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YoshidaYui

(44,286 posts) Tue Aug 12, 2025, 11:24 AM Aug 12

Begin Japanology Vending Machine

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Begin Japanology Vending Machine (Original Post) YoshidaYui Aug 12 OP

Wow! Nittersing Aug 12 #1

Fascinating! nocoincidences Aug 12 #2

I often make mental maps of machines that offer my favorite drinks, miyazaki Aug 12 #3

Nittersing

(7,510 posts)

1. Wow!

Reply to YoshidaYui (Original post)

Tue Aug 12, 2025, 11:57 AM

Aug 12

Japan's vending machine game is strong!!!

That was a really interesting video. Thanks for posting.

nocoincidences

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2. Fascinating!

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Tue Aug 12, 2025, 12:13 PM

Aug 12

I really look forward to your videos, music or educational.

miyazaki

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3. I often make mental maps of machines that offer my favorite drinks,

Reply to YoshidaYui (Original post)

Tue Aug 12, 2025, 02:01 PM

Aug 12

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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