Japan has a huge variety of vending machines that practically sell anything, even live lobsters, toilet paper, alcohol, ice cream, panties and much more. There is about one machine for every 23 people (Japan has highest number of vending machines per capita). By the end of 2001 they had 5.55 million vending machines!!!
Photomann Travel Photography
http://photomann.com/japan/machines/
Bookrags
http://www.bookrags.com/Vending_machine
Sonic Net
http://www.sonic.net/~anomaly/japan/vending.htm
Pictures from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vending_machine
Pictures from Flicker
http://www.flickr.com/groups/japanese_vending_machines/pool/
*On a side note, during the 1950's the US (I'm not sure about other countries) airports used to have vending machines that sold life insurance policies.
October 1, 2007
"Jidohanbaiki" Means Vending Machine in Japanese
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Japan has chock full of vending machines. People rely on vending machine for what they want and get it also. There are so many unusual vending machines that are difficult to see in any other country.
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