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Are there still machines selling cans of beer? That was one of the highlights of my visit to Tokyo. My host advised me that I must either stand at the machine a
by skeltoac 9y ago
Are there still machines selling cans of beer? That was one of the highlights of my visit to Tokyo. My host advised me that I must either stand at the machine and drink it or put it away while I walked. No drinking and walking.
I was 14.
- wodenokoto 9y agoNot in Tokyo anymore, but they do have them around Kansai still.
- jamesjyu 9y agoWait, really? I thought there were copious alcohol in Tokyo vending machines, at least the last time I visited.
- deeth_starr_v 9y agoMy hotel had beer in the vending machine on my floor. This was Tokyo last year. This was not a public vending machine though.
- veidr 9y agoThere are fewer in Tokyo than in the 1980s, but they still exist. They are in virtually wall hotels, but there's a beer and chuhai vending machine on the street near my kids' Tokyo preschool.
- nihonde 9y agoThey still have them in the vending room in many business hotels in Tokyo. Better than a minibar!
- wodenokoto 9y agoI stand corrected. I guess it depends on the ward / district and I've been hanging out all the wrong places!
- wakeless 9y agoBeer isn't in 'publicly' accessible vending machines any more as far as I can tell. It is however often available in the foyer of a place that normally sells beer (that might be currently shut.) Ski resorts are my main source of vending-machine beer. Nothing better than cracking a can of Sapporo Classic in your first gondola ride of the day.
- batiudrami 9y agoIt depends where you are in Japan. I haven't seen them around Tokyo (not to say they don't exist though) but other cities have them.
- oculusthrift 9y agoonly place i saw them in my entire trip to japan was in a hotel. And it was a little underwhelming because there was cheaper and a higher selection of alcohol at the Lawson 5 feet away from the hotel
- greggman 9y agoyes there are still beer vending machines in Tokyo as well as other liqour but they now require a special liqour id card to prove your age.
- nizmow 9y agoI was in Kyoto in 2013 and there were plenty of beer vending machines.
- joecool1029 9y ago>My host advised me that I must either stand at the machine and drink it or put it away while I walked. No drinking and walking. The animation on getting drinks out of vending machines in Shenmue (Dreamcast game) makes a lot more sense now.