Tiny Capsule Travel Guides From SoraNews24! Miniature Guides In A Capsule!

Many of you know how much I love the SoraNews24 website – because of stories like this one…here you go!

Taking pocket-sized to whole new extremes.  Much like the Lonely Planet travel guides are the go-to resource for English-speaking travellers, in Japan the Chikyu no Arukikata (“How to Walk the Earth”) series is the bible for international jetsetters. Like the Lonely Planet books, these information-heavy guides can be weighty volumes to take overseas with you, so…

Tiny travel guides are our latest Japanese gacha capsule toy obsession — SoraNews24 -Japan News-

I have shared stories of wacky capsule gifts before, like these drunk figurines!

Click here to see them all!



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  1. Very cute! The site you linked to has pictures that unfortunately don’t load for me but it says they’re a little smaller than a match box. I’d be amazed if anyone could actually read anything in them given their teeny tinyness but they’re definitely a novelty buy that I’d go for. xx

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  2. wow, these look amazing, but doubt I could read them. I still love them for what they are and the japanese are the best at wacky gifts hands down!

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  3. They are a good idea, but I am guessing those tiny guides might be difficult for someone like me to read, John.
    Best wishes, Pete.

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