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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.
The drink was especially popular among middle-aged men in Japan. Taking advantage of the promotion, the criminal laced Oronamin C bottles with paraquat and placed them in and around public vending machines, to make customers think they got the promotion. [1] [2] [3] [7] The poisonings primarily occurred in western and central Japan, and in Tokyo.
It is a word of Japanese origin, coined by combining burumā (ブルマー), meaning bloomers, as in the bottoms of gym suits, and sērā-fuku (セーラー服), meaning sailor suit, the traditional Japanese school uniforms for schoolgirls; notably kogal. [1] [2] [3] Burusera shops sell girls' used school uniforms, panties and other fetish items.
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.
It originated in the 1960s [1] and is popular in Japan. The word Gashapon, a Bandai trademark, is onomatopoeic from two sounds, gasha (or gacha) for the hand-cranking action of a toy-vending machine, and pon for the toy capsule landing in the collection tray. [2] Gashapon is used for both the machines themselves and the toys obtained from them.
The first automat at 13 Leipziger Straße in Berlin, Germany [1] [2]) A food ticket machine in Japan in 2022. An automat is a type of fast-food restaurant where food and drink are served through a vending machine, typically without waitstaff. The world's first automat, Quisisana, opened in Berlin, Germany in 1895. [3] [4]
Want fresh bread when stores are closed? Wish vending machines offered more than junk food and soda? Some around the world are full of surprises.
According to the Wall Street Journal, strange vending concepts are developed because the vending machine as a cultural icon has faded in relevance, so selling out-there items like live bait and ...