miss, are all the vending machines everywhere. And when I say everywhere, I
mean EVERYWHERE. Tom said he read there is one vending machine for
every 27 people in Tokyo. There are 13 million people in Tokyo. Do the math.
That means they must have an ARMY of people just to fill and maintain all the
machines.
And the vending machines over there are NOT like ours over here. First of all,
they are on every corner, just about. Usually one or two, but sometimes more
machines, all filled with various beverages and more. While we tried and
failed to find Tom a used panty vending machine for ahem......"his friend", we
did enjoy all the regular machines we found, and the things we consumed
from them.
Oh, and not all, but many vending machines dispensed beer, sake and
energy drinks. Its a fucking revolution!The vending machines almost always have recycle bins next to them. Imagine
that, a convenient, eco-friendly way to throw out your used container. No brainer,
right? Not in the USofA. The only thing that could have made them better aside
from used panties, would be if they had some sort of urine recepticals next to
the recycle bins so I could stop and pee out all the excess fluid accumulated
because I couldn't stop drinking so much vending machine crap. LOL.
As you walk by these machines, as a gaijin, you can't help yourself. Well, at
least I couldn't. You see things, and you're like, "WTF is that?". In goes 120
or 150 Yen so you can find out.
One such can of WTF looked like this: Pancakes with Butter and Syrup? Let's find out!
It tasted like really, really, sweet milk tea basically. Not really like pancakes at all. Hmmm.
By the way, it was hot. ***Several photos by Tom.
Quite a variety. Not just pop, pop and diet pop like we have here. Mostly, teas, coffees, soft drinks,
Calpis, various waters and juices.
I just had to try one of these tall boy Mountain Dews. Tasted pretty much the same as a domestic Dew,
but in a tall boy can. Cool.
Tommy Lee Jones is the "Boss". His ugly mug was all over these Boss coffee machines.
Notice the red and blue under the price of the item. This indicates hot or cold. That's right, hot
stuff is dispensed immediately. The temp? Perfect for human consumption without burning your
hand or mouth. How? It must be alien technology only Japan has access to because we ain't
got nuthin like this here. WTF, why not? BTW, we figured out most of these are soups. Need
a quick meal? Hot soup in a can from a machine. Brilliant and tasty.
OK, this is the best. At first, I was like, "what is that? Hot corn flavor drink?" Basically,
yes, hot corn chowder soup in a can, with whole kernals of corn. Wow, it was tasty
and totally awesome. Bravo, Asahi!
This machine was very unique. You put your money in, you then pick your drink, and
a little timer starts counting down. After 20 seconds a little door pops open and you can
remove your freshly mixed drink on ice. That's right, on ice! This was the only machine
like this we saw.
And this was my favorite recycle bin. It was next to an art studio and gallery and
painted like a skull. From all the cans going in, it looked like the skull had bleeding
eyes. Rad.
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