To put it simply, thinking of a box full of coins and drinks, I think many people may have the idea “Is it really safe to just leave things like that throughout the city without anyone taking them?”
It is true there are less vending machines in Europe and the United States compared to Japan. In Japan, be it urban back alleys or rural alndscapes, vending machines light up the road 24 hours a day.
Vending machines are a very familiar sight for Japanese people, but they are nost just vending machines that sell only drinks. Everything from bread, dumplings, sashimi, accessories, origami, figurines, from freshly squeezed juice to wedding rings, a wide variety of things are sold in vending machines.
Japan is said to have the highest rate of vending machines to population of anywhere in the world. How about looking for the special vending machine that’s right for you in this vending machine capital of the world?