Everything You’ve Heard About Japan is True (a series)

Example #3: Vending machines are everywhere

All over every street

In front of houses

In front of traditional stores

In parking spaces

At temple entrances

However, 99.9% of the machines are pretty much exactly the same, and just sell liquids – water, soda, Sweat, Boss. Here’s a typical one (& I just noticed this one had Mt. Dew!)

This is NOT what I expected. I was led to believe you could buy anything from vending machines here: hot food; underwear; kittens.

I’ve seen none of this.

I did finally find a beer machine, but there was no way to get one from it

And a cigarette machine finally appeared

But still no food, animals, or kink. I know they’re out there — I’ll keep searching.