Vending Machines

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bumping with some late night comfy vending machines

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>>17338020
I'm not even sure how good the stuff is in here

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hoping for OC

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I wish America had beer vending machines

How do I use the machines that need ID?

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>>17338159
I have no clue how they work.

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Vending machine in Moscow.

>>17338184

Come back to the camera thread and do my time lapse request please.

>>17338636
I've never been to Japan, I just repost

>>17338211
Surprised how reminiscent the aesthetic is to some Japanese vending machines.
Why do American Vending Machines look like shit?

>>17338020
>>17338024
looks like just the usual boss coffee/water/health drink stuff, so alright

always a fan of boss coffee products though

>>17338159
>>17338184
It works on honor system from what I understood so you don't need to flash your id. At least that's how it was with the few I used in Tokyo this year. I didn't have any jap id to use but it still vended me alcohol/smokes

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>>17338950
good2know

Someone told me that you are expected to loiter around and drink whatever you buy in the vicinity of the vending machine.
They are afraid that you might litter with the empty can so you get harassed by cops if you leave and walk around with it.
Is this true?

Cool, another trip to add to the filter

>>17339038
Yes. You also get cited if you don't take at least one big gulp where you crane your head back before lurching forward and go PWAAAAAH

>>17338024
is that mito natsume on the sticker? ...queen

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>>17339082
I can't tell.

>>17339038
I've read walking while eating or drinking anything is simply considered rude there. I guess it's about preventing spillage especially in high traffic areas where you might bump into someone.

>>17338149

We can't. They would be vandalized and stolen from overnight.

>>17338860
Cheaper to rent out the space, easy maintenance, and don't have to worry about vandalism as much. Also helps that majority of Japan walk/bike/take subs to places.

No reason to go all out on vending machines in like America or something when a lot of people drive from place to place.

Which is a shame. I'd love to have a heated beverage vending machine even if I live in a area where Winter almost never comes, but no way anyone would invest in something that stupid down here.

>>17339621
i think they'd be great for a novelty in some areas.

I've never seen a real life vending machine in my life. My country is shit

>>17339680
Where do you live?

>>17339723
Philippines. Vending machines here are rarer than a raw steak

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>>17339730
It's strange apparently Korea and China lack a vending machine culture like Japan has.
I'd figure all of Asia would have vending machines, but it seems pretty Japan exclusive

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>>17339606
>>17339592
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>>17339587
i appreciate your contributions

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Would you drink Touhou juice?

>>17340243
What does it taste like?

>>17340235
Nice. I really lack vending machine photos in the rain.

I work third shift and i always was jealous that these things exist.
>800 types of drinks when we have like a choice of 10 in the states
>Beer in vending machine
>24-Hour beer
>Fucking all night beer and i don't need to talk to anyone to buy it

>>17340235
Do they stock these like hourly? It doesn't look like there is much space for the product. Especially when there are so many types to chose from.

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>>17338159
>>17338184
>>17338950
There are basically four types.

First type: no verification. Usually in hotels and other not so public places and, by law, all cigarette machines should have some form of age verification on them.

Second type: camera verification. You can see this on the alcohol machine to the far right. There is a call button which will connect to some operator who looks at you through the camera and decides if they will allow you to buy.

Third type: Taspo verification. You purchase a Taspo card and use it to verify that you are legally allowed to buy alcohol and cigarettes (most cigarette machines are this).

Fourth type: Drivers Licence verification. If you have a Japanese drivers licence you can use it for verification. Sometimes on cigarette machines but relatively uncommon.

>>17340317
Very interesting to know TY

>>17339038
Pretty much.
Bins are not that common in Japan. They're usually around vending machines and convenience stores, but they generally have the opinion that bins result in people littering near bins, so by having fewer bins the litter is reduced.

>>17339181
Walking while eating/drinking is a mixed bag. I have seen Japanese doing it, but it could depend on where you are or how many people are around you.

Obviously in summer I'm not going to stop walking just to drink some water. That would be stupid. But I also don't go around eating while walking, unless I am at a festival, but then everyone is.

Basically, it isn't really clear cut.

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>>17340317
Seeing resolution is important, here is this one again in better resolution, so you can check the prices.

>>17340353
I have a question, unlike American vending machines where you can see how much of a drink there is just through the display glass, do Japanese vending machines keep all of their drinks hidden within the machine?

