that is the lack of it,
which means amongst other things that Japan has
the highest penetration of vending machines per person (there’s roughly 1
vending machine for every 23 people in Japan) and the fact that the majority of
them are outdoors is a testament to the country’s safety and respect for property, very rarely are these machines ever vandalised,
outdoor
vending machines, especially the ones in remote locations, and some buried in snowfall,
became not only a photographic subject for Eiji Ohashi, but also a welcome oasis from
the harsh winters of Hokkaido, where the deep snows can become more than a little bit of a problem, “but even
then I can get warm drinks from the vending machines. When I hold a warm bottle
that I buy from the vending machine, my feelings relax.”
“In Hokkaido
where I live, winters are harsh and snows are deep,” says Eiji “Every day can become
rather inconvenient” due to the constant snowfall, but heavy snows also bring
wintry wonderlands and the discovery of small pleasures,
a collection of black & white photographs by Ohashi are available as a photobook,
You can also see more of his work online,
and no I am not on commission, I just thought His photographs just looked so nice, and different.
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