At an average ratio of 1 vending machine per 23 people, Japan is the vending machine capital of the world. Since land is at a premium in Japan(about $200,000,000 an acre in Tokyo), small business owner can't afford to have a brick and mortar business yet alone to even pay rent. To combat with this problem, small space is rented out to put vending machine along busy street and public places where citizen busily commute everyday. With so many vending machines in operation, competition is FIERCE. To keep up with the competition niche market of product are being vended along with the common drink and snacks. Unique and downright strange machines that vend from everyday product like soap, school supplies, milk to cars, plants, and even used panties. Convenient? Or just plain creepy, we'll let you be the judge.
1. Used school girl panties vending machine
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| Now banned in Japan, some local vending machine still carry freshly worn panties worn by teenage girls |
2. Lobster Vending Machine
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| Located in osaka, for 100 yen($1) you can try your luck at clawing yourself some live lobsters claw. It is not a bad deal at all if you can get it under 10 tries. Now all you need is a butter and hot water vending machine and you are set. |
3. Fortune telling machine
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| Found in temples and shrine, these machine conveniently tell you your fate on a small slip of paper. |
4. Ad vending machine
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| This is a great idea. You basically sit through an advertisement broadcast on the screen and get a free snack or drink. Being paid to watch commercial, who needs showtime? |
5. Shoes vending machine
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| Hobos stole your shoe? No problem. |
6. Toilet paper vending machine
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| Never ever have to worry about tp ever running out |
7. Egg vending Machine
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| Convenient breakfast and vandalism. Let's the egg throwing begin! |
8. Hot food vending machine
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| Frozen food are cooked to order by the machine. Hot food ranging from hot dogs, fried octopus, and many others. |
9. Smart car vending mall
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| Even the compact car dealership is compact, now that's smart. |
10. Walking coke machine
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| Fully automated coke dealer. This is a real live robot that walk around the city distributing coke(the refreshment of course ;). |
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