Why These Old Japanese Vending Machines Are Genius

Dive into the guts of Japan's retro vending machines with Strange Parts and Only in Japan! We're looking inside everything from microwave popcorn to hot rice curry machines to uncover their quirky and brilliant inner workings.

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[Lizlodude]

4:35 the mechanism moving the bowl back halfway through the pour so the curry stays in the middle is amazing and I love it. That's the kind of thing you only get from someone who really loves what they're doing.

[lemagreengreen]

The sheer effort to keep all those machines working and crucially stocked given the various requirements is unreal, those people must love what they do and apparently enough of the public do as well :)

Great to see you back Scotty.

[TheDarkPreacher]

So good to see you travelling again, Scotty! Thank you for bringing us with you!

[asxphxss]

The microwave machine was amazing, the fact it uses an off the shelf microwave 😂 I definitely want to visit

[cptnno]

Mechanical logic has always been more interesting than digital logic to me. The care they take to keep them functional is amazing.

[joeytumbleson]

Scotty, after everything that's happened including your health scare I'm so happy to see you posting videos! I absolutely love your content, YouTube would never be the same without you! ❤😊🎉

[nimi]

It was an amazing surprise to see you on Jetlag the game this season. Glad to see you took the opportunity to visit this amazing place while in Japan.

[NishankBansal]

When a youtube notification brings smile.

[petershillito]

I've seen a lot of youtubers go to this place, but this is the first time I've seen the insides of them and how they work. I'm especially impressed by the curry one keeping both the rice and the pouches of curry warm and the pouch gets cut in the machine, and then they say it doesn't use a microwave **because it's from before microwaves**. Awesome video, thanks a lot.

[availablity]

Finally you are back
This time in Japan😊
Always loved your videos!!

[SimonKorzun]

I love all Strange Parts content but gosh did I miss this going to places and seeing things content a whole heck of a lot.

[TheToxicMinecraftian]

I love John Daub from Only in Japan. Crazy collab, I love it

[shubus]

Yesterday I saw John's video. And what a remarkable place it is. Japan has vending machines everywhere, but this old classic ones are the most fun and glad to see them being presered and used. Hope you are having fun in Japan.

[mastersingleton]

Thanks for a great collab with John aka Only in Japan.

[TheTsunamijuan]

Awesome to see you adding some new content. Hope that the workload was manageable for you .

[Sassenhaim]

Always found this place amazing, but to see the guts of the operation.

Thank you, arrigato 👏

[yakitatefreak]

I remembered seeing AkiDearest posting a video about this exact place near a tire shop about a year ago. It looks rather fascinating to see all sorts of retro machines come to life. This spot seems like a great place to check out in Kanagawa.

[chrislaws]

This is honestly amazing. It would be so much easier and probably cheaper for those people to just get rid of all the machines and just have a window for people to order stuff from, but it is AWESOME that they take the time to preserve these old machines and allow people to experience them in modern day.

[dionelr]

That’s pretty cool! Japanese engineering always fascinated me. And how many revisions of those machines did it take to get the curry poured just right, or the popcorn not make a mess? Fun fact: Rube Goldberg machines are called Pythagoras Switches in Japanese.

[sgajate]

What a great collab video!! I'm a long time follower of both channels and to see you guys together checking out this awesome machines was mindblowing! Keep up the good work and as always wish you guys all the best! Hugs from Argentina!