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Re: Japanese Vending Machines at Night Juxtaposed with a Wintry Hokkaido Landscape

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Post by DamonHD » Thu, Oct 05, 2017, 8:38 PM UTC

ISL wrote: post #2

Getting a hot chocolate out of a vending machine while the sky is dumping snow is one of life's many sublime pleasures.

Getting a painfully hot can of sake out of a street vending machine was an interesting experience for me, albeit in Tokyo.

Seeing my ryokan vending machine stock some mixture of underwear, shoes, toiletries and just possibly food (that may have been a separate machine), also!

Re: Japanese Vending Machines at Night Juxtaposed with a Wintry Hokkaido Landscape

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Post by spike021 » Thu, Oct 05, 2017, 8:39 PM UTC

I'd love to visit Japan, and Hokkaido specifically. Seems like such a nice place.

Re: Japanese Vending Machines at Night Juxtaposed with a Wintry Hokkaido Landscape

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Post by starshadowx2 » Thu, Oct 05, 2017, 8:44 PM UTC

tinix wrote: post #3

Why is this even posted here? It doesn't seem even remotely relevant to Hacker News.

Is there even a "relevant to Hacker News"? I've always seen it as things that people find interesting. If you don't like it then downvoting is an option if you're able to.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

"If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity"

Re: Japanese Vending Machines at Night Juxtaposed with a Wintry Hokkaido Landscape

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Oct 05, 2017, 8:56 PM UTC

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Re: Japanese Vending Machines at Night Juxtaposed with a Wintry Hokkaido Landscape

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Post by netrap » Thu, Oct 05, 2017, 8:58 PM UTC

tinix wrote: post #3

Why is this even posted here? It doesn't seem even remotely relevant to Hacker News.

I find vending machines interesting. I think it does apply to the general feel here. I'd love to see the internals more often though!

Re: Japanese Vending Machines at Night Juxtaposed with a Wintry Hokkaido Landscape

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Post by dllu » Thu, Oct 05, 2017, 8:59 PM UTC

Some vending machines in Japan are designed to give out free drinks during an emergency [0]. That could be one of the reasons why there are so many well-maintained vending machines everywhere, even in remote areas.

[0] http://www.coca-colacompany.com/stories/16-things-you-didnt-...

Re: Japanese Vending Machines at Night Juxtaposed with a Wintry Hokkaido Landscape

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Post by gm-conspiracy » Thu, Oct 05, 2017, 9:10 PM UTC

tinix wrote: post #3

Why is this even posted here? It doesn't seem even remotely relevant to Hacker News.

Cool photos of machines.

Photos of other cultures.

Provokes discourse.

Re: Japanese Vending Machines at Night Juxtaposed with a Wintry Hokkaido Landscape

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Post by montecarl » Thu, Oct 05, 2017, 9:13 PM UTC

For even more photos from this set see the photographers site: https://www.sapporo-creation.com/existence

Re: Japanese Vending Machines at Night Juxtaposed with a Wintry Hokkaido Landscape

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Post by skeltoac » Thu, Oct 05, 2017, 9:15 PM UTC

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.

Re: Japanese Vending Machines at Night Juxtaposed with a Wintry Hokkaido Landscape

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Oct 05, 2017, 9:17 PM UTC

netrap wrote: post #15

tinix wrote: post #3

Why is this even posted here? It doesn't seem even remotely relevant to Hacker News.

I find vending machines interesting. I think it does apply to the general feel here. I'd love to see the internals more often though!

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