Thursday was a warm breezy day. I had originally intended to walk for about 30 minutes, but I ended up walking for 2 hours! Vending machines for drinks are on every corner. Thanks goodness too, because I needed water midway through my walk. I dumped my empty water bottle in the recycle bin at the next vending machine I came upon.
Part I of Vending Machines in Japan talked about the homemade crepe vending machine. I still haven't tried it. That previous post had links to other sites with photos. I finally got some photos of my own on my walk the other day. Of course, the odd vending machines are the most interesting. I found two on my walk, one was tame and the other was for family planning:)
First up the tame one: Did you forget to buy batteries? Hop over to your neighborhood vending machine and get the size you need. This machine looked aged. I could hardly see through its window.
Next up, feeling a bit in the mood but want to be safe? No drugstore in sight? No worries, just down the street (next to the window with Winnie the Pooh) is a "Rony Wrinkle" vending machine for your convenience. The machine does not give change, so be sure to have the exact change. The shadows are of people walking by as I was trying to get a good photo. So that is how this all fits into Shadow Shot Sunday:) For more photos of shadows, please visit Hey Harriet's blog.
Part I of Vending Machines in Japan talked about the homemade crepe vending machine. I still haven't tried it. That previous post had links to other sites with photos. I finally got some photos of my own on my walk the other day. Of course, the odd vending machines are the most interesting. I found two on my walk, one was tame and the other was for family planning:)
First up the tame one: Did you forget to buy batteries? Hop over to your neighborhood vending machine and get the size you need. This machine looked aged. I could hardly see through its window.
Next up, feeling a bit in the mood but want to be safe? No drugstore in sight? No worries, just down the street (next to the window with Winnie the Pooh) is a "Rony Wrinkle" vending machine for your convenience. The machine does not give change, so be sure to have the exact change. The shadows are of people walking by as I was trying to get a good photo. So that is how this all fits into Shadow Shot Sunday:) For more photos of shadows, please visit Hey Harriet's blog.
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Have a great weekend!
This is just so nice and LIKE it shot. Neat too.
I see two pots in the corner. Are they astrays?
{Love your new background!!}
PJ, The Hokkaido scallop vending machine is a new one for me!
Sweet Repose, Japan is fascinating for me too.
Richie, I think those might be empty flower pots.
Harriet, I wonder what those shadowed people were thinking:)
Summer kitchen, Hurray! Glad you like my new background.
Sylvia, that makes two of us with a soft spot.
About the snow...I have to tell you, this winter almost sunk me..
Sure, we have snow, but we were getting 6 to 12 inches at a time..
What I was asking, where is the global warming? Say, what they want, it was a snowy/cold winter and I am glad to see the brown grass..
I have never seen batteries in a vending machine before....wow!
I bet people would be too embarrassed to ask for change from the other one....
(i *have to* visit japan. and not just to witness the vending machines, lol!)
Batteries, on the other hand, are always needed for the camera!
Happy SSS
Chris, that's a good question! It is uncanny how many vending machines and convenience stores there are. At one city corner, you are guaranteed to find two of each, vending machine and convenience store!