2007年2月9日金曜日

Japan Delight #2

Follow the light...


That's what they'd say if they could talk.

You know how they say slot machines are one-armed bandits? I suppose these vending machines would be like armless bandits? At least they keep you refreshed. :) Every time you pass one you can't help but want to buy something. The problem is that there's one every 10 feet or so. I don't even know how much money I've pumped into these things. It's shameful. They look even more inviting at night because the entire front is all lit up .

One of the most striking things here is the sheer amount vending machines EVERYWHERE. The thing is, none of them sell food. They usually only have drinks and cigarettes. While in Canada we're used to vending machines just having Coke and sugary stuff, here they have all kinds of drinks. For cigarettes there's usually about 20 or so types per machine. They even have peach menthols! I'm tempted to get them just to say I smoked some peach menthols. We'll see...

They have a few dozen variety of coffees, teas, juices and energy drinks. The other awesome thing is that they have HOT drinks as well. Yeah, hot. Weird huh? Basically it's a can of coffee or tea heated up in the machine. It's a little burny on your hands at first, but for those cold winter mornings it's pretty awesome. However, despite the plethora of coffees (which I enjoy) they don't really taste all that good. Man, I miss Timmy's.

Did I mention you can also buy beer and sake from the machines?

2 件のコメント:

Smuckers さんのコメント...

Mmm... i love buying things from machines! I don't blame you for wasting your non-existing child's education fund on drinks.
But not peach menthols! Even though i tend to (always) lean on the side with 'more jokes', don't smoke menthols!

NORM! さんのコメント...

but...peach!!! The curiosity is totally killing me. :(