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GASHAPON Department Store Ikebukuro Main Branch

ガシャポンのデパート池袋総本店

Station GT-04 • Bandai Namco Amusement

Specialty Store

The quick answer

Checked 12 Oct 2026

Bandai Namco Amusement’s March 2025 store list says cashless payment works on some machines only, and lists 3,220 machines on the 3rd floor, open 10:00 to 21:00. Travel guides report change machines for ¥100 coins.

  • 3,220 machines

Checked 12 Oct 2026 against the shop’s own page. Source

Facts marked Reported come from guides and the news, not from the shop. The fact sheet shows who said each one and when.

Honest data fact sheetChecked against source

1 of 9 confirmed · 3 reported

Reported means a travel guide, news article or blog said so. We have not confirmed it with the shop, so each one shows who said it and when. Look at the machine before you rely on it.

¥100 coins
Reported yes

The machines take ¥100 coins.

Said by: Japan Travel by NAVITIME (travel guide), 17 Mar 2026

¥500 coins
Reported yes

On some machines only. Premium machines need ¥500 coins; some change machines give them.

Said by: Travel Pockets (blog), 10 Jul 2023

IC card (Suica, PASMO, ICOCA)
Not confirmed
Credit card, QR or other cashless
Yes

On some machines only (operator’s Tokyo store list, March 2025).

Change machine
Reported yes

Several change machines around the store turn bills into ¥100 coins. Bring ¥1,000 bills.

Said by: Kanpai Japan (travel guide), 27 Mar 2026; Japan Travel by NAVITIME (travel guide), 17 Mar 2026; Travel Pockets (blog), 10 Jul 2023

Foreign currency exchange
Not confirmed
English signage
Not confirmed
Sells loose capsules
Not confirmed
Irregular closures
Not confirmed

Some newer machines take only IC cards or QR payments, not cash. Which payments a machine takes depends on where it is. Read the Smart Gashapon guide

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3F

3,220 machines

About the shop

Run by
Bandai Namco Amusement
Machines
3,220 machines (12 Oct 2026)
Hours
10:00-21:00. Hours and closing days follow Bandai Namco Cross Store Tokyo.
Address
Sunshine City World Import Mart Building 3F, 3-1-3 Higashi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-8630
GT-04

東池袋駅 / Higashi-Ikebukuro Station

Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line

Walking time3 min walk

Vertical level
3F
Sunshine City World Import Mart Building

How to find it

About 8 minutes on foot from Ikebukuro Station (JR, Tobu Tojo and Seibu Ikebukuro lines) and about 4 minutes from Higashi-Ikebukuro 4-chome Station (Toden Arakawa Line).

From the shop’s own page

Draft translation

The operator writes these notes in Japanese. The English is our own draft, with the Japanese original beside it so you can show staff.

Hours

  • EnglishOpening hours and closing days follow Bandai Namco Cross Store Tokyo.

    日本語※営業時間・店休日はバンダイナムコ Cross Store 東京に準じます。

  • EnglishSudden changes to opening days or hours are announced on Twitter (@gasha_ikbkr).

    日本語※営業日や営業時間の急な変更は、Twitter (@gasha_ikbkr) でお知らせいたします。

Stock

  • EnglishKey to the stock list on the shop’s page: ○ means 11 or more left, △ (almost gone) means 1 to 10 left. The shop cannot say when new products arrive.

    日本語＜在庫＞ ○…11個以上　△(残り僅か)…1～10個　※商品の入荷状況は回答いたしかねます。

  • EnglishWhat the page lists may differ from what is actually in the shop.

    日本語※掲載内容と実際の店舗の在庫状況が異なる場合がございます。

  • EnglishSome items are announced on the item pages and on Twitter, so please look there.

    日本語一部の品目は、アイテムページやTwitterでお知らせしておりますので、ご覧ください。

  • EnglishThe latest arrival and sold-out information is announced on the shop’s Twitter (@gasha_ikbkr).

    日本語最新の入荷情報や売り切れ情報は、ガシャポンのデパート池袋総本店 Twitter (@gasha_ikbkr) でお知らせいたします。

Phone

  • EnglishSorry, this shop cannot give information by phone about new arrivals, the products it carries or stock.

    日本語恐れ入りますが当店舗では、電話による入荷商品・取扱品・在庫状況のご案内はいたしかねます。

Namco app

  • EnglishCheck in at the shop to earn points.

    日本語お店へのチェックインでポイントが貯まる！

  • EnglishEarn points at the empty-capsule collection machine.

    日本語空カプセル回収マシンでポイントが貯まる！

  • EnglishUse your points to get coupons.

    日本語貯めたポイントでクーポンをゲット！

Not yet reviewed by a native speaker.Read on the shop’s page on 12 Oct 2026.Open the original

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ガシャポンのデパート池袋総本店

東池袋駅

〒170-8630 東京都豊島区東池袋3-1-3 サンシャインシティワールドインポートマートビル 3F

  • 両替機はどこですか？

    Where is the change machine?

    Ryogaeki wa doko desu ka?

  • Suicaは使えますか？

    Can I use Suica?

    Suica wa tsukaemasu ka?

  • このガチャはありますか？

    Do you have this gacha?

    Kono gacha wa arimasu ka?

  • カプセルが詰まりました

    A capsule is stuck

    Kapuseru ga tsumarimashita

  • この商品の補充はありますか？

    Will this item be restocked?

    Kono shohin no hoju wa arimasu ka?

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