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Japanese vending machine is the first of its kind, operated by a local business
- Oona McGee
Aug 27, 2022 - Tweet
A fun and tasty way to support the local economy.
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- (COK • food • Japanese food • Japanese vending machines • Osaka • Ponzu • sauce • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test • Tsuruhashi Station • vending machines • weird)
Discount vending machine in Japan serves up Caramel Popcorn Soda
- Oona McGee
Aug 23, 2022
And we’re not sure how we feel about it.
- Japan
- (Beverages • caramel • Cheerio • COK • drinks • Japanese vending machines • MG Ogawa • Osaka • popcorn • SNJO • soda • sweets • taste test • vending machines • weird • weird flavors)
Autonomous beverage and snack car now testing in Chiba City
- Master Blaster
Jul 31, 2022
It’s like some kind of vending mechanical robot or something!
- Japan
- (autonomous cars • autonomous vehicles • Chiba • COK • cool • drinks • kyocera • snacks • technology • vending machines)
Sushi By Foreigners BC: Japanese gacha capsule toys just keep on getting weirder
- Oona McGee
Jul 27, 2022
Have you ever heard of these sushi before?!?
- Japan
- (capsule machines • capsule toys • capsule vending machines • COK • cool • fashion • gacha gacha • gacha toys • gacha vending machine • gachapon • SNJO • vending machines)
“H” means a few things in Japan, which is why we mistook this vending machine for something else
- Oona McGee
Jul 20, 2022
An H vending machine, right in the heart of Tokyo’s Shinjuku district**.**
- Japan
- (Amaou • COK • cool • food • frozen fruit • fruit • h • Japanese vending machines • Mr. Sato • shinjuku • SNJO • strawberries • vending machine • vending machines • weird • white strawberries • wtf)
What’s it like to eat eel from a Japanese vending machine?
- Oona McGee
Jul 11, 2022
Mr Sato takes us on an unagi adventure.
- Japan
- (COK • eel • food • Japanese food • Japanese vending machines • Mr. Sato • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • unagi • Unagi Uomasa • vending machines • weird)
What frozen snack won Seventeen Ice’s “1st Flavor General Election”?
- Master Blaster
Jul 5, 2022
More importantly, Mr. Sato finds out if it deserved to win.
- Japan
- (Flavor General Election • food • ice cream • ice milk • Mr. Sato • Raisin Butter Crunch • Seventeen Ice • snacks • vending machines)
CBD oil drinks now available in Japanese vending machines
- Master Blaster
Jun 24, 2022
But is it worth it?
Try-your-luck vending machine proves it doesn’t always pay to take a gamble
- Oona McGee
Jun 24, 2022
Don’t be fooled by the shiny bright lights of this machine.
- Japan
- (COK • Don Quijote • food • Japanese vending machines • SNJO • vending machines • weird)
Cold karaage vending machines take fried chicken to new extremes
- Oona McGee
Jun 21, 2022
Take a trip to heaven and hell with “Deep Fried Chicken of Angel and Devil I wish you every happiness”.
- Japan
- (chicken • COK • cool • food • fried chicken • Japanese vending machines • karaage • SNJO • vending machine • vending machines • weird • wtf)
Vending machine with in-flight meals becomes a sell-out hit at Haneda Airport in Japan
- Oona McGee
Jun 18, 2022
Sold-out meals cause a buzz online, but are they really worth a visit to the airport?
- Japan
- (COK • cool • food • Haneda • Haneda Airport • Japanese vending machines • SNJO • taste test • vending machines • weird • wtf)
The most Japanese vending machine of them all? Tokyo discovery shows us a new use for PET bottles
- Oona McGee
Jun 16, 2022
A genius way to sell some very Japanese staples.
- Japan
- (COK • food • Japanese vending machines • koshihikari • Mr. Sato • rice • SNJO • vending machines • weird)
Gacha capsule machines now dispense perfumes in Japan
- Oona McGee
May 24, 2022
Spin the wheel of fortune on your fragrance — you never know which one you’ll get.
- Japan
- (capsule machines • capsule toys • capsule vending machines • COK • cool • fashion • gacha gacha • gacha toys • gacha vending machine • gachapon • Nose Shop • perfume • Shibuya • shopping • SNJO • vending machines)
We accidentally buy some silkworm candy at Hokkaido’s Vending Machine Land
- Katie Pask
May 21, 2022
We attempt to get over our dislike of eating insects by… eating some insects.
- Japan
- (COK • crazy • edible insects • food • Hokkaido • insects • Japanese vending machines • SNJO • taste test • vending machines • weird • worm)
Strawberry mochi dumpling vending machine made our Japanese station dungeon crawl worth it
- Casey Baseel
May 20, 2022
Delving into the depths for daifuku.
- Japan
- (Amaou • COK • daifuku • food • mochi • Osaka • SNJO • stations • strawberries • sweets • Umeda Station • vending machines)
Vending machine noodle ice cream: A retro icon in Japan brings joy to a new generation
- Oona McGee
May 18, 2022
A surprising find to thrill the taste buds of noodle lovers.
- Japan
- (Akita • COK • desserts • food • Japanese vending machines • michi no eki • Noodles • SNJO • soba • sweets • taste test • udon • vending machines • weird)
We eat a canned omelette from a Japanese vending machine and hope for the best
- Oona McGee
Apr 30, 2022
Fingers crossed this dashimaki doesn’t end up looking as old as the machine that sold it.
- Japan
- (awesome • COK • cool • dashimaki • food • Japanese food • Japanese omelette • Japanese vending machines • omelettes • vending machines • weird)
Weird Japanese vending machine find of the day: Cream in cans?
- Oona McGee
Apr 29, 2022
You’ll only find one thing in this machine, and it’s heaven for cream lovers.
- Japan
- (cakes • COK • cream • desserts • food • Japanese vending machines • Mr. Sato • Shibuya • shibuya 109 • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Tokyo • vending machines)
The good, the bad, and the ugly of a vending machine sushi meal in Tokyo【Taste test】
- Casey Baseel
Apr 8, 2022
OK, so technically the “ugly” part is our fault.
- Japan
- (COK • cool • food • SNJO • sushi • taste test • vending machines)
Japan’s new ramen vending machine cooks noodles in just 90 seconds, serves four different types
- Casey Baseel
Mar 25, 2022
The wonders of the Yo-Kai Express sound like a myth, but they’re real.
- Japan
- (awesome • COK • cool • food • Haneda Airport • Noodles • ramen • vending machines)
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