SEMBOKU, Japan — A remote Japanese ... who placed the vending machine outside his soba noodle shop near the railway station in Semboku, 250 miles north of Tokyo in Akita Prefecture.

This summer, a never-before-seen lineup of vending machines has been installed on the Meitetsu Nagoya Railway Line at Meitetsu Nagoya Station. The vending machines ... start appearing at more stations ...

Japanese vending machines, which offer whale ... options stands at the entrance to Tazawako station, where the country's famed Shinkansen or bullet train stops, as do other trains.

However, a 30-minute bus ride from Sagami-Ono station and ... for a taste of Japan’s recent past – dispensed from around 70 restored and working food vending machines from the Showa era ...