll do that and link the video to you

[@sheyanakt]

Best - Amy's conbini cat basket (and drink!), Strangest - definitely Phils! These gachapon videos never disappoint, there's a ways such a crazy range

[@TwoTicketsToAdventure]

Phill wins both I think! His were cute, useful and strange all at the same time!

[@vervain07]

Me and my family are going to Japan next month. I was going to stick to Akiba for gachapon, but it looks like a short hop to Ikebukuro and Sunshine Ciry may be in the cards now!

[@cakeswithfaces]

There's a lot of good stuff in Ikebukuro now, lots has opened up there over the last few years.

[@gijsbersbart]

Phil won this challange for me (thoi i was cheering for Amy 😁) the cat is just a perfect combination of a kawaii and a functional item! And the noodle man was just the weirdest thing ever. Japanese imagination is amazing and this shows there are no limits in what they can put in those gatcha's. thx for the video 😍

[@cakeswithfaces]

I'd love to be a fly on the wall at the offices where they come up with ideas for gachapon! 😂

[@Poppypaws1]

I'm definitely going there next year! 😂 might do this challenge with my hubby 😊 I think Phil's set is the best

[@cakeswithfaces]

Hope you find some good ones! Let me know how it goes!

[@amygoldstraw3778]

Sorry Amy think Phil got it on both accounts. The cat glasses holder is so cute and really you both chose the food monsters!

[@shelleyscott3447]

The noodle monster is the strangest and also the best! I love that type of gachapon. So jealous I would spend hours in there!❤

[@cakeswithfaces]

You could easily lose a whole day in there! 😅

[@drwonga13]

I like the weird pumpkin and the cute cat basket!

[@ShakyKeys]

Best - Glasses Holder Strangest - Animal Noodles! Hope to visit this store some day!

[@cakeswithfaces]

I'm sure you'd love it!

[@leejournals]

Best: Amy's (so adorable and detailed!). Weirdest: Most definitely Phil's! (What... only in Japan, lol)

[@LibrarianChef]

The weirdest gatchapon was the pumpkin with arms and legs. The best was the glasses holder shaped like a cat.

[@vervain07]

Best for me was the Nyanmart basket, and weirdest the Yumen monster. But the glasses holder cats were very cute too!

[@loopyfrog]

I think Nyanko Mart is the best because I love miniatures for toy photography hehe. Sorry Amy, but the noodle monster is the strangest. So that's one each haha. This is fun!

[@sophiekh9619]

The creepy noodles are the strangest 😂 The best one tho…oof that is hard but I’m kinda fond of the weird sitting down pumpkin guy 😅

[@duotheduo]

Pumpkin sitting down for sure. The cat glasses holder is cute.

[@Peter-yu4uq]

Phil's cat glasses holder wins the Best category. It's practical and stylish. Amy's pumpkin with legs wins the Weirdest category. The art form to personify an everyday vegetable is interesting.

[@saz1241]

Sorry but Phil's wins for me! I have spent far too much time since watching this trying to track down any UK sites that stock the phone gacha 😅

[@cakeswithfaces]

Hope you find it!! eBay might be worth a look!

[@mplbooks]

I think Phil wins this round. I liked his glasses holder and noodle monster.

[@Nemuimori]

I think the pumpkin with legs is the weirdest and the cat glasses holder is the best. I would definitely buy those to give to my parents

[@jrenee071]

It's hard to pick the best gachapon, since you both went for cat items...but I think Phil's cat glasses holder is the winner. The strangest one is definitely Amy's pumpkin with legs. I find the idea of vegetables just standing up and walking away quite creepy! 👀🙅‍♀

[@cakeswithfaces]

Now you say that, I'm imagining it too...! 😱

[@marinawallace758]

The pumpkin with legs with the strangest and also the best 😅😂😂 Very cute! Love your channel, you give us so many amazing ideas and places to see for our Japan trips 🎊

[@cakeswithfaces]

Thanks so much, that means a lot! 🥰

[@reddinosaur7]

Phil's got the best and strangest! well done mate.