Depends on which company has put the vending machine to what it has. If you are a foreigner visiting japan don’t just go to the normal coca cola or fanta but try something else, Who knows maybe you find something very good that you might love and if not .. well it is just 150 yen here or there.

Like for example a machine like this is great because it has coca cola and a lot other good drinks too

More photos of vending machines

You can find these kind of juices too sometimes

This I took in Ueno park in Tokyo. Some places have many vending machines in the same place so you got a wide selection.

My shadow is kinda annoying in these photos

Vending machines have Cold and Hot drinks for those hot days and freezing winter nights.
Hot drinks of course are under red lable that says あつい or あったかい and sometimes it says HOT too and cold is つめたい and some say cold too.

That REAL GOLD is deelicious

Many many ways to pay for your drink usual cash (coins and bills) or SUICA and the other metro cards or if you have a Japanese phone and right settings you can pay it with your phone as well.

Tea is always a good choice !

That glass bottle in the upper row that says “Dekavita” is great.

Way too much vending machines for one post I know I hope you didn’t get thirsty.

Photos from 3 different days gone by.

My girlfriend and I went to visit her friends in Yokosuka evening.
It was Sunday evening and most places were closed already that late so we went to this nice British/American hamburger joint. I know I know always hamburgers but this time it wasn’t my choice

I took this deeeeelicious Avocado burger ( you know I love those avocados)

If those burger shots won’t make you hungry then nothing will

After our dinner we still had time before the last train from Yokosuka back to Tokyo so we went to this amazing cafe on top of a “mountain” it seemed. the view was beautiful and the cafe it self was amazing.

One of the people who worked there sold her homemade lamps there which were beautiful.

I normally don’t drink coffee but I took a cinnamon cappuccino which was very good

Here are couple of shots from the coffee shop I had a bad lighting so I didn’t get good shots but next time I go there I will show it to you more.

It was a great day I have to visit Yokosuka again to take more photos around the area.

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Here are some photos from another day.

Some photos that I took in the train when I was going from Meguro to Shibuya.

hehe Here is me

Sadly it was raining in shibuya.

I really should have tried this but I just walked by..

I like walking from shibuya station to harajuku station lots of nice shops around.

Always in Tokyo remember to stand on the left side and walk on the right side in an escalator.

New bullet trains (shinkansen) started working in Japan.

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This day I went from shibuya to Odaiba to do some shopping.

Saw this cool boat when I was going to Odaiba

Couple of horrible photos of me

And here are some beautiful photos from Odaiba.

Another horrible photo of me.

In January we had couple very snowy days in Tokyo. this was my first time seeing actual snow in Tokyo.

I wanted to go out to take a lot of photos of tokyo under snow but the snow was very watery so my shoes were pretty much destroyed and I didn’t want to go out and make myself sick.

That same day when the snow started pouring down I was moving to my new apartment and I never been to the place before so I got lost. I was walking in the snow with my luggage and I was walking to the wrong direction at least couple of miles (2-4km), I did have a map so I asked a Japanese man in Japanese if he could show me where I am in the map and he showed me from his phone the map and I noticed that I walked out of my map. Of course I had to walk back to the station and take the other exit but it was snowing even more and my shoes and pants and jacket were all soaked so I decided to jump in the bus since it was only 200 yen to the stop near my new flat. Because it was snowing so much that the bus actually stopped the half way, normally from the station to my stop it takes about 5 mins I’d say but that day it took over 40 minutes.

Here are some photos I took in Shinjuku near the JR station.

These photos I took just when it started snowing, you can imagine how it was in the evening.

In my first years in Japan I used to go to Izakayas often as you might have seen from all the photos I took of them. These days I hardly ever go, maybe like once a week max.
Here are some photos I took at one izakaya I went.

I love the ordering system in izakayas that have the touch screen.

my normal tequila sunrise

These are great with cold beer !

My absolute favorite way to eat eggs

Japanese fried chicken, always a tasty and and delicious choice

Try this ! Omelette with soba inside.

And for desert

a week after the snow melted away there was a warning in the tv that again it would snow as badly so I took my camera and everything and decided to go take some photos with the snow but sadly it only snowed like 10 minutes and it stopped.

but many metro and train lines stopped that day which was a bit annoying.

I was about one hour standing around in my home station at meguro waiting for the yamanote line to start moving again.

I got bored and hungry so I had my breakfast in the station soba restaurant.

Easy way to order food in Japan with photos if you don’t read Japanese

Because of snow … riiight … I didn’t see any snow in Tokyo.. I did hear that it was snowing a bit in chiba and saitama but Tokyo was fine.

Very light snow in Shibuya

I went to Shimokitazawa to do some shopping in a store that has foreign food and spices.

Snow and rain compo..

Shimokita street art

That’s for now Snow in Tokyo was not fun tho.

