On our second day, we travelled from Tokyo to Kyoto, and continuing with
the theme of vending machines and shrines/temples together, I've chosen
this photo as the vending machine of the day. It is near the Hokan-ji /
Yasaka pagoda, and fits nicely in frame together.
2日目は東京から京都に新幹線に乗って、1日目みたいに寺と近い自販機を撮った。今度は法観寺と一緒にしっかりアレンジできた。
The bonus vending machine for this day is not that visually interesting,
but I wanted to include it because it sells alcohol. My little sister who
was 18 years old at the time couldn't legally drink in Japan, where the
drinking age is 20, blocking out some activities. I found it mildly funny,
that at the same time, alcohol is available from vending machines, where
an age check is easy to bypass. Looking into it, modern machines require
some form of ID, but there still are older ones out there which don't.
Unfortunately we didn't try the ones on the photo, so I'm not sure which
type they are.
この日のボーナス自販機は視覚的にあまり面白くないけど、酒を売る物だから選んだ。妹はその時まだ18歳だったから、日本で酒を飲めなくて、色々なことが一緒に楽しめなかった。同時にこの自販機から誰でも酒が買えるようだった。今はちょっと調べて、近代的な自販機は
ID が要するけど、まだ古くて ID
なくても買える物もあるそうです。残念ながら写真の自販機を試さなかったから、どのような物だったか分からない。
