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Friday, 21 September 2007

Land of the Rising Vending Machine

An in-depth look at the insane array of Japanese vending machines.

Having fallen in love with the pastry vending machines outside of bakeries in the Netherlands that let you buy the odd bun at 2AM that does not taste of cellophane, I can accept most of these contraptions, but for some reason the umbrella vending machine strikes me as downright weird.
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  1. AnonymousFriday, 21 September 2007 at 15:17:00 GMT-7

    Ever been to Japan? On a one week visit, we went from bright sunshine to rain to bright sunshine several times. We would have loved to come across this machine while standing under the pouring rain (though we did eventually manage to find a convenience store that sold umbrellas).

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