Vending Valhalla?

Japanese vending machines may well number in the millions, with almost one for every twenty-three people, but with competition cutthroat to say the least, there’s little room for those left behind.

So, while the latest units offer a whole gamut of goodies,

and sometimes even surreptitiously swap cigarettes for slimming snacks,

their smaller, beverage-only brethren, are sadly left to rust by the roadside.

The odd discarded can their only crumb of comfort.