Japan's Third Banana Vending Machine (Photo)

In a press release from last November, Dole Japan announced it's new banana vending machine to be installed at Tokyo station on the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi train/subway line. This is the first machine to be installed on Tokyo's Metro lines. Here is a photo of that machine:



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Dole Japan has another banana vending machine in Shibuya, Tokyo and another one in Fukuoka. These machines dispense "Bobby Bananas" 「ボビーバナナ」in sets of five for 390 yen ($4.89) or singles for 130 yen ($1.63).

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WTF Japan Accepts Worldwide Refugees!

Mmmmmm......not really. But for at least one foreigner obsessed with smoking and going to Japan, all of his dreams come true in this very funny and ironic WTF TV short:



Actually, this is a somewhat dated ad for Midor Anzen ミドリ安全株式会社 and its useless "smoking section machines" that are seen in just about every office all over the nation. Below is a wacky google translation Engrish generation of one of this company's Q&A's:




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Japanese Dog Washing Machine

Nothing unusual here, just a picture of a Japanese dog washing machine:



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Still frame from the "Dry Ice Esthetic Machine Demonstration Video" in which an esthetician and two Japanese models demonstrate how to use the dry ice esthetic machine on late-night Japanese TV in 1994. At that time, in Japan it was really believed that freezing the skin was a good way to preserve beauty and esthetics.