Vending Oddities: Used Panties

There is no place like Japan when it comes to vending machine weirdness.
You can get a whole slew of weird, but common, items like umbrellas, rice, beer, tobacco, eggs, and even porn, on any given street through the land of the rising sun.
However, in some darker and more obscure side streets of Japan, you can find vending machines selling things that even the Japanese find weird and strange. One such vending machine that is found through out Japan is the “Used Panties” vending machine.
The Japanese government has identified the sale of used panties as such a problem they actually outlawed the sale or purchase of used panties anywhere, including vending machines.
A commercial was also made to help deter men from buying used panties by suggesting that the panties might not have even been worn by women at all.