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Only in Japan – Gold vending machine and others

From the Japanese Times:
Makishi Rokugawa says he is installing the first gold vending machines in central Tokyo so consumers can invest in “something real.”

Space International Ltd., … is offering gold or silver to the world’s biggest vending machine market,.

The machine offered 1 gram of gold for ¥6,800, or $82.30, according to the price Monday. Gold traded at $1,362.45 per troy ounce just before 11 a.m. in Tokyo, or about $44 a gram. The vending machine sells the precious metal in the form of coins and ingots, with weights ranging from 1 gram to a little more than 7 grams.

Other weird Japanese vending machines:

umbrella machine

Toast machine

Fresh eggs machine

Live crab machine - we kid u not!

Flower bouquet machine

Lingerie machine

Vending machine with built in adult recognition system

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