[1659447091]

Not to worry, the friendly clerk probably found the joke funny!

On another note, I really love the vending machine culture there. Never saw ones like this, but did end up scouring every machine I ran across for a particular white grape drink with odd chunks of something in it that I came across outside a small shop/market surrounded by rice fields. Found other grape drinks but not that one in the city.

[jonathanyc]

I loved the vending machines for drinks!! I had at least one novel drink every day and enjoyed almost all of them. If you remember the name of the white grape drink you mention I’d love to look for it, it sounds great.

[1659447091]

I wish I knew the name or had saved the can or at least a picture. I actually tried to explain to someone at a store hoping they knew what I was talking about; like in below; the result was me appreciating their culture of respect (or at least not openly saying all their thoughts) even more, because I'm sure they thought I was crazy.

It was all Japanese, I only knew it was white grape because of the picture of a green grape cluster. The rest of the can was all manner of Japanese characters of random sizes and boldness with I think a green star-burst or circle and a horrible picture indicating the fruity chunky things (or thats what I tell myself it was).