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Culinary icon Anthony Bourdain was a big fan of Japanese culture and cuisine, including this popular vending machine item that's sold all over Tokyo.

In Tokyo, good eats can be found in the most unexpected places, like the basement of a department store, a 7-11, and even from a vending machine on a train station platform.

Prices range from 1,000 yen ($7.70) to 3,000 yen ($23). The outlet features white vending machines decorated with cartoon whales and is the third location to launch in the Japanese capital region.

With one vending machine for every 29 people, according to Tokyo Weekender, Japan boasts the highest density of these machines in the world.

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DRINKMAKER SUNTORY TARGETS US MARKET AS JAPANESE DITCH ALCOHOL A customer holds whale meat purchased from a vending machine at Kyodo Senpaku's unmanned store on Jan. 26, 2023, in Yokohama, Japan.

TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Japan, which sells everything from live crabs to used lingerie in its ubiquitous automatic vending machines, is now staking its claim to a precious new market: gold.