My favorite Japanese vending machine & where do I put my trash?

[Epirc]

WTF is that blue drink that says SWEAT?

[myargonauts]

@Epirc read the answer to the comment below yours

[Epirc]

@myargonauts Haha I see, how attractive!

[thewienerwurst]

what the hell is "Pocari Sweat"....?

[myargonauts]

@thewienerwurst it's a sports drink - kinda like Gatorade - with a bland taste and it looks like heavily diluted milk.

[thewienerwurst]

@myargonauts well, you have to admit that "Pocari Sweat" isn't the best name for a sports drink...

[MkBopMw]

@thewienerwurst It tastes good :)

[fluxpedia]

@myargonauts What? Pocari sweat tastes awesome!

[rane998]

@thewienerwurst we have that in our country and is readily available at every drugstore and convenient store, but I have never tried one in my whole life becoz it sounds unappealing, I dunno why

[BloxPhantome]

@thewienerwurst I love it~ the best is to drink it after u play sport~ its refreshing and healthy~

[retropacgirl]

I like this video, if it's possible could you make more vending machine ones, thank you anyway

[PrincessSinderella]

Im moving to Japan in May for 3 years with my husband who is in the Navy. For some reason Im so excited about the vending machines! LOL! They look like they have some pretty good stuff! I want to have a vending machine food picnic!

[myargonauts]

@PrincessSinderella depending on where you end up living, they certainly have some high-tech ones.  Funnily enough, I really only use them most of the time for beverages - for everything else I usually stop by a conbini - which are everywhere too

[PrincessSinderella]

@myargonauts Not sure what a conbini is but I guess I will figure it out when Im over there. : ) We will be stationed in Yokosuka, thats about an hour train ride from Tokyo. Yokosuka is right on the Tokyo bay.

Japan looks amazing! I cant wait to experience its rich culture and have some fun adventures! : )

Im a little afraid of the food over there though. I only eat chicken, beef and rarley pork and I know they are big on fish and other things too that I would not eat. So Im a little scared.

[PrincessSinderella]

@myargonauts Also I wanted to ask you if anyone can go to the Japanese temples and shrines? I dont want to be disrespectful in any way while we are over there and I was wondering even though Im a Christian if I would be able to go into the temples and shrines to admire their beauty and architecture or do you have to be into Shinto and Buddhism to be able to experience them?

[myargonauts]

@PrincessSinderella almost all allow full access for any guests - but sometimes certain parts of the shrine, like the inner most building, may be off-limits to everyone, except for special days of the year.

[PrincessSinderella]

@myargonauts Thank you for answering my questions. : ) Oh, and what is a conbini? Is that a like a mini mart? And will I be able to find a lot of food in Japan that is just chicken and beef? Thank you! Sorry for all the questions, I just keep hearing different stories and since your over there I would think you would know for sure about these things.

[yamadago]

昔は日本でもそこいらじゅうにジュースの空き缶が棄てられていた­記憶が有ります。

私が子供だった20年前には確かにすでに空き缶ゴミは少なくなっ­ていました。

30年くらい前は結構街中でも空き缶を見かけました。原っぱや空­き地などでも。

[truckguy60]

A friend tells me that some restrooms do not have toilet paper. You are expected to bring your own. Is that true? My friend comes to USA and buys all these little packets of Kleenex to bring home with her to Tokyo.

[myargonauts]

@truckguy60 no - I've never been in a restroom without TP - but you don't get paper towel in restrooms, so you have to dry your hands on your own towel or with an air dryer. And you often don't get napkins at restaurants, so those kleenex can come in handy

[daicon76]

hi bud.do you live in japan?what do you do?what is your job right there?

[myargonauts]

@daicon76 go to my main page and you'll see playlists about the JET Programme - it's how I came to Japan in 2004. Now I teach at a University in Japan.

[tim1210]

usually there is an army of bin/can/burnable trash cans outside konbinis

[projectcrazy12]

i want to live in japan soooo bad im going to move there when i get out of college

[chocolateXameoba]

there's no trash cans because terrorist groups put bombs in them a while ago.

[Rubix4Life]

pepsi sucks, coke all the way

[siglap1933]

Hahah you cant read kanji 1:08

[myargonauts]

I'm afraid you misunderstood the point - I was explaining that if you can't read kanji you can still figure out how to use a vending machine.

[siglap1933]

l sorry for that im japanese ask me the kanji if you want sorry ;D

[zhieldjian]

I'll be going in japan next year..

around july or august..

[idaho777]

lol well figure it out

im guessing that i means temperature or drinks

so itll be cold temperature or colddrinks

[martymcflyca]

I'm quite surprised garbage cans are an endangered species. So, Disneyland in the states has a garbage can every 20 feet or so, is this not the case in Disneyland in Japan?

[myargonauts]

haha - yeah, Disneyland Tokyo might be an oasis of public rubbish bins, but I've never been there so I'm not sure. :)

[kasamy1]

Great video!

[Mieta79]

why do you guys argue about English!! XD

[NichiBeiTrader]

Yeah, those coffee machines are cool - how you can adjust the amount of cream and sugar to your liking.

