Coca-Cola Vending Machine with Georgia Coffee and Fanta, Tokyo

Georgia, Coca-Cola Japan's canned and bottled coffee brand, has been sold since 1975 and remains one of the country's best-selling coffee lines, offered here in Latte, Craftsman, Grand, and Emerald Mountain varieties. The Coke ON app, launched in 2016, links by Bluetooth to smart machines like this one, letting customers earn a stamp with every purchase and redeem a free drink after collecting fifteen. Fanta's Japan lineup includes grape and melon soda flavors rarely sold elsewhere, stocked alongside I LOHAS mineral water, a Coca-Cola Japan brand introduced in 2009 with a lightweight bottle built to cut plastic use. Japan maintains roughly one vending machine for every 23 people, among the highest ratios anywhere, with beverage machines like this one placed on sidewalks, train platforms, and office building entrances nationwide.

Photo taken in March 2023.