Vending machine culture. Two drink vending machines beside a parked red SUV on a narrow street in Japan
Photo: Alpgiray Kelem · Japan · 2026-06-09 · Editorial use
Tokyo, Japan - June 9, 2026: Two drink vending machines stand against a gray wall on a narrow side street in Japan, behind a red Toyota four-wheel drive vehicle parked at the curb. A woman in a face mask, white blouse and black trousers walks past the machines with a black backpack over her shoulder. The machines display rows of bottled and canned drinks behind their glass fronts. In the foreground, the red vehicle shows a chrome grille with TOYOTA lettering, twin rectangular headlights and a Japanese license plate. Weeds grow at the base of a tiled wall on the left, where a metal pipe runs up the corner of a building. Japan is one of the countries with the most vending machines in the world.
- City Life
- Protective Face Mask
- Street
- Afternoon
- Alley
- Backpack
- Bottle
- Brand Name
- Can
- Car
- Choice
- Consumerism
- Convenience
- Drink
- East Asia
- Glass
- Gray Color
- Headlight
- Japan
- Japanese Culture
- Land Vehicle
- License Plate
- Narrow
- Parking
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