Lots of photos of food coming up ! Don’t read if you have an empty stomach.

Let’s start with Friday’s. This day was the first date with my girlfriend and we wanted to go to eat in Hard rock cafe but sadly in the Hard rock cafe Yokohama they had a special event going and we couldn’t enter, even tho I have the VIP card to that place grrr.

So we decided on the second best choice which was Friday’s, it was actually better because it was cheaper and closer to the station.

I ate this delicious Jack Daniels burger with extra jack Daniels sauce. With such a rich flavor it could be one of the best burgers I ever had.

Just look at that bacon X Deelicious..

My girlfriend had this amazing Avocado burger. I helped her finish it because it was big .
I love how the sauce is on top the avocado.

As a desert she had this delicious cake thingy

and I had a normal strawberry ice cream

It was a wonderful day, Of course at that time we weren’t a couple yet but we spent the whole day together in Yokohama, talked a lot and had fun.

This next one is a normal Japanese izakaya which I’m sure you have seen many many times

Takeshi Kitano, The professional !

I haven’t seen a monitor broken in the subway in tokyo before this.

Morning Mcdonnalds set !

My dream TV! One day when I was bored in Akihabara I went to the Yodobashi and kept watching that screen for hours.

Delicious white strawberry cake !

Big rice omelet, I made a small mistake when I ordered this because I don’t like mushrooms and I got the one that was full of mushrooms…

My iPhone 5 case is lovely, I have my important cards in it and it feels good.

Rainy day in Tokyo

I tried this new Sakura drinkin Starbucks but I didn’t like it that much, probably because I took it “hot” and not cold.

Every morning when I went to work I saw this sign on the wall of the police box and I always was wondering what it was and when I found out what it I started following it everyday.
It shows how many people died yesterday and how many wounded in my area. Very interesting thing to follow in my opinion.

Expensive and probably delicious steak that my friend had. Sadly it was very dark there that I couldn’t get any good photos of it.

Nice Mall in Koto-ku Tokyo. The funny thing is that I never knew about this place before couple of months ago, but when I first time came to Japan I actually lived right next to it and never knew it.

I know you know that I love everything sweet and sugar-ish. This is the most delicious chocolate drink I ever had from Lindt at Ginza. Maybe it was a bit expensive but didn’t matter because it was so goooood!

It looks so good doesn’t it !!! You have to taste it !

Tasty burger

Always good, Honey mustard chicken burger in Harajuku

and my girlfriend had this tasty sandwich.

See ya next time !

Posting some new photos again!

I’m now in Finland working out some family matters and I will be going back to Japan ASAP.
I took some photos in January and February which I’m sure you will like!
This post will have photos from all over the place (Tokyo, Yokohama etc.), nothing that special just some normal daily photos.

Went to eat tacos in Yokohama harbor at World porters mall. Great place, all you can eat etc. but the tortillas make you full very fast because they were so thick.

Saw these cute puns at the mall’s bakery.

Ice-skating in Yokohama harbor, It was a very windy day and I saw lots of people falling down. I wanted to try it too because I haven’t ice-skated in years but was little bit in a hurry to do it.

Beer NEXT food and drink ! Gotta love Japanesenglish.

I love it when vending machines have discounts. 150yen to 100 yen

Had a nice breakfast with toast with marmalade and fresh orange juice (haven’t learned to drink coffee yet)

I was teaching English a bit again and after the lesson we always went to izakaya that was near.

MOS burger still has a place in my heart. I can never say no to it.

You know I love Japanese curry. This was the first time I ate in Yoshinoya the curry.

Breathtaking MEGA MAC ! had to try it ! not bad at all

ありがとう！　またね！

Our evening started with my friend and I going to Onsen (hot bath) in Tokyo but when we arrived there it happened to be closed. My luck
After that we wanted to catch a drink so I took my friend on a tour to Roppongi ( I don’t like that place so much but it is quite cheap there). I was a little sick so I only drank couple tequila sunrises but my friend tried his best empty the bar, I think he drank like err 8-10 cuba libres if I’m not too mistaken.

I didn’t feel well so we took the last train back to Asakusa and we went to one of my favorite bar/restaurant to drink some more and eat.

This pasta was actually very good!

And some cheese of course !

“Pasta good” ” Me like” haha

Bit blurry

After we finished eating at that place we went to wake up our friend at the hostel and took him with us to drink in another bar.

Not drunk at all

Here is a video of us Having a small arm wrestling competition Finland vs USA and Saudi Arabia

Evening ended very nicely at 3-4am, I wasn’t tired at all nor drunk but since I was sick I had to go to bed early.

Next morning I had some delicious warm chocolate and avocado burger at freshness burger

See you later

You must know by now that I love hamburgers well Japan now has lots of special burgers and I tried almost all of them and here are my results which is the best burger at the moment !