Are the one's in the display window ever sold?

>>17340353
Ah, I noticed the machine on the far right has both camera and drivers licence verification.
The grey box is the drivers licence verification and the shitty box below it is to call for camera check.

>>17340337
Vending machines go by every store. Even porn stores.
I've actually bought from the one on the right, it's cheaper than the Matsumoto KiYoshi the cameraman is standing in front of.

>>17340360
I don't think I have ever seen a machine in Japan with the actual product visible. What you see in the front isn't even a bottle or an empty bottle or can, it's just a mockup.

>>17340368
I'm surprised they don't like viewing the mechanics the machine has.
That's probably the only good part about American vending machines.

>>17340360
American drink vending machines haven't done that in FOREVER, like, since when soda came in glass bottles.

Japanese machines are stocked internally in the same way, usually using fake half-bottles up front. You can see it in the porn store picture, the Pepsi "cans" displayed in the machine on the left are white plastic.

>>17340380
I've seen some modern examples where you can see the mechanics within the vending machine select the food.
Then you have one's with the twisting mechanic which pushes out food with a long black curled bar.

You can always tell how much quantity is left in those kinds

>>17340385
Ahh, it might be regional? Now that I think of it, I have seen those in the southeast, but not really anywhere else. Northeast is all the solid fridges, with old machines having the stack of small buttons on the right and newer machines having the really big buttons directly on the front.

Japanese machines don't display quantity, but they usually do display an in stock/out of stock/sometimes both light next to every item. It's why you can see big rows of green lights on some pics and scattered orange or red lights on others.

>>17340376
Probably part of the reason their vending machines almost never break down.

>>17340380
I live in CA and we have plenty of machines where you can see the actual stock although it's less common to find them in public compared to college/office cafeterias

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>>17340385
Now that you mention it I may have seen some snack machines like that, but snack machines are pretty rare in Japan.

I wasn't counting these kind of vending machines either.

>>17340433
That's pretty true. I've never even seen photos of snack machines. Only drink, cigarettes, and ice cream vending machines in Japan.

>>17340444
And the odd Ramen/hot meal machine .>>17339597

Those are usually indoors.

Cigarettes are always gone by like 8am

We couldn't have these in Western Europe they'd be smashed apart by third world savages and the degenerates who imitate them.

>>17340474
It's a god damn shame what's going on in Europe. I actually wanted to visit some European countries until this shit started happening.

Now the only place overseas I'd like to go is Thailand, or Japan.

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>>17340500

>>17340491

The fact you care is reassuring, it's kinda crappy when 99% of the time you just get told to shut up and take it.

Going to Japan was the greatest experience of my life, it was like experiencing civilisation for the first time. Standards are so much higher, and everywhere just feels safe and secure. And it's still so Japanese.

>>17340526
In America we haven't sunken as low as Europe we'd be much likely to let that happen.

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Here's one outside of Ryouhouji, a temple that advertises with cute characters.

>>17340549
lol temples even use anime
why is japan so obsessed with cuteness

>>17340560
Because cute things are cute.

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>>17340572
Japan really does go apeshit with cute stuff.
They also like really comfy designs and attractive yet simple stuff

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I probably don't need to bump this, but I will anyway

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I'm assuming this inside a sex shop. If that was out on a street, then wtf.

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Morning bump for you guys.

Are you a vending machine otaku, OP?

>>17340560

cute is justice

I read Three Days of Happiness by Sugaru Miaki and reading about the main character just traveling around taking pictures of vending machines was an interesting thing. Do people actually do this? Why are vending machines so prevalent in Japan?
Why don't we get the good shit?

>>17341283
There are fewer subhumans there so they can place vending machines without them getting wrecked within hours

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>>17341258
No I just like posting them and saving photos. They are really comfy

>>17340337
Gotta stay hydrated.

>>17340433
How do the Japanese manage to fit 駐車場 inside a machine like that !

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I'm getting kinda close to running out of Images

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Here's a few from my journeys.

>>17342092
What is in that?

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>>17342097
Soy sauce. With and without fish in the bottle.

>>17342109
This is an improvement from the image I posted earlier. I'm glad I found a larger photo.

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>>17342132
this would be ideal if it was higher resolution

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an impreza in its natural habitat

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>>17342152
where's the vending machines in this?

