It may seem like a normal vending machine, but instead of the usual sample bottles in the “window” there is a 47″ touch panel displaying all items you can buy. In addition, when you approach the machine it scans and analyzes you and suggests a few drinks it think may be what you want, or maybe what you need.

Martin (a work colleague) went to the Shinagawa station for lunch today. Of course we had to try the new vending machine too. It suggested green tea, water, and some miracle medicine for me. I picked green tea.

Martin got so nervous he picked a CC Lemon, a sweet lemon soft drink with about as much C-vitamin you can get into a bottle of 500 ml.

I wanted to try the suggestions again so I approached the machine one more time. All the suggestions where there again, except the green tea. Either the machine recognized me (“You AGAIN? Well, this time you don’t get the green tea!”), or it recognized the green tea bottle I had in my hand.

Either way, it was a quite fun way of spending 130 Yen. And for bonus you got a bottle of green tea 😀