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Information. Shokken machines were first seen in 1926 at Tokyo Station [1] There are currently over 43,000 shokken machines in Japan. [2] Shokken are often found in restaurants, cafes, fast-food restaurants and other establishments. A typical shokken machine features buttons where the customer can select an item, a coin slot, where the customer ...
Vending machines offering hot food The Sagamihara Vending Machine Park (相模原レトロ自販機, Sagamihara Retoro Jihanki) is a collection of retro vending machines in the city of Sagamihara in Kanagawa, Japan. It was created by Tatsuhiro Saitō (齋藤辰洋, Saitō Tatsuhiro), the president of the Rat Sunrise used tire shop, originally to entertain waiting customers. [1][2] It has over ...
A yatai in Tokyo area during its closed hours Yatai are typically wooden carts [2] on wheels, equipped with kitchen appliances and seating. Handles and seating fold into the cart while it is being transported. [8] A pushcart usually measures 3 by 2.5 meters. [4] Vendors serve a variety of foods from traditional Japanese cuisine such as ramen, gyoza, and tempura. [6] Beer, sake, and shōchū ...
In Akihabara, Tokyo, vending machines distribute warm ramen in a steel can known as ramen kan (らーめん缶). It is produced by a popular local ramen restaurant in flavors such as tonkotsu and curry, and contains noodles, soup, menma, and pork. It is intended as a quick snack, and includes a small folded plastic fork. [57]
This example of automation dates back to the Japanese economic miracle; the first of Yoshiaki's conveyor belt sushi restaurants was opened under the name Mawaru Genroku Sushi in 1958, in Osaka. [2] In the early 1970s a number of restaurants served food solely through vending machines. These restaurants were called automats or, in Japan, shokkenki.
Sukiyabashi Jiro (すきやばし次郎, Sukiyabashi Jirō) is a sushi restaurant in Ginza, Chūō, Tokyo, owned by Jiro Ono. [2] Ono previously operated as the head chef, but stepped aside in favor of his son Yoshikazu Ono in 2023 due to ill health. [3] Sukiyabashi Jiro was the first sushi restaurant [4] to receive three stars from the Michelin Guide. [5] It was removed from the Michelin ...
Sushi Saito (鮨さいとう, Sushi Saitō) is a Japanese cuisine restaurant in Minato, Tokyo, primarily known for serving sushi. It had three Michelin stars until it chose to stop accepting reservations from the general public.
In Japan, convenience is king and getting tested for COVID-19 can be highly inconvenient. Part of solution, as it is for a range of daily necessities in Tokyo, has become the humble vending machine.