Comments on: Vending Machines Galore!

By: teaddict

teaddict — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:07:21 +0000

http://timesonline.typepad.com/urban_dirt/

Why Vending Machines are better than Japanese civil service.

By: 羲

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:53:40 +0000

It looks so delicious!

By: coljac

coljac — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 08:12:37 +0000

I liked two things about the vending machines in Japan – one, the cans of hot drinks were dispensed at precisely the right temperature for drinking. Hot enough to revive you yet below scalding territory. The second was the ubiquity – narrow alleyways, vacant lots, inside buddhist temples – it must be in the Japanese constitution that no citizen who desires one shall be left without a beverage.

By: Grace

Grace — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 05:41:09 +0000

I love C.C Lemon!!I went to Japan this summer,and i bought 10bottles of C.C lemon.Actually,it was difficute for me to take them back to China.

By: Benjamin Ross

Benjamin Ross — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:39:50 +0000

Lawrence-

That’s what I heard too. While Tokyo was definitely more expensive than most Chinese cities, it wasn’t that ridiculously priced, but keep in mind I was playing it cheap. The prices of cheap food were quite similar to those in Hong Kong, however, my youth hostel was a little pricy…about 30 USD per night. But that still isn’t that expensive, especially when compared to China. The C.C. Vitamin was about 150 yen if I remember correctly, which is approximately 1 US dollar or 8 RMB.

By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:58:17 +0000

Interesting. I have heard that prices in Tokyo are much higher than any other city in Aisa, or even in the world, considering the the stuff in Tokyo is high quality as well. How much is the C.C. Vitamin?

By: Benjamin Ross

Benjamin Ross — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:14:47 +0000

This isn’t as cool as the iPod vending machines, but I did eat at several restaurants where you would order your food from a vending machine. After you paid, it would spit out a ticket which you would hand to your waitress who would then bring you your food. Very efficient…not sure if it’s really necessary or not, but quite efficient.

By: Emil

Emil — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:57:43 +0000

I would imagne it would suck pretty hard if the machine dident accept one of your notes

By: maxiewawa

maxiewawa — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:10:44 +0000

iPod vending machines? How many 100 Yen coins do you need to put into the machine to get one? Or are Japanese note readers in vending machines better than in SH?

By: james

james — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 06:16:45 +0000

Hahah AL beat me to the chase. Funny enough, they got rid of them not on moral but on hygienic grounds.

I’m still impressed by the iPod vending machines. I mean honestly, who is walking along and out of nowhere decides they need an iPod?