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>>17342159
woops, straying off topic

>>17342179
these homeowned convenience stores are wonderfully comfy

>>17341630
It's a mystery.

>>17338860
That's because it is a japanese vending machine, the drinks were even japanese. http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/DyDo-vending-machines-to-wet-Russian-whistles

>>17338016
what is stopping the underage from accessing that?

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>>17343001
an hour system

>>17340491
I was in Russia last year. Was amazed at how nice it was. Nothing like what American propaganda wants you to think.

>>17343062
You mean the underage can't get it if they're on curfew?

>>17343001
General public and generally obeying the law.

I'm pretty sure worst Korea and Taiwan have these vending machines as well.

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>>17343196
I meant to say Honor

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OC

>>17343341
I've read multiple accounts of kids in lower class schools smoking like chimneys and getting the ciggys from these machines.

>>17341100
I'd totally get cup noodles out of a vending machine if I could.

>>17343001
The absence of jewish influence

>>17338860
All the vending machines I used in America are behind black metal framed bars.

>>17339181
>>17340333
You are only allowed to run around with French toast in your mouth.

>>17340317
>Second type: camera verification. You can see this on the alcohol machine to the far right. There is a call button which will connect to some operator who looks at you through the camera and decides if they will allow you to buy.

I wonder how much the person gets paid by the hour.

>>17340491
>>17340474
Even the Yugioh tournament was moved to Japan instead of its usual European location.

>>17340491
If you're white and visit Thailand and even if you don't care about 3DPD, you won't have such a great reputation due to all the people going there for the sex trade.

Also, Thailand police are a joke so good luck trying to get help if you get mugged unless you look important looking.

I personally never visited Thailand but I had friends who did. Their mosquito bites were pretty bad too from their Thailand trip.

Vacation is suppose to be relaxing not putting you through an itchy hell in my opinion.

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>>17341320
People take pictures of Japanese sewer cover lids too.

>>17344989
I'd be going to Thailand for food and debauchery

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infamous pantsu

How often to they refill the vending machines? Must be quite an effort refilling them considering how many there are.

Also does anyone know if some machines gives you a "bonus drink" if you buy a certain amount? I remember when I bought 7drinks from one I think and then it started to display 777 in the number display and I got a free drink.

>>17345284
>when I bought 7drinks from one I think and then it started to display 777 in the number display and I got a free drink.
Sure you weren't in vegas?

>>17344156
Yeah, well it's not like that's any different from any country in the world even when cigarettes are not able to be purchased from vending machines.

>>17344671
Why? Probably cheaper to get at a convenience store in most cases and you can stick boiling water in them there as well.

>>17344902
Probably not his only job. Likely handles other call center stuff and does it when it comes up.

>>17344993
Cause they pretty much have different designs for every different city.

>>17345284
>Also does anyone know if some machines gives you a "bonus drink" if you buy a certain amount?
It's not the amount you buy, it's just random. Every time you buy a drink it generates a number (always three the same and then chance if the fourth number is the same or one off).

When I was in Fukushima the first time I went to one of those machines that had bonus chance to win a drink spat me out another one.
But never again.

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I could use some cheap eggs

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They should really have these in America

>>17345291
there's a lot of those games built into machines actually.

>>17346317
WOW WHAT THE FUCK MAN!?!?!
Why can't American vending machines be that cool???
:(

>>17340442
they're... beautiful :')

>>17345930
I like that they call them frozen. In America, people are all too autistic about things being "FRESH®," and no company would put "frozen" on their food vending machine.

>>17339057
>just fuck my dynamic range up senpai

>>17345664
>eggs
>in a bag

We get milk in a bag but what kind of sorcery is this??

>>17345315
>Yeah, well it's not like that's any different from any country in the world even when cigarettes are not able to be purchased from vending machines.
in my country you have to go to the register to buy a card, then bring that card to a cigarette wending machine, then put that card in to get your cigarettes
it's retarded
also starting 2018 cigarette packages are not allowed to have colors other than brown-green or non arial fonts

maybe I’d go outside more if there were vending machines here

>>17340289
Sorry for the late reply.

