> Was extremely helpful to have a vending machine every 10 m There used to be more vending machines, but the prevalence of convenience stores every 200m (or so

> Was extremely helpful to have a vending machine every 10 m There used to be more vending machines, but the prevalence of convenience stores every 200m (or so it seems) makes them less viable financially. It is a sad day when a favorite vending machines that sells something unusual just vanishes. Usually this is something like a type of seasonal beer that vending machines will have in stock longer than the stores do. Whole large banks of vending machines in Shinjuku have gone the way of the dodo. Sadness.