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I was shocked he didn't know how to play pinball. As a Canadian it was a standard of my youth here and thinking about it you Japanese were more into Pachinko (or so i thought) back in those days. Love em both but thanks for the culture shock on something so simple as pinball ;)

My dude had no idea how pinball worked and that really made me wonder how many things I just assumed everyone knew about.

oof watching that pinball machine segment hurt.

I think the pinball machines have buttons on each side that you can press to make the flippers at the bottom move to bounce the ball back up to hit more things and increase the score.

I love Japan, never been there but the culture seems so rich and peaceful. I hope your country keeps being prosperous.

Japan is weirdly old school yet futuristic at the same time if it makes any sense

5:42 Ah! That childhood memories.....Nostalgia, Windows XP 2003 Microsoft Game Pinball, my first ever computer video game.

You are NOT a Pinball Wizard

I recently discovered your RU-vid channel, and I'm absolutely fascinated about it, it's so relaxing and entertaining, I'm a person who suffer from anxiety among other things and it helps a lot ♡ keep going with such an amazing job ! Greetings from Argentina 🇦🇷💗😊

The concept of buying a soda for 70 cents is just nuts to me! You'd probably have to go back over 30 years in the US to buy soda that cheap!

For the game, there are buttons on the sides of the machine. You press the buttons to move the flippers inside the machine to send the pinball around and collect points. Your turn ends when the pinball slides between the flippers. Oh, and Coke from a vending machine in a glass bottle is absolutely the very best taste.

I love vending machines. Yours are waaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than the ones we have in the States. Here we just have snacks like chips and candy and drink ones as well

I wish so badly for something like this to be a thing. I've always thought it was really neat to get an actual quality "hot meal" from a vending machine. That old school feeling with that hint of futuristic hits the right medium for me.

Info about some of the vending machines: The curry vending machine actually opens the retort package with an internal blade and pours it over the rice, then serves it. The sandwich vending machine actually has a sandwich press inside, positioned vertically. Normally the shutter at the bottom is closed, but once it is done toasting, the sandwich press opens with the bottom shutter open, dropping the finished food into the chute, which is why it feels like a lava sandwich!

It's a pinball. Now you have a reason to go back there, to play it properly :) I was really surprised how unexpensive these products are. Especially considering that the machines run on electricity all day. But maybe Japan isn't hit by the energy crisis ? In Belgium, they tend to shut down the few vending machines you can find here and there, I guess because it costs too much in electricity. And the prices of the products sold are way higher than in this video (at least the double).

Thanks for taking us , that was Fun !! would love to try some, and all looked good 🥰🌸✌

Thank you for your fun videos. I know other people have explained it already, but the game you were unfamiliar with is called pinball (again, you now already know this). The oldest pinpall machines didn't include flippers, and werw very similar to pachinko. They were usually laying down but sloped at an angle. You pull the plunger, the little lever with the spring on it, in order to launch the ball into the game. The pin part of pinball is for the metal pins that the metal ball hits as it travels around the play field. You pull the plunger down and launch the ball into the playfield. Your goal is to keep the ball in play as long as possible, and to accumulate points. The two little paddles that your ball traveled in between are called flippers. Each flipper is controlled by a button, located on the side of the machine, near the front. You can use use the flippers like ping pong paddles, to catch, block, and propell the ball all over the play field. If your score is high enough, you may get multi -ball, where you have to keep multiple balls in play. Most machines will give you three turns per game. If your score is very high, you can sometimes also win a free game. Modern, fancy games also have added elements built into certain games. I think pinball machines are really fun and interesting, and also beautiful to look at.

You're the best Japanese travel channel, and I watch all of them!

That bread looked perfectly toasted. Crazy how old these things are and still work so well.

It’s pretty cool that Japan still has those old fashioned Coca Cola vending machines.

Thank you. Enjoying these videos!

I love how the tire shop owner is into these classic vending machines

This place is so unique, it's definitely made it on my travel list for when I visit japan!

Its cool you went back here because theres just so many vending machines

Your videos are so pure and charming. Wish we had vending machines like that here in Australia. The vending machines here are very generic. The coolest vending machine I've seen in person is a coffee making vending machine but that's about it.

i love videos like this I could live off these machines for the rest of my life

I love this channel and content, thank you!!

In the days when glass soft drink bottles were common 16 oz was the largest size. Grocery stores usually kept the returned bottles in an area outside the main store. Employees hated the task of stacking and sorting the bottles. In warm weather the sweat residue attracted stinging yellow jackets, other insects and rats. Soft drinks were better in bottles and before the 1980s carbonated drinks were made with sugar which made the flavors crisper and more refreshing with finer bubbles and less aftertaste. Coke with high fructose corn syrup is a shadow of its former glory.

The orange gum boat was a neat touch, I'm glad you showed that. I can remember getting glass liter bottles of sunkist and 7up back in the day here in the states, never saw a coke liter though.

so comforting to watch your videos

Great content as always. I enjoyed watching it and loved it once again. Keep up the good work. 👍👍👍😍😍😍

The amount of power it takes to keep them going must be immense! No that I'm complaining. I'd visit in a heartbeat!

Watching these kind of videos makes me feel like their satisfying!❤

your videos bring me peace

What a neat place, it was very fun to live vicariously through you! Greetings from the state of California!

“There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy”❤❤

Nice video! The cherry blossoms are so pretty and there are many cool vending machines. I really hope to go there in the future 😄👍

Japan's vending machines are the most pocket friendly one I swear! You can even find a 50 yen drinks inside a vending machine ! Like one of the comments here, they never rip you off!

I’m not a curry man myself, but anything that makes a hot meal is pretty cool. Was hoping you would get the ham and cheese on toast in the toast vending machine. Good job. Thank you.

