Forrest Brown

Beer Vending Machine in Tokyo.

I thought it was cool that one of the cans of beer was actually a can full of crackers and nuts

Ramen for Lunch. Many small restaurant in Japan use vending machines at the entrance of the restaurant for ordering your food. Put your money in, select what looks good and the machine will spit out a little ticket that you give to the server when you’re seated. I liked it because usually the buttons on the vending machine have a photo of the food on them, so it makes ordering easy for someone who doesn’t speak or read Japanese.

Ramen

Food ticket vending machine

Interesting Mashed Potato machine in a 7-Eleven.

I was in a train station when I spotted this vending machine. It sells books, which makes sense for a train station, buy a book to read on your train ride. But what was a bit strange is that the books were waterproof for reading while in the bathtub.

I was walking through Tokyo Station on my way home and I spotted really cool vending machine. It’s a vending machine for making your own business cards. There’s a touch screen where you can select a design and enter all of your information, then your cards are printed out. All for only 400 yen ($4.00).

Everyone knows that Japan is famous for vending machines, but in Hong Kong I found a cool umbrella vending machine. I wonder if it’s connected to the weather so that it know to jack up the price when it’s raining.

Everybody has probably heard that the are lots of crazy vending machines in Japan. This is a pretty unique vending machine that i saw in a train station in Osaka. It serves hot hot food like hot dogs, fries, squid balls and other cooked food.