Team Wanderlust | 19 April 2018
10 crazy Japanese vending machines you won't believe exist
On every corner, in every town. Available every hour, every day. Whatever you've got a yen for, in Japan there's a vending machine that will sell it to you...
On every corner, in every town. Available every hour, every day. Whatever you've got a yen for, in Japan there's a vending machine that will sell it to you...
Spotty Coca Cola vending machines. Western sodas are not that popular in Japan and have to try harder to attract customers (Shutterstock)
Rows of 'Gashapon' machines in a Kyoto department store. These popular vending machines dispense capsules with manga figurines (Shutterstock)
A wall of Gashapon vending machines in the Den Den town area of Osaka. Sometimes the choice can be overwhelming (Shutterstock)
A machine vending Buddhist amulets near a temple (CreativeCommons: Chris 73)
Umbrella vending machine in Tokyo (CreativeCommons: Jason Ruck)
The most popular vending machines are those dispensing drinks. Most sell beverages not available anywhere else in the world (Shutterstock)
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