You might be surprised to find out that in Japan, vending machines ... Or maybe it's a remote-control car or tickets to a theme park! What’s the best vending machine surprise YOU can imagine?

YOKOHAMA—No ghosts haunt the “phantom” automat located in a corner of Kannai Station along the Yokohama Municipal Subway.

Ohashi uses the vending machines and their locations to show the diversity of Japan's many regions and the contrast between Japan's urban future and its rural past. Ohashi told Business Insider ...

According to the Japan National Tourism Organization, vending machines are “seldom broken ... accepted credit cards to purchase subway tickets. Major chains took credit cards, but lots of ...

And the shop emphasizes it only uses ingredients produced in Japan. “We used to make vending machines for a few years after the war, but we no longer make them, nor can we repair them,” a ...

Vending machines in Japan will offer free food and drink in the event of a major earthquake or typhoon. Two machines have been installed in the western coastal city of Ako, which lies in a region ...