“Anyone who lives in a town or city is used to the sight of the odd vending machine. As a convenience they have no equal – at least when they work or have not run out of the product they are supposed to sell. Yet where most countries have vending machines for a limited range of goods the Japanese have taken it to extremes. Japan truly is the country of vending machines and some of the items you can get from them might surprise you… Before we go on to our next vending machines with specific items inside, the reason why these niche machines are able to flourish is because in Japan the vending machine is everywhere. Their ubiquity might disturb a little but there is a market for the goods, obviously.” w/ photos