Reimu - Green tea
Marisa - Milk tea
Flandre - Grape juice

>>17346402
Doesn't hurt that it's written in English

>>17350844
I'm pretty sure the Japanese are well versed in English words. It's all over their country.
I just don't think they can understand or speak full sentences very well.

>>17344156

Will starting smoking make me a true otaku? I tried before but failed to get addicted.

>>17350864
About 6 years of required English education, give or take 1 or 2 years depending on the prefecture.

>>17350870
Smoking will just kill you from the inside my man

>>17346402
that's because being fresh isn't the norm, whereas in Japan it is

>>17350954
It's amazing that the general English knowledge is so low even with 6 years of English education.
I guess it's a mix of bad education system combined with the difficulty to learn a completely different alphabeth.

>>17351819
In my country's Anglo areas, French is required for the same amount of time and barely anyone speaks it.

You only learn if you want or have to.

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My final contribution to the thread.
Hopefully more will come.

>>17351819
Big problem is that they don't use it much during their education or afterward.
I've had some junior high school students who really liked English and had quite good English, for only a couple of years of education in English grammar, but for the majority of them it's just another subject like any other subject they don't give a shit about. Needed for graduating but no interest past that.

>>17351545
Those are some funky Fanta cans.

>>17352456
It looks like a derelict machine from the 80s

>>17352261
This
>>17351819
I think they really just don't care.

>>17352161
Thank you for your contributions

>>17352161
>Tripfag
This is not comfy at all.

>>17352161
Neo-Tokyo as fuck, is what this image is.

>>17353800
Shut up . I can take it off to see nigger.

>>17354027
I just think it's a really nice one, so I closed out on it.
>>17353775
No problem.

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This is why I miss Japan :(

>>17354512
Which one of those tastes the best?

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http://www.novelupdates.com/series/i-reincarnated-into-a-vending-machine/

>>17356298
Depends what you are after. There's a bunch of coffees and teas in them, juices, energy drinks, soft drinks, sports drinks.

>>17357000
Do not visit this place again ´´Kudasai''

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>>17340848
I found a condom machine outside once, I'm not sure if I was in the wrong neighborhood or something.

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I have to question Coke's taste in advertising in Japan.

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This one was in an inn, I think beer is on the honor system.

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Sorry, I do not have a lot of pictures it will be some time before I am able to return to Japan.

>>17357076
They put Coke Zero next to regular Coke and if you don't pay enough attention you can easily pick the wrong one, because they don't look hugely different.

It's bad.

>>17352161
Beautiful

>>17340491
Yeah it's a bit of a shame. I recently traveled to Japan this year as my first time out of my home country and can completely understand why people love travelling. I'd like to do it more, but as it stands, there seems to be more cons than pros for some of the other countries atm, so hopefully shit dies down within the next decade

>>17351884
Same, I had to take high school French to graduate and only remember tabarnac

For everyone complaining: western drink vending machines are the way they are because it's easier to replace a piece of paper in front of a button than to replace a bunch of empty cans and bottles.

Also western drink machines double as big heavy billboards, so having half the face of the machine get taken up with a drink display means less ad space.

>>17358190
>than to replace a bunch of empty cans and bottles.
For a moment I wasn't sure what you were talking about, then I realized you were under the misconception that there are actually empty bottles and cans in the front of Japanese vending machines.

But then it isn't like they change out the varieties very often.

I usually stuck to water, pokari sweat, and various boss coffees. I tried something that I thought was water and it ended up being carbonated water, so overall I wasn't too adventurous.

What did you guys drink when you were in Japan?

>>17358239
Melon sodas.
Melon sodas eryday.

>>17340337
Dear god Haruhi, Konata, Kagami, Anzu, Manaka and Rinko have all fallen pretty hard if they're selling themselves in the porn industry now.

Sad days.

>>17358310
Life is rough for anime characters who drop out of the industry.

Ok, so pretend I get mugged and thrown on a boat to Japan. If it's 3am, can't I just go out for a coke?

Are most vending machines coffee and shit or are you just posting out of the ordinary machines?

>>17358327
Just go to a convenience store?

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Here's a rare one.

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Now for fresh content.

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>>17358853
Fuck. 今川焼 is nice shit but that is expensive for them.

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>>17358897
Yeah, they were surprisingly good, but pricey. Still, I hardly ever see these machines, so I couldn't resist.

