Saturday, February 05, 2005

34. Vending Machine Central


Well it is already the final day, the morning is spent rushing about Shimbashi collecting gifts and souvenirs. Once this was done, it was time for the final meal before boarding the plane home. We stopped for one last Katsudon at a place where you pay your money into the machine to get a ticket which you hand in once inside for food. This reminds me of all the other vending machines like:
and:

Yep you can get hot chips 24 hours a day, but I don't think they would be that great. I didn't see great queues in front of this one, in fact it looked like it had never been used. You can get beer, cigarettes, hot coffee, ice cream and plenty of other things out of the vending machines of Japan and one is never more than a 50 metre walk, or so it seems.