This happens when the "why Japan has flooded in the vending machine?" Is foreign to consider

ByDaniel Incandela

When the reporter of the American news media "Vox" visited Japan, I noticed that "the vending machine is everywhere" and considered "why are there so many vending machines in Japan?" A movie made public as a view of Japan's values ​​and economy as it examines about vending machines is a popular movie played more than one million times.

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The movie starts as Japan is overflowing with vending machines so that "one in 23 people" is said. The number of one in 23 people is the world's largest number of vending machines per person.


Vending machines for toys and ... ...


juice


There are various kinds of vending machines, such as cigarettes.


Before thinking about vending machines, I will talk about current state of Japan. First of all, Japan is an aging society with a median age of 46 years.


A reporter man says that this is about twice the average age of the world. The world average is WHO statisticsIt is 28.2 years old. The birthrate is 1.4 people, and overall, the population tends to shrink.


The labor force is greatly affected by this influence. A vending machine fulfills a big role to reduce the labor force that just receives money and delivers goods.


Next will be mentioned about the real estate situation in Japan. Despite Japan being a small country, 93% of the population lives in cities, people literallySUVA male reporter who says that he lives in a smaller apartment.


What is used as a photograph is the architect'sKisho KurokawaA capsule-type apartment housing completed by Showa 47 in 1974Central Capsule Tower Building.



Because a large amount of funds are required to put out a shop, the shop side said that it is getting a lot of profit by installing vending machines everywhere in the road instead of taking out a store .


Also, in an essay on Tokyo read by a male reporter in the past, the reason why the number of vending machines explosively increased was that Japan had a great admiration for "robot" and "automation", or because the owner had an obsession It is said that it was written.


Pepper stands on the street corner ......


There are ticket machines in the shop.


"Everything that can be automated is automated" "This implies a cultural trend" I want to automate every system "," a reporter.


When handling the food ticket to the shop assistant ......


Ramen is brought from the back of a small sandblast.


When the ramen is handed down, the bridge is dropped and the figure of the working person can not be seen.


Then the reporter pointed out ... ...


taxi. Certainly the opening and closing of the taxi door is also automated.


On the other hand, "I do not intend to exaggerate, there are many things that are done manually in Japan."


One cup of coffee dripped in a cafe ... ....



It is put in a metal bottle and it is quenched on huge ice.


Ice coffee is poured into a cocktail glass and cream on it.


this isCafe de RumbleIt is seen as a drinking coffee jelly "Amber Queen".


And, it is the coin that contributes to vending machines.


In Japan, payment based on cash is the mainstream, not credit card. Since people have many coins and there are coins equivalent to 5 dollar bills, it is said that it is a very good way to buy a snack at a vending machine to manage coins that tend to accumulate in their pockets It is.


That is why there are four vending machines in Japan, "aging society", "soaring labor force", "love for robots" and "too many coins".