It seems that the Japanese are crazy for vending machines. They are absolutely everywhere. You'll find them in the subway stations, the highway rest stops, around parking lots and on practically every corner. We'd just be walking down the street, and boom, there's another vending machine. And I'm not talking about your standard Coke machines or the little vending machines that you can get a Snickers bar or a bag of crackers out of at home. Japanese vending machines pop out everything from drinks to ice cream to hot cooked noodles and chicken dishes and even sushi. It's unbelievable the things you can get out of a vending machine here in Japan. Here are just a few of the vending machines that we encountered along the way.
Of course, we couldn't just see all these vending machines and only buy something as ordinary as a drink, which of course we did do. Ashley really wanted to try some kind of hot food. After some deliberation, she chose the french fries. We figured that there wasn't too much you could do to mess those up. Ordering cooked food from a vending machine is quite adventurous enough, thank you very much, without adding the threat of salmonella poisoning from tainted chicken. So we dropped in our coins and the vending machine adventure began. About four minutes later, out popped some piping hot french fries.
Surprisingly, the french fries were pretty good! Maybe next time we'll really live on the edge and try something wild and crazy - like ice cream. ;-)
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