Our first day in Hiroshima, we went on a small trek near the station to
pass the time until we could check into our hotels. At the beginning of
the more hilly part there were still houses. I really like the atmosphere
of hill towns, so the vending machine on the photo was the cherry on top.
It is tucked away in a little corner next to the stairs. However looking
at it a little more it becomes apparent that it isn't in the public space.
While vending machines are often placed in locations such as offices which
aren't open for the general public, for me the location gave off the
impression that it would be in the public space, so I got a little
dissonance from the realisation. There is very limited space around the
machine which adds to the weirdness a little bit. Checking on google maps,
the building it belongs to seems to be a wedding venue, so my guess would
be that this is a back entrance for employees or maybe a designated
smoking place, and so the machine would be meant for those people who
would use the back entrance.
広島に着いた日は、チェックインできる時間まで駅に近い山に登ることにした。山のふもとにまだ家があった。私は山に建てた町が好きだから、自販機も見つかって、とても嬉しかった。この自販機は階段の横にある角に押し込まれてある。公の場所にあるみたいけど、よく見てみるとそうじゃなくて、垣もあるのだ。もちろん、自販機はよく事務所や他の大衆が入れない所に置いてあるのに、その時私はちょっと驚いた。自販機の周辺が狭さすぎると思った。グーグルマップで検索したら、隣の建物は式場で、狭い所が通用口か喫煙所かもしれないと思った。そうだったら、人が飲み物を買いながら、働いたり、タバコ吸ったりできるわけだ。
Red vending machine to go with the red firetrucks.
御覧のようにボーナス赤い自販機は赤い消防車に似合う。
