Japan has plenty of vending machines jidohanbaiki 自動販売機.
Japanese food vending machines.
Sake is usually served with food but if you need a quick shot of liquor this is the vending machine for you.
The first popular modern vending machine was a fresh juice fountain machine for jpy 10 a cup.
But it wasn t until after world war ii that japan s love of high tech vending machines really took off.
The vast majority of jidohanbaiki serve hot and cold beverages such as unsweetened tea soft drinks coffee and energy drinks.
There are more than 5 6 million of them in the country.
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In the 1960s and 1970s coca cola rolled out huge numbers of machines throughout japan shaping the country into the vending machine giant it is today.
It was invented by furniture maker and inventor tawaraya koshichi.
The machine offers a range of sakes to try ranging in alcohol strength.
There s over 5 million vending machines in japan which is the highest amount of vending machines in world.
I m showing my age no doubt but my childhood memories of vending machines in the uk were limited to public swimming pools or sports centres.
And vending machines continue to evolve.
There is perhaps no better example of this than the country s vending machines or jidou hanbaiki.
A vending machine restaurant that serve very affordable hot food jihanki shokudou automat diner address.