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sriracha vending machine

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Kokubunji, 2024.01.13

I came across a new type of vending machine in Japan. It has sriracha. I zipped past on my bike, doubled back and a young fellow was buying one. I asked if it was tasty, he said he didn't know. I asked if it was his first time, he said yes. I told him, "me, too." From a vending machine that is.

Mari had previously spotted one outside the nearby US airbase, but I reckon that's different from far-flung Kodaira.

rand()m quote

A lot of people lose the spirit of childhood. Every child has a lot of imagination and you lose it little by little. I don't know why, but I kept it.

—Jean-Pierre Jeunet