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SoraNews24
a day ago
- Entertainment
- SoraNews24
Gacha capsule sake shop opening in Tokyo to serve up randomized rice wine and liqueurs
When you know you want a drink, but don't know which one, Kurand will be there to help. Much like kawaii or isekai, gacha is one of those words that's become largely understood by fans of Japanese culture even if they don't speak Japanese. That's a handy linguistic development, because even if there are still a lot of times where 'capsule toy' works as a description, sometimes what the randomized capsule drop is awarding you is something other than a toy to play with. For example, this month sake gacha machines are going to be installed in Tokyo. Set to open inside the Tobu Department Store next to downtown Tokyo's Ikebukuro Station is the Kurand Sake Gacha Popup Store, operated by online sake and spirits marketplace Kurand. If you're thinking that the small size of a gacha capsule means you're getting shortchanged on the quantity of your beverage, you can put your mind at ease. Instead of being filled with booze themselves, each capsule contains a voucher which you can then redeem on-site for the corresponding alcoholic beverage. The random nature notwithstanding, this isn't an 'anything is fine as long as it gets you drunk' kind of promotion, either. The shop will have five different categories of alcoholic drinks, starting with one specifically for sake, one for fruit liquors and sweet-tasting alcoholic beverages, and one 'omakase' style with a variety of spirits in its lineup. There's also a mini-size sake gacha machine for smaller 300-milliliter (10.-1 ounce) bottles, and finally, there's the premium gacha, with such ultra luxurious possible prizes as Shinkyo, a rare 50-year-aged shochu that usually retails for 110,000 yen (US$743) a bottle and the 30-year-old sake Tenko, which at 55,000 yen a bottle is also very much a special-occasion drink. Prices to play the gacha machine range from 1,000 yen for the mini bottle gacha to 5,000 yen for the premium, with the remaining three being 2,500 yen. Since that's a whole lot of 100-yen coins to have to feed into the machine, odds are that you'll instead pay a store staff member and receive a single token to use instead, like with one Japanese airline's onboard gacha machines. The Kurand Sake Gacha Popup Store will be open from August 21 to September 29. And if you're after more tasty randomization, don't forget about the gacha cake shop elsewhere in Japan. Related: Tobu Department Store Ikebukuro branch website Source, images: PR Times ● Want to hear about SoraNews24's latest articles as soon as they're published? Follow us on Facebook and Twitter!
Yahoo
16-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Maya Woolfe death: Doctor Who and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet star dies, aged 72
Doctor Who and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet star Maya Woolfe has died aged 72. News of Woolfe's death was announced by the official social media account of the classic British comedy-drama Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. 'With sadness we announce the passing of Maya Woolfe who played Uli in Auf Wiedersehen Pet Series 1, Episode 11, 'The Lovers',' a statement on Instagram read. 'Maya's many TV appearances included The Professionals, Bergerac, and Doctor Who. We send our deepest sympathy to family and friends at this difficult time.' Woolfe appeared in some of TV's biggest shows over her 20-year career. She was best known for her performance as Uli in Auf, Wiedersehen, Pet's first season. In episode 11 'The Lovers', first released in January 1984, Woolfe acted as the love interest of Oz Osborne (played by actor Jimmy Nail). The episode saw the pair go on a date during which Wayne Norris (Gary Holten) wrongly identifies Osborne as the son of a wealthy tycoon. Woolfe's time on the show led to one of the programme's most memorable lines. While discussing his inheritance at the Tivoli, Uli asks: 'In the meantime you are just one of the boys?' Her date replies: 'Look again, pet. One of the men!' Tributes poured in from fans of the show as they wrote: 'Very sad news. She played a great part in a great episode. RIP Maya.' 'Sad news. One of the best ever episodes' wrote another. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Auf Wiedersehen Pet (@aufwiedersehenpet) Others quoted lines from the show as they commented: 'Have we met before my Dear? I do not think so my name is Uli'. Elsewhere in her screen career, Woolfe also appeared as a receptionist in an episode of Doctor Who in the Sixties, as well as a secretary in an episode of The Detectives, a character called Claire in The Professionals, and in the role of Nikki in Bergerac. Further TV parts for Maya included Tenko, Triangle, Wilde Alliance, Lief zijn voor elkaar, Dutch Cops, The Black Magic Man and C.A.T.S Eyes. Auf Wiedersehen, Pet was created by MasterChef creator Franc Roddam. The show was first released in 1983 and ran for four series and 40 episodes. It followed the lives of seven construction workers who are forced to look for work in Germany. The last series was released in 2004.
