Curious Japan Arrives in Sydney!

Update on one of the things we found so curious in Japan… (click here for that post)

Those little white plastic (collectable) toy dispensing vending machines are here!!!

I took Dani on a ferry trip from Circular Quay in the centre of Sydney the other day and he spotted this machine. And got really quite animated about seeing them here in Australia…

A piece of “curious Japan” lands in Oz.

The machines in Japan cost 300¥ (or less). This one was $5 (about 500¥) and you have to pay by card! At the side of the vending machines is a token dispenser that gives out a token for $5. So no sign of a “cash is King” option in Australia…

Bad marketing that. It would make more sense if the token dispensing machine accepted cash. At least that way kids could save up their pocket money to spend on these things. Let’s see how long they last eh? Look closely and you can see that they have deliberately taped up the cash (notes) entry. Kids can’t even spend their notes here never mind coins.

I wonder if they will now spring up all over the Sydney and other towns & cities in Australia.