>>17350870
only if you're a hypertension otaku or a bronchitis otaku

>>17358853
>今川焼
Interesting. They're called 回転焼き where I live.

>>17338016
Vending machines, in Japan, you say?
https://youtu.be/FzZUaLWfCQ0

>>17359517
I fucking hate people walking with wide angle lenses.

Fuck you and your jellovision.

>>17359580
Well that isn't very nice Jason.

>>17350124
Gross
Gross
Naice

>>17340385
I'm pretty sure it's a regional thing. I live in the midwest and that kind is all I've ever see; that is, a glass panel that lets you know how much is left of everything.

Around here, vending machines overall are really rare. But you can consistently find them in college campuses, or at some odd public locations like the YMCA, or interstate rest stops. Other than those places though they are very very hard to find, in fact I think I've never even seen one ever at anywhere other than those places.

>>17360218
I live in a more densely populated area, the snack vending machines are completely glass-front here as well.
However, the drink machines are split between the ones where you can't see the products, and ones where you can with some bizarre mechanism that fetches them from their rack.
The latter seems excessive, but whatever.

>>17350870
As a drug otaku I must say, I could not get addicted to tobacco, or any nicotine substance, no matter how much I smoked or used.
I would pick it up for a couple months, go a little hard just because, then just not feel like it any more.

Very anxiogenic both on dose and off. Both comforting and discomforting in differing ways. Calming in action, but adds an edge to everything.
Quite polarizing.

I cannot recommend any of it, really. Especially if you want it for ingroup aspects like becoming a 'true otaku' or 'cool kid', rather than any psychological effects.

>>17340317
thanks, was always curious about this

>>17344156
I've seen em, they at least know to just sit around the machine and smoke rather than walk around and disturb others with the smoke, but fuck do they smoke a lot

Thank you to everyone that contributed

There are some RARE pictures here that are greatly appreciated

>>17358327
Yeah there's soda's in the generic ones, but just go to the local family mart like lawson's or 7-11 honestly

>>17358239
lot of milk tea, boss coffee, and anything that looked peculiar or strange

is it rare to find japanese vending machines accepting credit cards?

>>17361325
probably. just use your public transportation card like pasmo to pay if you want to use a card

>>17357365
oh wow, I'm surprised that they don't have the western product differentiation color scheme

>>17361360
that's right
I forgot you can pay with a transit card

They even started doing that in the US

>>17361325
Extremely rare.

So rare that when I was coming to Japan a group of Japanese school girls at the airport in my country couldn't figure out how to buy a drink from a vending machine with credit card.

>>17338860
Because you're an obnoxious weeaboo, that's why.

>>17361079
What about cigars? And I mean real prime cigars from a parlor and some cheap crappy cigarillos from mexican gas stations.

>>17361741
I've only ever had one.
They certainly taste better. Stronger, less stale. But other than that I didn't notice much to care about.

There's a whole cultural thing to it though. Like wine and coffee. With countless flavors and methods.
Supposedly, you're actually not supposed to inhale cigars. But rather taste them with your mouth and exhale some of the smoke through the nose.
As inhaling them ruins the flavor comparably.

If you're into the social aspect and want to group with other cigar otakus, cigars are a much better choice than other tobacco.
But it's still not a good habit. If you're not inherently interested in the first place, I would not advise pursuing it.

>>17361669
Am I wrong though?
Japanese Vending machines have nice replicas of the bottle and usually are very bright and colorful at night.

Have you seen this episode of 72 hours. It features an Udon noodle vending machine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb1W-NfH1u4

>>17361971
And this is where the vending machine is.
39.753926, 140.062856

I'd like to find an old vending machine like that. Maybe in some of the older parts of Ishinomaki there'll be one standing around.

What about this funny American vending machine (解説あり) https://youtu.be/4JNSlgYLr4U

>>17361624
>couldn't figure out how to buy a drink from a vending machine with credit card.
That's pretty funny. Afaik, Japan isn't much of a credit card market overall.

>>17361938
when there's a bigger market for something there is more incentive to have proper presentation.

In Burgerland you can't just go around sprinkling vending machines everywhere because they would all be vandalized and destroyed in no time.

>>17361669
>shitflinging on the weeaboo board of a weeaboo site
hope you're dynamic

>>17340337
>>17358310
Reimu and Marisa on the far right. Maybe not part of the same shop but still amusing.

