As per request of my friend NeoBokrug, I’m putting together a collection of photos of the weird shit you can get in vending machines in Japan. While I have yet to come across the infamous used panties for sale, there’s still an array of drinks and snacks that make me do a WTF face on a daily basis.
First of all, almost all the machines are for beverage vending. Most of them contain coffee, some sports drinks, various teas, a little soda, and the occasional weirdo random drink, such as the melon cream soda in the picture above (if you click on the photo above, I have the stuff labeled in Flickr with notes). Snack machines are much more rare, and when you do see them, they usually contain things like sweet breads and savory donuts. Dear God, how I miss being able to get a bag of Doritos from a machine. You have no idea, until it’s gone. But I digress.
Let’s take a look at some stuff from the vending machines in the school I work at. Took all these with my phone, so they’re not high quality, but you can get the idea.
DRINKS
Aloe is FOUL. A friend of mine once bought some because he saw it in a shop of Grafton Street. Nearly threw up. He handed it round to each of us, and we all agreed: horrible.
I don’t understand that Egg Salad comment, though…
Thanks for the post