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2 articles tagged #weird-japan.

• lifestyle

  Japanese vending machines — four million quiet little statements about how safe the streets are

  Vending machines on every corner, full of cash, working all night long. The reason that works is the part most foreigners miss.

• lifestyle

  Japanese convenience stores — the civic infrastructure that just happens to sell sandwiches

  Japan's convenience stores aren't really convenience stores — they're the country's everyday public infrastructure, awake at 3 AM, three minutes from anywhere.