# DreadCthulhu invades Japan **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 26, 2003, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-invades-japan/177545 "2003-05-26T06:23:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Aankh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@Aankh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aankh)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-invades-japan/177545/21 "2003-05-27T07:12:42Z")
While you’re there, could you please find out if vending machines sell used panties or not? Umm…I’m not asking you to _buy_ anything, naturally… It’s a long-standing argument I’ve had with a friend. He says they do, I say it can’t possibly happen! Come on! _Used_ undies in a vending machine…?!! (…blech…) ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-invades-japan/177545/22 "2003-05-27T09:21:23Z")
They did exist, but IIRC, used panties vending machines were banned due to some conflict with Japan’s sale of autiqueties laws, or something similar. If anyone can correct me on this please do. Of note, the vending machines do sell beer. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-invades-japan/177545/23 "2003-05-27T09:46:08Z")
I think that’s correct about the vending machines. However, I was in Ueno on Sunday and found a game center with one those prize-catcher machines in front of the door. The prizes? Panties. And in addition to beer, there are also vending machines that sell whiskey. Cerowyn, you bastard. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-invades-japan/177545/24 "2003-05-27T10:08:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cerowyn \* > \*\*Not that I’d ever post [evidence](http://64.226.250.201/SublightWithFullDrink.jpg) that [anything](http://64.226.250.201/SublightStillWithFullDrink.jpg) resembling [excessive](http://64.226.250.201/SublightHasManagedToDrinkTheWholeDamnThing.jpg) drinking [occurred](http://64.226.250.201/SublightIsNotEntirelySureIfHeDrankItAll.jpg) at some point. > > 😃 \*\* What the hell are you drinking?! and where can I get some? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-invades-japan/177545/25 "2003-05-27T11:00:44Z")
That was the “One-liter Cocktail” at The Hub in Roppongi. It has shots of just about everything they had in stock. To be honest, it tastes pretty awful. ---
**Author:** ![acrossthesea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@acrossthesea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acrossthesea)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-invades-japan/177545/26 "2003-05-27T16:04:59Z")
I saw a vending machine once that sold a few different brands of condoms… ---
**Author:** ![acrossthesea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@acrossthesea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acrossthesea)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-invades-japan/177545/27 "2003-05-27T16:13:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rngadam \* > \*\*Hmm, I’m in Tokyo and it seemed a lot longer then that; longer then the other two I noticed since I’m here. Not really scary (3rd floor) but I always get slightly “seasick” (earthquake-sick?). Am I the only one? \*\* I get that feeling too. I tend to feel them before other people do, I always figured it was cause I grew up ina place where earthquakes are an extreme rarity. But that one yesterday DID feel much longer than 15 seconds, and longer than the usual ones, plus I swore I felt various aftershocks today. I might just be imagining it though because EVERY SINGLE earthquake we’ve had while I’ve been here has happened while I was sitting in the same spot I’m in now. Freaky, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-invades-japan/177545/28 "2003-05-27T16:18:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sublight \* > \*\*That was the “One-liter Cocktail” at The Hub in Roppongi. It has shots of just about everything they had in stock. To be honest, it tastes pretty awful. \*\* But we gamely drank at _least_ an ounce or two to help you. I think we were anxious to go somewhere else by then. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![acrossthesea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@acrossthesea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acrossthesea)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-invades-japan/177545/29 "2003-05-27T16:28:48Z")
I never knew there were so many of you on here who lived in tokyo… ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-invades-japan/177545/30 "2003-05-27T16:40:30Z")
My geography is bad, so I don’t know how close you are to Osaka, but I absolutely LOVED the aquarium there. It has the worlds only (as far as I know) captive whale shark. What an amazing fish. I recommend it if you can get there. ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-invades-japan/177545/31 "2003-05-27T17:54:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by acrossthesea \* > \*\*I never knew there were so many of you on here who lived in tokyo… \*\* And yet, I’ve only ever met **Sublight** (who, I’m sure, regrets it frequently) and **scr4**. I don’t live in Tokyo, but I’m there a lot. So, if you’re around in August, watch for a thread here in MPSIMS! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dreadcthulhu-invades-japan/177545.md?page=1)