Tokyo's strangest vending machines: Akihabara, canned oden

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Akihabara: Canned oden

Oden can, 300 yen


If you were looking to trace back the roots of weird and wonderful vending machines in Tokyo, the trail would probably lead you to a street near Chichibu Denki in Akihabara. This was where the canned oden vending machine made its debut, kickstarting something of a vending machine boom in the electronics district. Now all sorts of canned foods can be bought here: not only oden (hot or cold), but also ramen, tantan-men (spicy noodles), pasta in soup, curry risotto, and a fried noodle snack food called Creamy Curry Udon Takumi Age, produced by Sugamo Konaya curry udon shop. In fact, it seems like they'll sell anything that will fit in a tin, but hopefully they won't give up on the food that they know best: canned oden.

Location: Take the Akihabara Electric Town exit from JR Akihabara Station, and it’s on the first corner once you cross Chuo Dori

Tokyo's strangest vending machines
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Kasumigaseki
Shibuya
Shinbashi
Ikejiri-Ohashi
Ginza


Harajuku
Shimokitazawa
Akihabara
Oden
Horikiri


テキスト / 撮影 Takeshi Tojo
Translated by Virginia Okno
Please note: All information is correct at the time of writing but is subject to change without notice.

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