SAGAMIHARA, Japan – A flurry of hungry customers on a recent lunch break curiously inspected the rows of retro vending machines next to a tire shop, located about a 10-minute drive from Camp Zama. For ...

There’s a reason Sagamihara, Japan, isn’t in travel guides. It’s a sprawling commuter city for nearby Yokohama and Tokyo; a mix of main roads, light industrial estates and quiet towns people go ...

Before there was a Starbucks on every corner, time-crunched Americans could get a quick caffeine fix straight from their office vending machines. But nowadays, coffee vending machines offering piping ...

In the U.S., when you think of vending machine snacks, you probably imagine stale candy and granola bars, bags of chips, and, if you're lucky, cookies. But if you've ever visited Japan, you know that ...