A characteristic feature of the Japanese landscape, whether urban or rural, is the omnipresent light of the vending machine.
Located near Kouryuji, one of the oldest temples in Kyoto, the vending machine is on the platform of Uzumasa-Kouryuji Station.
Our Japanese-language reporter, Great Muromachi, trekked out to hunt down the spot of this mysterious vending machine.
As Kyoto is home for over 1,600 temples, maybe it would be more surprising if there wasn’t such a vending machine.
Scanning the machine, Great Muromachi also found some text underneath the rows of buttons explaining more about the background of the vending machine.