[nattokirai2009]

It's all fun and games until the cockroaches which enter the plastic powder containers inside the machines start flowing into you cup. It happens.

[saiyansgal]

You really like Pepsi don't you ;)

[42317]

I remember my first Jihanki encounter on my second day in Japan... I really dislike carbonated drinks but I was very thirsty and would have drunk anything cold. Not knowing what it was I chose a white "Dakara" can.

... and after I took a first sip I knew I was in "anti-carbon heaven" because there was no gas in the drink! During the following year I exclusively consumed "Dakara" and "Boko" until they disappeared from the shelves.

[MTassarion]

I was in tokyo once... and we were on this tour. I had an empty bottle and I asked the tourguide in my then newly acquired japanese "ゴミ箱は　どこに　ありますか" and then she said "hahaha! ゴミ箱が　ありません！" and that was just up the street from tokyo station. I was rather astounded that there weren't any trashcans at all. And even more astounded that the city is as clean as it is even though there aren't any trashcans, yet so many vending machines.

[nattokirai2009]

Many vending machines have bins for empty cans or plastic "pet" bottles next to them. The reason there is hardly any public trash cans is because many people would pull mass "dump and runs". Japanese think, "I there aren't any trash cans, I will refrain from creating waste."

I saw some old dude at Lawson the other day dumping around 100 bottles in their bin.

[MTassarion]

In my country trash cans are all over the place and they're almost never full (some of them have this large underground compartment that holds a lot of trash) so you can always get rid of your trash. Somehow I can imagine it to be bad for tourism and tourist economy if there aren't enough trash cans :/ as you are not inclined to buy anything, because you can't get rid of your trash if you do. And on the other hand litter on the ground/full trash cans are a bad sight. So you need many of them.

[nattokirai2009]

They have it all worked out. The government wants people to dispose of garbage from home since, in many regions in Japan, people need to purchases special garbage bags (可燃物、不燃物 [for burnable and non-burnable garbage]). The garbage will only be collected if those bags are used. This works out in Japan because most Japanese do not litter.

[Tnakamura11]

The government wants people to dispose of garbage from home since, in many regions in Japan, people need to purchases special garbage bags.

ピリオドで2文にするべきです。

purchases に現在形にするべきです。

[Tnakamura11]

The reason there is hardly any public trash cans is because many people would pull mass "dump and runs".

最初のisはareにすべきです。

pull mass "dump and runs"という動詞はありません。造語だとしてもかなり無理が­あります。

[Tnakamura11]

Japanese think, "I there aren't any trash cans, I will refrain from creating waste."

Ifの "f" が抜けています。

厳密に言えばanyのあとは単数の名詞がきます。

[billi2800]

i want to go to japan sooooo much!!

[Xelico]

random question...do they allow you to record there? In that place specifically I mean. I dunno, just got the impression it was something that was frowned upon.

[myargonauts]

no - it's fine. There was no one around, so I wasn't bothering anyone. I was being quiet in case someone did walk in while i was filming.

[omnistegan]

I remember reading that the lack of garbage cans actually cuts down on litter. The idea is that when there are garbage cans around, people can see the garbage and are more inclined to litter. Something like that anyway.

[myargonauts]

interesting idea...

It is amazing that despite the lack of public trash cans, as others here have pointed out, Japan is relatively litter free - I never see trash in the streets, on the sidewalks, etc.

[6663000]

also do you have any idea how the hot canned coffe works. Wouldn't the metal can be as hot as the beverage?

[myargonauts]

sure - the cans are warm, but not so bad that you burn your fingers. It's the same when you get a really cold can from a machine - it kinda hurts to hold it after a minute since it's so cold - same with the hot cans - you just gotta shift it around. But it feels great on a really cold day to hold that can in your hands as a kind of warmer. :)

[6663000]

yea its a good idea eh?

[6663000]

YES, i love Japanese vending machines.

That town hal place seems so eerily empty.

[OnMyWay2TokyoU]

hey, no cusing, you told me not to cus, what gives?

[joshparra]

thanks i enjoyed ur vid.

[PiratePotatoe]

very pleasing video (:

[clinker54]

The Japanese believe that trash is your responsibility. You made it, it's yours. You are supposed to deal with it.

[myargonauts]

I've heard alternate theories that cite the 90s sarin gas attacks in the Tokyo subway where some of the gas bombs were left in public trash cans - and overnight all the trash cans went away - not sure if that's true - have to find someone that was living here back then.

[HardGaySuperFan]

It's odd that they don't have trash cans from my point of view, but I'm not Japanese. I would also be known as the ALT that loved cola because if I saw that I might actually holla "Yes, they have Pepsi!"

[bunsotim]

That trashcan thing is so true. The first time I found that out, we walked around all day in Aomori, and finally found 1 can. But amazingly enough, their streets are a lot cleaner than america. I was really impressed by that.

[mTANGproductions]

I love videos like these Jason! Do more like these!!

[Mine5555555]

who doesn't drink coffee?

