Vending MmMachines

Japan is known through the world for the interesting things that come out of it's vending machines. Once upon a time i heard stories of used womens panties in Tokyo, and even illicit mushrooms. (For the record, after countless surveys of Japanese natives panties (used or new) have yet to be verified. Mushrooms, however, have been purchased by a friend of my several years back. They're now illegal in Japan.)

Anyways, I'm quite satisfied with my own vending machine experience despite its absence of panties and stuff. Coming to Japan I somehow developed a small addiction to coca cola. I think it happened for of 2 reasons. 1) Raw sugar cane is exponentially tastier than fructose syrup, 2) Japan is an is hotter than Hell itself in the summer. So when you find a cold can packed with liquid happiness, it sure is hard to turn down...lemme tell ya.

Painfully, in the asshole of winter an ice cold coca cola just isn't what you want to find in a vending machine. Luckily, Japans vending machines are seasonal, and just when the weather turns every machine across the country is filled with warm delicious liquids. A variety of coffees, teas, warm lemonade, you name it. My favorite? Royal Milk Tea.

This jizz is just absolutely delicious. Countless times has it warmed my belly and spirits as i waited on a train platform for the next ride to arrive.

One day, however, I noticed something strange out of the corner of eye. That's not... corn soup is it?

I was advised NOT to buy a strange looking can of thick yellow liquid out of a machine, but my curiosity was just too strong. $1.20 was worth the experience one way or another. The result? Standing in the bitter cold with a cozy can of creamy corn, I chuckled to my myself in contentment. IT WAS ABSOLUTELY SCRUMPTIOUS!!

So the next time YOUR in Japan, take a leap of faith and buy something ridiculous out a vending machine. You may certainly come to regret it, but I haven't. One way or another, you'll have a good story to tell.