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Vending machines

You won't believe how many vending machines there are in Japan. They sell mostly drinks (but I also saw cigarettes). The drinks are both cold and hot; on cold days, hot milk and tea was the best treat ever. Most of the cans are really high quality and you cannot squeeze them with your hands. Pepsi and Coca Cola come in bottles made of aluminum and they are closeable. The western 33cl (16oz) seem to be too big for Japanese, that use mostly 22cl for sodas (but milk-tea and green tea can be a pretty big size, too).
The Japan experience

April 2nd 2010
Friday, April 2nd 2010 Today is the day I have been waiting forever: I finally go to Japan! I am at the San Francisco airport right now. It's 11.30am, my flight is going to be at 1.05pm. I really did not plan this vacation as much as I wanted and omitted many details. Only yesterday I went to Bank of America to change some dollars in Japanese Yen (I have 89,000 yen in my pocket, wh ... read more
Asia » Japan

Japanese Flag In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more
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