[falujah]

Yeah too many people drink coffee... so boring.. they're obsessed! Break the habit! Drink tea or something! It's better for your sleeping cycle:P

[myargonauts]

i know, i know - I'm strange. I also don't drink beer or wine - it's made it interesting to live in a drinking culture like Japan.

I know for years after I leave Japan I will be remembered as the ALT who really liked cola.

[Tylatz]

I know how you feel. I don't have a penchant for tobacco, alcohol, or coffee. That's not normal for being in the Army. O_O

But man do I love my Dr. Pepper. :D I don't think it is even canned outside of the US though.

[Graehaus]

Man some of those vending drinks looked tempting. we are so boring here in NA. :S

[SlickWilly440]

No trash cans........just go the restroom, rip up the trash into tiny flushable pieces, and then flush it down the toilet.

[happyveggyman]

Why have I never thought of that. That's genius.

[Jaglos123]

another great and teaching video ;D

[WhiteMatrix2006]

I've wondered about the trash cans in Japan since I know they are big on the recycling aspects of life. Nice little short vlog. I have seen many other vending machine videos here on Youtube so nothing new, but still informative for those who have not seen vending machine videos who witnessed it themselves in person in Japan.

-Billy-

[enbejey]

I did notice that there were a lot of can receptacles next to the vending machines during my stay in Japan.

[myargonauts]

yeah - you do often find a pet bottle/metal can recycle bin next to vending machines - which is nice, but still not the same as a trash can.

[stefmax]

I was able to read off the hiragana! Studying pays off!

Interesting video! Made me kind of thirsty.

[demonvamp33]

i love japanese vending machines

[poshko41]

Absolutely true about the trash cans. I'll never forget walking around Todaiji temple in Nara for hours carrying a handful of garbage being hounded by shika (deer) the entire time! :D

[kansaiPJ]

You are sooooooo right about the lack of public trash cans. Argh!!!

[NaruXD]

seriously compared to holland - rotterdam where i am from your osaka looks dam clean how do you do it with so little trashcans (15 cans in rotterdam per 1 in osaka)

[bears57]

is it just ur area that doesnt really have pepsi or is it japan as a whole cause when i went to visit mexico they offer pepsi but no one really buys it the main drink is coke

[myargonauts]

you can get Pepsi here, but like Mexico, Coke is much more common.

[stargateheaven23]

I had a favourite vending machine in yokohama.. wow it was so cheap.. for full cans. like 90yen for a fanta.. :D

[nimyo]

I think the idea is that you take your trash to a convenience store and dispose of it all there. I'm a cowpiss fan, myself. Nice video :)

[ElevenColors]

Yah you just need to remember where the convenience stores are.

Few years back when I went skiing/snowboarding with my family in Aspen, I trudged a hundred yards to a vending machine in the middle of the parking lot... and there were no hot beverages. Blew my mind.

[pinkally1986]

LOL i got so excited watching this - i've been learning japanese for a while and saw コーヒー on the vending machine and just shouted "COFFEE! COFFEE!" in the library!

[myargonauts]

haha - yeah, it's fun to see some strange symbols and after studying they start to make words... :) Ganbatte!

[phillipcraig1]

OMG Real Pepsi!! lol. I've heard that you can find virtually anything and everything in vending machines in Japan. Strange that they dont have trash dispensers.

[ChemistInJapan]

You don't like coffee? What?! :D

I love me some hot UCC Black.

[eyesonvoi]

While I was in Tokyo, I had to carry my garbage in my pocket. It really was the worst for me. The greatest thing is that even without trash cans, the place is spotless...so unlike NYC.

Also, in every vending machine I went to it was so rare to find MAX coffee. I walked all over one city just to find it. XD I had to get my MAX coffee. XD

[Tnakamura11]

We got less trash cans in Tokyo since the infamous sarin attack .

And MAX coffee, it was a local brand which was available in Ibaraki and Chiba, I beleive. But, from this year, it became available in Tokyo too.

[nattokirai2009]

A= We got less trash cans in Tokyo since the infamous sarin attack .

B= And MAX coffee, it was a local brand which was available in Ibaraki and Chiba, I beleive.

本当はAとBは全然関係ない話ですので、正しい英文ではありませ­ん。（例文：　昨日はさ　電車の中で変な子に逆ナンされて、納豆食べなかった。）　w

[Tnakamura11]

2つのトピックが並列されているからこういう表現にしたんだよ。­口語レベルだとまったく問題ないと思うけど。

[nattokirai2009]

爆！！！！！

お前の英語力はゼロだぜ！何もしらね～　ｗチョー恥ずかしいおめ！

[ericsurf6]

You said "Um" twelve times.

[myargonauts]

you counted? that shows you care... LOL

I know, I know - my many "ums" are the price I pay for my "all-in-one-take" style

[ericsurf6]

Yeah, but you pull it off. I wish I could Vlog.

[ericsurf6]

Nice one Jason, I've got to do a video on vending machines.

[reynoldsair]

pepsi, ne. i haven't had a pepsi in years now...

[myargonauts]

yeah - it's somewhat rare out in the inaka. You can get Pepsi Twist (added Lemon) or Pepsi Nex (zero calorie) fairly easily, but getting regular Pepsi can be difficult.