Japanese Free Market Vending Machines

I occasionally purchase a soda pop from a vending machine, but not much else.  And though here in the USA there are vending machines which dispense coffee, sandwiches, and maybe a dozen nightcrawlers, in Japan, vending machines dispense just about everything, it appears.  Eggs, umbrellas, and toilet paper, amongest a myriad of other items, some quite unusual.  Take a look for yourself.

Via Fred Lapides GoodShit.

Posted by on 08/15 at 06:03 AM

  1. When I lived in Japan from ‘84 - ‘89, there were machines not 100 yards from my house that dispensed a whole assortment of snacks, hot & cold canned drinks—including small and large beers (even 4-liter mini-kegs)—and various sizes of hard liquor up to a liter size.

    I’ve been in a dozen different countries at least, and the U.S. in the only one in my experience where anyone cares about “drinking ages” enough to even check I.D.s at the entry to bars and nightclubs.

    In many important practical, day-to-day ways of life, the U.S. is the least free country I’ve ever experienced.

    Posted by Richard Nikoley  on  08/15  at  10:39 AM

  2. The first time I saw a vending machine on the street selling whiskey, I was astonished.  I turned to Jid and said, “This is irrefutable evidence of civilization.”

    Posted by Billy Beck  on  08/15  at  07:28 PM

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