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Published book 'When I'm Hungry, I Read Culture' Purchase link: https://bit.ly/3tnybpW Japan is a vending machine paradise. You'll naturally wonder, "How can there be so many?" In 2000, when it peaked, the number of vending machines in Japan was about 5.6 million. At that time, the Japanese population was about 127 million, so that's a whopping 1 for every 23 people. If you just look at the number of vending machines, the United States has the most, but Japan has the highest density in the world. Of course, it can't even compare to our country, which has 200,000 vending machines. Japan is called a vending machine paradise not just because of the large number. Japan sells a wide variety of things through vending machines. It might be easier to look into what they don't sell through vending machines. You can assume that they sell everything in a convenience store. Some things are even better than those in convenience stores. So why are there so many vending machines in Japan? There are practical reasons, cultural reasons, and the comfort of anonymity. #Japanese people's tendencies #Japanese vending machines #Reasons for the development of Japanese vending machines