For those who were confused and thought that this was a re-upload, it's their 2nd visit there and they clearly stated that in the video...

To the large bottles. In my home country when I was a kid, yeah 1L bottles from anything sofa was glass. 2L was an old version of PET but for long time they were glass and were amazing in taste. But I really want to go there just to see those old machines. Nice one for sharing and the guys from old tire shop, good job maintaining all that. It really is a gem to be honest.

Thanks for including the Sakura tree view and moment with Doraemon! thats a sweet bonuses!

Maybe the hot food machines don't have all the choices shown on them because it would be difficult for the owner to get all the foods to stock them, since the machines are very old. I would really like to know how the hot food machines work, especially the curry machine, because it looked like it was put into the bowl when it was ordered (not like some modern vending machines where the food is frozen and microwaved, and the food is in a sealed container when it comes out of the machine).

Love the video, your pinball skills are legendary ;)

In the 1970’s the rotating vending machines replaced people in cafeterias. The introduction of modern microwave really made eating a hot meal away from home convenient. Airports, bus terminals and public/government buildings had lots of vending machines. Truly a functional art form that is fun and satisfying!

The game that you tried playing was a pinball. You now have another reason to come back to that place. 😂 We want you to see playing it.

Yay part 2 xD! Regarding the 1L bottles, yes they used to sell those before the plastic ones. They have one for beers too lol! I guess it's more cost efficient for them to go for plastic since not 100% off the glass bottles get returned, then not all are in perfect condition to be reused. Like chipped bottle lips. Sorry mother earth. 😅

God bless you sir, vending machine videos are fantastic. Hello from Australia

Yesssssssss more of these please with capsule hotels I love it

I would so love to come to Japan just to see and taste everything at this place. Don't have stuff like that in the states.

this guy says everything is good i swear

I didn’t knew you where recycling too in Japan. As a German this warms my heart

This is all great, I love vending machines and arcades.

I always love the vending machine episode.. it's always surprising and coming with many kinds of variation... I like the doraemon figure that you got. It's good for you to get the best luck

Cool ,i like this different machines 😮👍

Love these

To use the pinball machine, you have to press the buttons on the side to move the flippers that will keep the ball moving. I used to be great at pinball, so, so long ago 😜😂

One of the reason why I like this country

I love your video!❤️

4:46 I didn't expect to see the Kumho tire brand banner lol. They sell them in the UK too

Kudos to you❤️

Here in the United States our local Safeway has a Pokemon vending machine filled with Pokemon cards, toys and games. Considering that Pokemon originated in Japan, I think Japan's obsession with vending machines inspired the Americans to do one focused on Pokemon items.

My friend this is like a dream come true amazing 😋😋 be safe happy travels my friend

This place is amazing

Great video THank you

I've enjoyed the many varieties of vending machines since I was a kid. Thanks for sharing your journeys!

Those one liter glass bottles of coke and sprite are something I have not seen in 45 years. They were quite common when I was a kid. Love your content. Greetings from the USA.

a vending machine for meals ! that's cool

14:10 reminds me of shichan's choco pie!! my fav childhood cartoon

Wonderful!

I think if going to japan many tourists would love to visit this place, its like where do you start hehe I want try it all

Tô gostando desse tipo de vídeo 😊

that pin ball manchine has buttons on the side for the flippers used to hit the ball

WHAT! These are all so cool! The pattern on the bowl of the curry was very stylish too. I also agree about the glass-bottle coke, is it because it is made with real sugar? How does the tire shop restock the foods for the older machines? do the companies that make the foods still exist? One more thing! I was laughing because I was also having a Canada Dry ginger ale when you purchased one!

Wow amazing ❤

i remember the large glass bottled cokes from my childhood. it was pretty common before the plastic ones.

Coke is always better in the glass bottles! I used to have that pinball machine.

My favourite part when get a bottle of coke! Yeahh it very old school vibe feeling

A lot of those older machines is what we used to have here in the U.S., cool to see them still have life in Japan. Yes Coke is way better in the bottle and all our vending machines here only have them in plastic. You have the buy the bottles in stores.

love it❤️

The 1 litre bottles were very common on the 80's and early 90's,just before the plastic bottle boom from the late 90's early 2000's.

I LOVE VENDING MACHINE VIDEOS

The gum was the best. I Ate so much as a child. Orange and grape were my favorites.

That automat machine, the clear one that has many different things in it… you can see a similar one in the movie Dark City. Love your channel!

nothing beats an ice cold coke in a glass bottle

Great video.

About the Coke bottles... Here, in Brazil, the majority of soda is sold in plastic bottles in 1,5l to even 3l! In some restaurants, I already seen the glass bottle with 1,5l too.

I love these machines. I wonder how the perishable foods are kept fresh. Perhaps they are frozen and microwaved?

omg the pinball part

オレンジガム懐かしいー😆めちゃくちゃ楽しい動画ですねー👏

I am really happy that you chose the doremon gacha because it is my favourite cartoon ever ❤

After you push the ball, you have to press the 2 buttons to move the ball up, don't let the ball drop at all🙂

Amazing 🤩😍 Greetings from Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 i like Japan 🇯🇵 ❤ ❤

I was shocked with the pinball machine thing! 😂😂😂

there are two more crates but they have the decency to fill in the one closer to the passage first with empties. 🥰

Pinball machine, so there will be two buttons of the side of the machine and you use them to hit the ball to keep it going.

Oh man i hope to get to visit this place when i visit Japan ethier late this year or early next year

Tyre shop dude is awesome...

That was a pinball machine game that you couldn’t play. There are buttons on the side of the game that move those white “paddles” where your ball got lost. You have to hit the ball with those paddles to make sure it keeps bouncing around. I love pinball…You have to go back and try it again.