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Baum vending machine in a Yokohama station lets us eat cake served on a luxury cruise ship

• Krista Rogers
  Oct 27, 2026
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Our favorite kind wasn’t even the one we expected, but they were all the baum-dot-com.

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• (Asuka III • Bashamichi Station • baum • cake • Cocotomo • COK • cruise • dessert • food • gluten-free • Minatomirai Line • SNJO • vending machine • weird • Yokohama)

Fukushima’s popular dialect T-shirt vending machine gets its first sibling in Iwaki

• Elliot Hale
  Sep 24, 2026

Pick up a wearable Japanese lesson featuring dinosaurs, hot springs, and deep sea fish.

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• (COK • dialects • Fukushima • Fukushima dialect • Iwaki • Japanese linguistics • linguistics • regional dialects • t-shirts • tourism • travel • vending machine)

Japanese vending machine find introduces us to a new drink you can’t get anywhere else

• Oona McGee
  May 22, 2026

An iconic Japanese candy, now in drinkable form. 

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• (COK • cool • drinks • Japanese vending machines • Mr. Sato • SNJO • taste test • vending machine • vending machines • Yoglet)

A Kyoto factory vending machine sells gourmet mystery meals at bargain prices

• Elliot Hale
  Apr 4, 2026

Frozen home-style cooking with unbelievable tastes.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • food • Fushimi • gacha • Kyoto • obanzai • SNJO • taste test • vending machine • vending machines)

Is splendid alfonsino ochazuke from a vending machine too fishy, or splendidly delicious?

• Krista Rogers
  Jun 13, 2025

First we had to track down the vending machine in question.

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• (canned • COK • crazy • fish • food • kinmedai • ochazuke • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • splendid alfonsino • taste test • tasting • vending machine • vending machines • weird)

Shinkansen coffee and ice cream vending machines make train travel in Japan magical

• Oona McGee
  Jun 11, 2025

Bullet train blends you won’t get anywhere else.

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• Japan
• (bullet train • coffee • coffee vending machine • COK • food vending machines • ice cream • Japanese trains • Japanese vending machines • shinkansen • SNJO • Sujata • tourism • train • trains • travel • vending machine)

Ramen vending machine brings a new noodle stand experience to Tokyo station

• Oona McGee
  May 18, 2025

A unique way to eat ramen in Japan.

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• (bullet trains • dining • food • food vending machines • gourmet • Japanese food • Japanese trains • Japanese vending machines • local specialties • ramen • shinkansen • trains • travel • vending machine • vending machines)

Steampunk vending machines appear in Japan, and here’s how to find them

• Oona McGee
  May 16, 2025

Two unusual machines look like they’re powered by steam and wood.

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• (coffee • coffee beans • COK • cool • drinks • Japanese vending machines • Kanagawa • new • Noborito • Noborito Station • SNJO • steampunk • taste test • travel • vending machine • vending machines • Yomiuriland)

Unusual vending machine in Akihabara sells drinks you won’t find anywhere else in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  May 6, 2025

Sometimes the most unique vending machines are hiding in plain sight.

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• (Akihabara • coffee • COK • drinks • Ehime • Japanese vending machines • juice • new • Pom Juice • SNJO • taste test • vending machine • vending machines)

New vending machines at Shinjuku Station emit scent, play projection mapping with your purchase

• Oona McGee
  May 16, 2024

The Bench has the most exciting, futuristic vending machines in Tokyo.

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• (COK • cool • drinks • futuristic • hi-tech • Japanese vending machines • shinjuku • Shinjuku Station • shopping • SNJO • stations • trains • vending machine • vending machines • weird)

Vending machine in Yokohama begins selling bakery bread set to be thrown away, reduces food waste

• Shannon
  Feb 18, 2024

Machine could help save one or two tons of waste annually.

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• Japan
• (bread • coin locker • eco-friendly • food waste • innovative • Japanese bread • Kannai • SDGs • sustainability • unique • vending machine • Yokohama)

Charges dropped against alleged group that broke into vending machine after Noto earthquake

• Dale Roll
  Jan 28, 2024

Conflicting reports were made regarding incident after powerful quake on New Year’s Day. 

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• (COK • crime • disaster • disaster relief • emergency relief • Ishikawa • Noto earthquake • Noto Peninsula • society • vending machine)

Maid street in Akihabara gets a new vending machine that’s sweeter than usual

• Oona McGee
  Oct 5, 2023

An assassin has infiltrated the famous otaku neighbourhood in Tokyo.

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• (Akihabara • coffee • COK • cool • drinks • Egawa Tasuku • Japanese vending machines • maid cafes • maids • Max Coffee • new • SNJO • taste test • vending machine • vending machines)

We found an underground Kyoto vending machine that sells multi-course French meals

• Dale Roll
  Sep 24, 2023

And now it’s on our to-do list any time we visit Kyoto!

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• (COK • food • French food • Kyoto • SNJO • taste test • vending machine • Zest Oike)

Late-night vending machine find in Japan leads to a midnight party

• Oona McGee
  Sep 23, 2023

Unusual glow draws us in like moths to a flame. 

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• Japan
• (Ahiruneko • COK • fish • food • Japanese food • Japanese vending machines • sashimi • SNJO • sushi • taste test • tuna • vending machine)

Japanese vending machine at Shinjuku Station is a rare gem hiding in plain sight

• Oona McGee
  Sep 23, 2023

You won’t find items like this at any other vending machine in the area!

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• Japan
• (beef tongue • COK • food • gacha • gyutan • random • SNJO • taste test • vending machine)

Random beef tongue vending machine in Tokyo lets us test our luck, fill our bellies【Taste test】

• SoraNews24
  Sep 13, 2023

We got your Gyutan gacha right here.

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• (beef tongue • COK • food • gacha • gyutan • random • SNJO • taste test • vending machine)

Three things we loved about Fujiya’s frozen sweets vending machine in Tokyo

• Shannon
  Aug 8, 2023

You don’t even need to go inside a store to get them!

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• (cake • COK • dessert vending machine • Fujiya • SNJO • sweets • sweets vending machine • taste test • vending machine)

We get lucky with a Wagyu beef gacha vending machine at 3,000 yen a pop

• Shannon
  Aug 3, 2023

There are no losers with this, but we think we won big.

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• Japan
• (capsule machines • feeling lucky • gacha • gacha gacha • Japanese beef • vending machine • Wagyu)

Who does a yakiniku beef bowl better: a Japanese vending machine or Yoshinoya?【Taste Test】

• Shannon
  Jun 16, 2023

Our reporter tests a popular Japanese chain store against a machine.

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• Japan
• (chain restaurant • delicious • donburi • Japanese vending machines • rice bowls • taste test • unique • vending machine • yakiniku • Yoshinoya)

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