>>17357088
How the FUCK are these things still popular? Didn't they die out in the 90s?

>>17367099
Same reason gatcha shit in mobile games is huge right now.

>>17365926
Biggest problem was their credit card wasn't a tap to pay kind, so it had to show them where to insert it.

>>17367501
I've personally requested mine to have no RF chip or whatever in it.
Too big of a security risk for too little convenience, with how cheap readers are.

>>17344898
America has a lot more undesirables.

>>17344671
We actually had a cup noodle vending machine at my high school in the US. It looked more like a normal US vending machine than a Japanese one, and you had to get the cup noodle out, take the top off, and then put it back into a compartment where it would automatically dispense the right amount of hot water.

It's weird now that I think about it, I've never seen another one like it in the US, but it also wasn't anything like the Japanese ones. I wonder where they got it.

vending machines that are common
camera (in tourist places)
drink (everywhere)
ice cream (not too common)
"prize" mystery ones (osaka)
ticket (for food, and in 7/11 for events)
nothing else is ever really seen

>>17344898
That's because they have the products out and behind a glass. These machines look like they have the products deep inside and just have display cases on show.

>>17365941
who are you quoting?

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Australian here. Glad to see vending machine's are still thriving in Japan. We still have allot of them around where I live, they are becoming less common though. Smoke vending machines are incredibly rare and only found in bars or clubs. We would most likely never be aloud to have beer vending machines, though I guess our smoking & drinking laws would be strickter than Japans.

>>17343001
IIRC tobacco selling machines needed a special IC card you can only get if you provide ID.
Maybe they also use that for alcohol.

>>17340235
That actually looks like the setups you'd find in Taiwan.

Taiwan has more vending machines than most places, and in some weird places, and with Taiwanese and Japanese brands (owned by Hey Song?), but there is still less than Japan. I'd also find machines that dispensed daily made tea and bubble tea, daily made cakes, arts and crafts, model trains, stuffed bears in bottles, and other oddities.

I think its the low crime that allows for such machines.

Does anyone know about Singapore?

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american reporting in

>>17375853
>steel cased
get that garbage out of here

>>17375853
I already said it here >>17368926, but why do they do this? Just have everything and accessible by breaking the case? All the Japanese ones, you'd have to tear them apart to get the stuff.

Although, what happens if stuff gets stuck? People don't shake machines in Japan, do they?

>>17375853
Jesus, 42 cents per round is exorbitant even for brass case. That's disgusting.

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>>17377404
>Although, what happens if stuff gets stuck?
Technically, there's usually a support number somewhere on or around it.
And they're usually in business places regardless, where employees have either a number, or maintenance there already.

Somewhat related image though.

>>17378545
Really really strong girl.

Vending contractor where I work changed in January; the new company put in shelves and coolers with a kiosk on one end where you scan and pay, rather than normal vending machines.

A month later they put cameras all over each of the snack stations because people were stealing a ludicrous amount of shit. Didn't work, because the same people waited until there's no one watching, then cover their faces and steal shit.

Recently, they pretty much removed all the stations except for high-traffic areas (from about 10 to 3 total); and they're still having massive theft issues.

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I'm surprised to see a thread for this. One of my simple pleasures of traveling Japan is comparing vending machines. So far the cheapest ones i've seen yet were in Osaka with a few drinks at ¥60. I also hope to find one with root beer in it, although in my heart i know i'm about as likely to find a toothpaste and orange juice flavored beverage when it comes to Japan and root beer.

I don't have a real camera, but please accept this OC.

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>Yes we 缶!

Understanding Japanese is one thing, but their humour...

>>17381683
>Wew
Saved so fucking fast

>>17381683
From what I understand the average Japanese finds root beer disgusting.

>>17377282
>>17375853
They look like nickel not steel

Is this in Japan? If not, where?

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longboy drink

>>17351819
Compare it with Americans who take 2 ~ 3 years of French, Spanish, or German, and they barely recognise a greeting phrase. Its useless and inapplicable to the majority of life.

>>17389029

What happens if I place a good amount of M80 inside any holes ( cash , item retrieval ,etc ) , just asking for a friend :^)

>>17339038
>>17339459
While walking and eating is frowned upon it is acceptable to cycle very fast while holding a piece of toast in one's mouth as long as none is actually eaten.

