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Japan is vending-machine heaven, you can buy a huge variety of products from vending machines, and you can find the machines everywhere (within a hundred meters from my apartment there are at least 9). My favorite vending machine is the coin-operated... ...full story at Loulogue

from Loulogue on Sat, Jan 26 2008

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