vending machines (Page 8)
Japan has a lot vending machines, but there’s only one like this.
Our reporter Seiji ventures back to Ueno’s bug vending machine to learn if crickets and grasshoppers taste the same.
We take a chance with a random selection from a machine that sells tarantulas and dung beetles for you to eat.
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Just when we thought Japanese vending machines couldn’t get any more awesome, we’re happy to be proven wrong.
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