tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9653036.post8868537676009784707..comments2008-06-11T17:08:00.576+09:00Peter in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11406234614984212429noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9653036.post-44291519309878781922008-06-11T17:08:00.000+09:002008-06-11T17:08:00.000+09:00Everyone loves ice cream, so everyone should also love ice cream vending machines!ice machineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631927394237653336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9653036.post-54493250239777102262008-06-11T17:01:00.000+09:002008-06-11T17:01:00.000+09:00Everyone loves ice cream, so everyone should also love ice cream vending machines!ice machineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14631927394237653336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9653036.post-51416569707942051052008-04-22T12:25:00.000+09:002008-04-22T12:25:00.000+09:00Peterd, あったかい is just a warmer, fuzzier way of saying warm. Feels like "toasty" somehow ^_^<BR/><BR/>Chocolate Whore, pretty sure you mean gashapon, which are the capsule toys. Gachaman is a team of science ninjas...But they are fun to buy stuff from. I once saw -- I am not kidding -- a series of Ultraman toys in capsules, one of which was Ultraman being crucified on a cross. Woah...Peter in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11406234614984212429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9653036.post-52156486020354410752008-04-22T10:37:00.000+09:002008-04-22T10:37:00.000+09:00I've heard about this to some degree.<BR/>I probably would like the idea of a vending machine for various products and services.<BR/>(And those gachaman(?) machines sound like a nice way to build up ones figure collection! :D )<BR/>But I guess it doesn't help a whole Hell of alot when you have a large currency bill that you would like to break.<BR/>Well, you can't have everything...Chocolate Whorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05782409347151324592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9653036.post-82738842269098561572008-04-22T02:05:00.000+09:002008-04-22T02:05:00.000+09:00Reminds me of some vending machine issues I have had when in Japan.<BR/><BR/>One was at the school I went to, when they changed from winter mode to summer mode (so hot drinks were replaced with cold drinks). I was so used to just going and buying my Royal Milk Tea that I didn't notice the tsumetai label that replaced the below the attakkai label (BTW - why is it あったっかい, instead of あたたかい?).<BR/><BR/>Another time was when I went for ramen at a store that had the vending machine. I couldn't read the kanji names, so I chose based on price (chose one of the more expensive ones - 700-800 yen). Figured this would give me more meat and veggies. The woman behind the counter said something about 3 people, which I understood when it arrived - it was about the size that 3 people would eat.PeterDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01263443398462972771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9653036.post-71259292033100984102008-04-21T23:56:00.000+09:002008-04-21T23:56:00.000+09:00Hm, haven't seen a credit card based vending machine yet. Usually it's done by cash, and vending machines (usually) take 10,000 yen notes, the equivalent of $100 bills. They're quite handy to have around. Our rural liquor shop basically lives from the income in the vending machines outside the shop.Peter in Japanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11406234614984212429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9653036.post-17939006573131913972008-04-21T21:32:00.000+09:002008-04-21T21:32:00.000+09:00I wonder what such businesses do when the machines break down. There are a few places in the UK, mainly university campuses I think, with vending machines for computer supplies; <A HREF="http://www.dur.ac.uk/its/servicedesk/vending_machine/" REL="nofollow">the one at my university</A> couldn't complete a transaction for some reason and then failed to refund my debit card account. The company was very good about it, but it took a week to sort out the refund; that's the last time I try to buy a USB hard drive from a vending machine. I'd certainly be nervous about having a business reliant on one and the staff unable to open it.Robert Seddonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01716313716335678798noreply@blogger.com