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Those crazy Japanese vending machines
Jefferson Graham
USA TODAY
Nov. 22, 2019, 2:13 p.m. ET

Actor Tommy Lee Jones plugs Boss coffee at this vending machine, along with hot coffee, and cold green tea
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Meiji fruit drinks from this vending machine
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Milk drinks on the menu at this vending machine
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Pepsi, Lipton tea and lemonada highlight the offerings at this vending machine
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Many varieties of beer available from a Japanese vending machine
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Japanese vending machine.
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Sodas, juices and tea highlight these vending machine offerings
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Hot corn and bean soups among the offerings at this Japanese vending machine.
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Milk, grape juice and tea
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Red Bull and NY Mets themed Litchi
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Beer from a vending machine
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Highball drinks from a vending machine
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Beer in vending machine
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A Coca-Cola themed vending machine in Japan goes beyond soda to also include coffee, tea and energy drinks.
Jefferson GrahamSodas are rare in Japanese vending machines, which tend to feature coffee, tea, juices and soup. Here's a can of 7UP and Orangina.
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A hot coffee vending machine
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Welch's grape drink
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Tomato juice
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Boss coffee is a popular brfand in Japan
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Boss soup
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Japanese green tea
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Vitamin drink
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Shrimp soup
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Fruit juice
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Orange juice
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Tea
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Vanilla ice cream cone
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Chocolate ice cream cone
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Ice cream vending machine
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Cookies in a vending machine
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Milk tea in vending machine
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Carbonated water
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Hot corn soup in vending machine
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Lemon tea
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Yogurt drink
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Carrot juice from a vending machine
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A lemon drink
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Hot onion soup from a vending machine
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Mt. Rainier coffee
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Mitsuya Cider
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Hot chocolate
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It's hard to find non-liquid items in Japan vending machines, but here's some energy bars discovered in a train station.
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Japan energy bars
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A Pokemon themed vending machine in Japan
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