[Nyororin]

I can still remember the shock I felt the first time I ran into a vending machine selling cds and portable cd players....

They aren`t exactly common, and it`s been years since I`ve seen one. It seems that foreigners here on holiday seem to run into more variety than someone who actually lives here. All the ones around here are for drinks. There is one selling snacks, and another selling batteries nearby, but tobacco products and alcohol are even rare around here.

Oh, wait, I wasn`t counting the one that sells fresh eggs, or the ones that sell rice. The thing is, I never think of those as vending machines... They just happen to be automated... selling... thingies.
If I have to bring my own bag (or buy one from another machine) like for the rice, or open a little door, it doesn`t seem too vending machine like. If I put money in and a pack of eggs or a bag of rice popped out of the bottom, I would probably feel differently.