
The latest object to menace China with an unexpected propensity to explode is the humble automatic condom dispensary.
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Japan’s undeserved reputation for being a nation where anything and everything can bought from its omnipresent vending machines might be slightly less undeserved than previously thought if 2ch’s collection of vending machine aberrations is anything to go by:
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Nintendo may have won some notable successes in its war on modchips, or “majikon”, and related devices, but it seems in some places in Japan they are easier to get than ever, all thanks to the ubiquitous (and perhaps notorious) Japanese vending machine.
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For exhibitionists, and their titillated observers, nothing is more arousing than the everyday given a shocking twist, so these photographs of shopping exposure surely represent one of the most fully realised and extreme elements of the fetish.
From flashing to full on nude romping, in every establishment from supermarkets and conbini to department stores and fast food outlets, all kinds of mania are in evidence…
This being Japan, we are also presented with a selection of ladies posing at vending machines (which actually double as remarkably effective street lighting at night).
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Combining some of the most tired Japan related memes available, “strange items sold from vending machines – only in Japan!” and “things which shouldn’t be canned but are anyway – crazy Japanese!”, along with moe marketing, this Touhou tea-in-a-can vending machine looks set to become a favourite for desperate Akiba news sites.
The vending machine is currently operational in central Akihabara near all the interesting PC parts shops (right by T-Zone it would appear), so some of you may wish to pay a visit, if only to gawp.
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The challenge? Make this image moe. As it is an image of a man using a vending machine, and a small image at that, it will not be easy.
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