{"id":5425,"date":"2013-12-08T14:37:25","date_gmt":"2013-12-08T13:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/?p=5425"},"modified":"2025-07-12T21:58:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T20:58:47","slug":"weird-shit-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/2013\/weird-shit-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Weird shit in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I forgot to post these photos I took of weird shit in Japan. Apparently they like drinking sweat, buying coffee and cigarettes from vending machines, using electric toilets and washing their clothes with devices made by Sanyo.<\/p>\n<p>The weird thing about the vending machines, is that they&#8217;re <strong>everywhere<\/strong>. They just leave them sitting out on the footpath, so that you can stop and buy stuff as you are walking along. They&#8217;re kinda handy if you feel like a quick snack late night.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2013\/01\/tokyo-vending-machines.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2013\/01\/tokyo-vending-machines-680x615.avif\" alt=\"tokyo-vending-machines\" width=\"680\" height=\"615\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2013\/01\/2013-01-03-02.58.51.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2013\/01\/2013-01-03-02.58.51-510x680.avif\" alt=\"Sanyo toilet\" width=\"510\" height=\"680\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/01\/2013-01-03-02.58.51-510x680.avif 510w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/01\/2013-01-03-02.58.51-768x1024.avif 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/01\/2013-01-03-02.58.51-675x900.avif 675w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/01\/2013-01-03-02.58.51-250x333.avif 250w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/01\/2013-01-03-02.58.51-1000x1333.avif 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2013\/01\/pocari-sweat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2013\/01\/pocari-sweat-245x680.avif\" alt=\"Pocari Sweat\" width=\"245\" height=\"680\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/01\/pocari-sweat-245x680.avif 245w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/01\/pocari-sweat-126x350.avif 126w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2013\/01\/pocari-sweat.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2013\/01\/sanyo-washing-machine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2013\/01\/sanyo-washing-machine-559x680.avif\" alt=\"Sanyo washing machine\" width=\"559\" height=\"680\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5564\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I forgot to post these photos I took of weird shit in Japan. 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