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The photo 5th from the bottom actually appears to be of a coin-operated rice mill!
by squimmy 9y ago
The photo 5th from the bottom actually appears to be of a coin-operated rice mill!
- rangibaby 9y agoRice vending machines are actually pretty common in the countryside where there may not be staffed rice shops or supermarkets
- bemmu 9y agoOur use-case is that my wife will receive gifts of unpolished rice from relatives, which we then need to haul to the vending machine to polish. It's actually quite enjoyable, as you get to run your fingers through warm rice pouring out from the machine.
- hkmurakami 9y agothose, you bring your own rice though, so a bit different. (they're pretty common in the countryside!) The first time I saw one, I was probably ~6 years old and my grandfather stopped by on our way home to mill some of the rice he had grown. I was confused since growing up in the States, I had never seen non-white rice until that point.