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Begin Japanology Vending Machine (Original Post) YoshidaYui Aug 2025 OP
Wow! Nittersing Aug 2025 #1
Fascinating! nocoincidences Aug 2025 #2
I often make mental maps of machines that offer my favorite drinks, miyazaki Aug 2025 #3

Nittersing

(7,935 posts)
1. Wow!
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 10:57 AM
Aug 2025

Japan's vending machine game is strong!!!

That was a really interesting video. Thanks for posting.

miyazaki

(2,576 posts)
3. I often make mental maps of machines that offer my favorite drinks,
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 01:01 PM
Aug 2025

based on price, distance, particular flavors etc. One of my favorites was a small neighborhood milk distributor that had a machine that vended various types of milk in cute little glass bottles, (kept a couple).

Something else you can observe is when a drink is on its way out. It will slowly start to disappear from the machines that it is branded to. One such drink was Asahi Craft Cola. Being a soda aficionado, I had such high praise for this cola I actually rated it on par with or better than Coke. It contained a very Japanese ingredient, shiso leaf. Some of these drinks are rotated in market tests. I hope this one is revived.

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