You can buy just about anything from vending machines in Japan: drinks (hot and cold), ice-cream, alcohol, batteries, hot soup, ties, snack food, cigarettes and rice. Ok, so I don't like the fact that you can buy cigarettes, and I'm not sure about the alcohol, but on the whole, it is convenient. Of course, I've found myself spending money where I wouldn't have otherwise, but a hot drink from a vending machine is wonderful when one is frozen through.
However, vending machines are sometimes taken to extremes. In cheap restaurants, sometimes you order at a vending machine, and then take your ticket up to get a meal. At tourist destinations, it's very common to purchase a ticket from a vending machine, take the ticket to the person manning the ticket booth (who is doing nothing and looks bored), where it is exchanged for a real entry ticket.
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| The red are hot, the blue are cold |
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