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Japanese “Receipt Manga” machine discovered at Akihabara 【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Oct 27, 2017
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This is the most entertaining way to buy a Japanese manga comic!

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• Japan
• (Akihabara • anime • art • cool • manga • otaku • receipt manga • vending machines)

In Japan, you can now get Coca-Cola pre-mixed with coffee【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 12, 2017

Vending machine-exclusive delivers more caffeine than standard Coke.

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• Japan
• (canned coffee • Coca-Cola • coffee • Coke • drinks • taste test • vending machines)

Vending machine that serves handmade gyoza found in Yokohama!

• Master Blaster
  Sep 5, 2017

This restaurant-machine fusion is one small step for vending, one giant leap for vending-machine-kind.

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• Japan
• (chinese food • gyoza • Lonsanbo • vending machines • Yokohama)

Baskin-Robbins unveils its only ice cream vending machine in Japan, and it’s in an odd location

• Richard Simmonds
  Aug 24, 2017

Nothing says summer like delicious ice cream… and roadside toilets.

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• Japan
• (31 • 31 Ice Cream • Aichi Prefecture • Baskin Robbins • highway services • ice cream • Ise Jingu • motorway services • summer • vending machines)

Freemason toys now on sale in Japan

• Richard Simmonds
  Jul 13, 2017

A shadowy organisation wreathed in mystery and the basis of a thousand and one conspiracy theories, now with collectibles!

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• Japan
• (capsule toys • Freemason • Freemasonry • gacha gacha • Kitan Club • vending machines)

“Why Japan has so many vending machines” video makes some good points, but misses key factors

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 9, 2017

Some of the reasons Japan loves vending machines have nothing to do with an aging society of love of robots.

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• Internet, Japan
• (society • vending machines • video • Vox • Vox Borders)

Japanese origami vending machine makes news around the country

• Oona McGee
  Apr 14, 2017

The unusual machine with the sweet folded paper designs is warming people’s hearts around Japan.

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• Japan
• (cool • cute • Ehime • origami • papercraft • tourism • travel • vending machines)

Send a free drink to a friend with Japan’s newest coinless vending machines【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Mar 23, 2017

We try out the new system at a high-tech digital vending machine in Tokyo.

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• Japan
• (apps • cool • drinks • Shinjuku Station • Smartphones • technology • Tokyo • vending machines)

Bottles containing flying fish now available from Japanese vending machines in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Feb 9, 2017

Now you can get your flying fish soup stock at any time of the day or night in Japan’s capital.

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• Japan
• (cooking • dashi • Noodles • soup • Tokyo • vending machines • weird)

Tokyo travel tip: Use all of your leftover yen coins at Narita Airport’s huge capsule toy area

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 22, 2016

Change your pocketfull of change into a fistfuls of cool souvenirs from your trip to Japan.

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• Japan
• (airports • capsule toys • gachapon • Narita Airport • Tokyo • toys • travel • vending machines)

Cats cosplay as bunnies in Japan with new capsule toy feline hat collection

• Oona McGee
  Dec 13, 2016

Rabbits are the latest trend to sweep through the world of feline cosplay.

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• Japan
• (animals • capsule toys • cats • cosplay • cute • gacha • hats • pets • vending machines)

Japan’s vending machines somehow become even more awesome with amazing new canned soup flavor

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 23, 2016

Demi-glace soup is the fanciest-sounding, best-tasting machine-sold canned treat we’ve had in a long time.

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• Japan
• (food • Japan Railways • soup • stations • taste test • trains • vending machines)

New “All Night Cat Watch” toy series created in Japan to keep late sleepers company

• Oona McGee
  Oct 13, 2016

You’ll never be lonely burning the midnight oil with one of these exhausted kitties diligently working by your side!

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• Japan
• (capsule toys • cats • cool • cute • cute. cats • gacha • Kitan Club • LOL • pets • toys • vending machines • wtf)

Japanese vending machines now stock Pikachu drinks!

• Oona McGee
  Oct 5, 2016

Recharge your batteries with Pikachu juice, in three gorgeous designs.

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• Japan
• (anime • drinks • Dydo • juice • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon GO • Pokémon Sun and Moon • vending machines)

Japanese vending machines now dispense adorably weird cat and crow figurines!

• Oona McGee
  Sep 6, 2016

It might sound like a strange coupling, but there’s actually a valid reason for this six-part collection!

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• Japan
• (capsule toys • cats • crows • cute • figurines • funny • gacha • Kitan Club • toys • vending machines)

Japanese vending machines now dispense cute cup clinging cats!

• Oona McGee
  Aug 20, 2016

Enjoy a litter of cats in your milk with these eight adorable designs!

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• Japan
• (animals • cats • cup clingers • cute • cute pets • cute. cats • funny • gacha • gachapon • Kitan Club • LOL • pets • toys • vending machines)

Turn your pets into cute police officers with a hat from a Japanese vending machine!

• Oona McGee
  Aug 19, 2016

Give your pup the gift of authority with a hat from this adorable 5-piece collection.

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• Japan
• (animals • capsule toys • cats • cute • cute pets • dogs • gacha • hats • Kitan Club • pets • police • vending machines)

Japanese capsule toy vending machine area for women includes Sailor Moon items for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Jul 30, 2016

The “Brilliant Capsule” sales area in Shinjuku is filled with plenty of adorable and ladylike anime goods!

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• Japan
• (accessories • anime • capsule toys • cute • fashion • gacha • Kawaii • manga • Sailor Moon • vending machines)

Self-freezing bottled Coca-Cola now available at convenience store vending machines in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jul 1, 2016

Stored at temperatures below freezing, the drink magically turns to ice inside the bottle after opening.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • Coca-Cola • Coke • drinks • frozen Coke • self-freezing • slushies • vending machines)

Godzilla and fellow kaiju monsters apologise at Japanese press conference for acts of destruction

• Oona McGee
  Jun 30, 2016

And every formal Japanese-style apology comes with a heartfelt bow.

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• Japan
• (Bandai • capsule toys • gacha • gachapon • Godzilla • kaiju • movies • Toho • toys • vending machines)

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