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| Above, a cigarette vending machine. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Tokyo's vending machines are legendary. One can buy almost anything from them and they are generally everywhere in the city.
I've only purchased soft drinks or coffee from them. Surprisingly, the Boss coffees (in heated cans) are quite good.
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| Above, a coffee and soft drink vending machine. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
To see what items people buy from Tokyo's vending machines, Time Out Tokyo has an article that will give the straight skinny.
It begins with:
If there’s one country that knows how to do impersonal shopping properly, it’s Japan. With the highest per capita rate of vending machines in the world, it offers far, far more than your average press-and-go experience.
Don’t expect to just see drinks and junk food – you’ll find almost all your human needs catered for, from piping hot soup to comic books, booze and umbrellas, all just a button away.
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| Above, a beer vending machine at the Toho Sound Studio. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
To read more, go here.
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