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Vending machines in Japan is EVERYWHERE. It is a convenient tool that can be found even on streets and inside buildings. It offers a variety of choices from staple foods and necessities to quirkier, even sometimes questionable, items. Vending machines are so common that it is already integrated in the Japanese lifestyle. 

In a city located in Tokushima Prefecture, Japan called Awa-shi, a farmer thought of an ingenious plan to sell Curry Rice as a ready-made meal. Tadashi Yoshimoto grows the Hinohikari rice (roughly translated as Sun field Light rice) from a nearby rice paddy and delivers it twice a day, fresh from his own farm. 

The 74-year-old has been running the vending machine business for about 40 years. The rare, freshly produced food vending machine sets a new standard for the ready-made provisions. 

For only 300 Yen, you can now eat tasty homemade Curry Rice from a vendo machine. 

Tags: vending machines, curry vendo machine, japan, japanese lifestyle, tokushima prefecture, awa shi, tadashi yoshimoto, hinohikari rice, sun field light rice, curry rice