Might be worth noting that the variety of stuff you can get from machines tends to be better than in the west, e.g. http://www.hachiyoh.co.jp/master/products/ki

Might be worth noting that the variety of stuff you can get from machines tends to be better than in the west, e.g. http://www.hachiyoh.co.jp/master/products/kirin.html http://www.hachiyoh.co.jp/master/products/kirin.html / https://www.suntory.co.jp/group/sbs/business/vending/suntory/ https://www.suntory.co.jp/group/sbs/business/vending/suntory... where there's some soda, sure, but also various teas, juices, coffee, flavored water, sports drinks, etc with way more of the display space given over to non-soda stuff. Sure, you can get a water, a gatorade or maybe a tropicana juice but that's usually about it for the average American machine.