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The rare snack vending machine.

>>17343360
How old is this one? That is a crazy high price for 2GB SD, even for a vending machine

>>17407313
i have no clue m8. i'm sorry.

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Currently in Japan, here's the DyDo machine next to my AirBnB.

I find it kind of funny that there's an ad on it for a drink it doesn't actually sell.

>>17401997
An american-style machine

>>17407313
The row above it is film and disposable cameras, so...

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>>17401997

Rarer than one with some weird preserved fish in it?

>>17410551
>that English warning
So did some foreigner think that was a beverage vending machine before or something

>>17410582

Remember that when designing for the public, one must always always consider the lowest common denominator.

One more bump for old times sake

>>17410551
That's fish stock

>>17381787
>缶
but the display looks like a plastic bottle?

>>17410551
>dashi vending machine
we've seen it all!

>>17420777
It's a subtle piece of satire about late 00's American politics.

>>17423405
That's hilarious
I guess I missed the joke initially because I didn't expect such subtle satire out of the Japanese especially relating to politics

>新絞り
>収穫後２４時間以内搾汁
>果汁１％
This is not charming at all.

>>17370225
They don't, you just drop cash in it and bam alcohol.

>>17364936
i feel just like this vending machine

>>17429469
Screw real juice.

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Found this one in Shibuya 4 years ago.

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A few from my trip

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>megmilk

>>17434004
>single serving banana
I've seen it all now.

>>17434118
very crazy one.

I've always liked how much variety they have compared to here.

>>17340500

Seriously, taking night walks there would be awesome.

>>17434004

Bananas are important.

Heh. Do you want a really profitable business idea?
Listen up. These vending machines, they all sell cold products, like cold beverages or sandwiches. So what do vending machines lack, huh, huh? That's right: warm food. I'm thinking about hot pockets, grilled cheese sandwhiches, pizza slices, noodles... There should be warm food vending machines with those!

>>17436534
see >>17339597
Also >>17340344 the entire bottom row with あたたかい in red are heated drinks. The vast majority of vending machines in Japan, especially if they vend coffiee or tea, will have heated drinks in the winter months.

Basically, your idea is a thing already.

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we got these all over the city. anything worth giving a try?

>>17436883
review the "Gym" drink for us

>>17437434
ayysu kurimu

>>17437434
It must be a nightmare to bump into one of those as someone with indecisive personality.

>>17435851
Indeed, imagine what would happen to kids' snack budgets if it weren't for bananas!

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OC from around my apartment.

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>>17442755

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>>17442769

>>17339482

It depressed me that it's true.

>>17442770
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ_uBznMYN0

>>17442770
>>17442769
>>17442755
God damn anon, that's comfy as fuck. But why is the view always so low.

>>17443239
Because I'm trying out my tiny tripod. It has magnets so I can stick it on poles and stuff, but there wasn't anything convenient in front of these vending machines.

>>17443251
Get a pair of hands that don't shake.

>>17443251
Some standing up would be amazing.

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Did someone say shaky hands?

This was a screencap from a video from last year. Rural as heck Usa, Kyushu. The machines had tons of moths on them.

>>17354512
Vending machines sure are convenient, but they aren't really a reason for missing a country.
I miss Japan for other reasons much more.

>>17340300
walmart selfcheckout is how i do it lol

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Ok, I took some eye level stuff on the way back from day 1 today.

>>17459660
What camera are you using? These are really comfy.

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>>17459668
It's a Sony alpha 5100, I like it.

I'm still getting started with photography so I have no idea wtf I'm doing, though.

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Not really a vending machine, but whatever.

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any webcam looking at vending machines? the yellow thing on the right is to pay the parking:

http://livecamera2.okinawatimes.co.jp/viewer/live/ja/live.html

>>17459584
>>17459630
>>17459660
>>17459694
>>17459708
>>17459713
>>17459720
>>17459729
>>17459743
beautiful. I'm also amazed my thread has lasted this long

https://warosu.org/jp/thread/15942166#p15960678

If I can ever get to Japan, I will take comfy pics of every vending machine I can find. Got any more cigarette machines?

>>17436883
DyDo's stuff isn't great, but I like their 梅よろし well enough.

>>17459988
There was a railway thread that lasted over 300 days once