1st. McDonald’s

The Texas burger that supposedly has the true flavor of the US in it is delicious ! I don’t know if it truly is a real American burger but it is very tasty ! If you are in Japan now I recommend you to try it, I promise you won’t be disappointed.

Actually I think I’m going to eat that again today

2nd. Burger King

The Apple Burger ! I never heard of this kind of combination so I had to try it right away! You can really taste the apple in it and a hint of cinnamon which riches the flavor ! it is a small burger but then again apples are not that huge either.
This is an experience you have to try! It is limited time only so be quick !

3rd. Kentucky Fried Chicken

KFC has their old special “burger” out called Chicken rice burger which is hmmm okay.. I ate one yesterday and it was not a life changing event.. It did make me very full tho which is always a plus.

I used a coupon to get it

4th. Lotteria

Lotteria has these two burgers out but I don’t know anything about them yet. I need to try them later. I’m not that big of a fan of lotteria tho.

Had some problems with getting the site back up, but now that everything is working fine again. I can start posting about my exciting life in Japan.

Yes you heard me right Japan ! My army time in Finland ended in December 27th 2012.

Let’s start the day with a bang ! Here are some Instagram photos I been taking here

Don’t worry you will get more beautiful photos taken with my nikon later on as well

This is a Delicious Green tea ice cream that you can get in Asakusa, Tokyo the difference between this one and the other green tea ice creams are that this is made with the green tea from Kyoto which makes it extra delicious.

Here are some delicious green tea and vanilla ice cream for you !

Strawberry shake !! You can get this tasty beauty in the Skytree Solamachi mall!

Some flowers I got for my girlfriend but she forgot them to my place

Little chocolate cookie I got from Family mart

Later this week I will make a better comparison about these two burgers but here they are !
From burger king : Apple burger
From Mcdonnalds : Texas Burger

Because of the Snowy day today here in Tokyo I had to wait about an hour for my train in the Meguro station.

Normal day inside the train.

Waiting for my burgers !

First spring flowers I found in Tokyo !

Beautiful trees in Shinjuku park

This morning in Meguro station waiting for my train that took forever !

Takeshi Kitano .. The master .. The professional .. do I really need to say more ??

My new home ! Meguro ! I love it here !

Don’t get lost in Shibuya !

Little strawberry cake thing I got from family mart !

UFO’s are taking over Tokyo !! run for your lifes !

BBQ Chicken burger from wolfgang puck express Harajuku ! always tasty and cheap at lunch time !

And here is I ! Ari Helminen, my hair is still kinda short after the army.

I have started to use glasses sometimes too

In my life lots of things have happened and I will tell you the main points
1st I did my mandatory military service
2nd. My Japanese fiance left me after couple of months I found out that she has been cheating on me.
3rd. Started my new life in a new part of Tokyo Meguro
4th. First time flew in Aeroflot and now I know that it is shite
5th. I have made loads of new friends in Japan
6th. I have found my soulmate
7th. In the army I got glasses which I don’t use enough.
8th. I got the iPhone 5 (not a shock since I’m an apple maniac)
9th. Japanese skill is much better then before
10th. back to posting about my life in Japan regularly without delays

These photos are from the begin of July 2012.

One day I was sitting in Sakura hostel Asakusa drinking my morning tea and relaxing and suddenly I heard people speaking Finnish next to me and we started talking. I found out that this was their first time in Tokyo and since I didn’t have anything that important to do that morning, I asked them if they would want me as their tour guide and they answered yes. I took them around Harajuku and showed them all kinds of nice shops they have there.

After all the walking we went to wolfgang puck burger place in Harajuku to enjoy their tasty burgers as you can see.

Wolfgang puck is located right on the entrance of Harajuku main shopping street, near to the harajuku JR station.

In Akihabara metro station this shop was giving away their new product called Curry & cheese Pretzel and of course I had to try couple and they were sooo goood !

I’m a big animal lover and in Roppongi Hills there is this great dog saloon where they wash and play with the dogs among other things.

You can also buy a puppy there if you are wealthy enough.

I don’t remember the name of this pizza place but I do remember that this one was in Shinjuku.

Here are again million photos of cats from my favorite cat cafe in Tokyo called Calico in Shinjuku !

Way too much cats to handle !

In two weeks I’m going back to Japan and you can expect a lot more photos and updates coming your way.
Next week starts the last week of my army service and than that is over too. I will show you all some photos of my army period soon as I have uploaded all of my old Japan photos.

I been posting a lot today, I hope you guys like all the posts I have uploaded !

These photos are from two different days in Tokyo and I just took photos of what ever came to mind.

I was walking around in Akihabara and there was a long queue of people waiting to buy a new manga that was coming out that day.

The best fast food in Japan has to be MOS Burger ! I love their burgers so much !

That evening I also went to Shibuya to do some shopping and took couple of quick shots of the beautiful lights.

I went to see the new spiderman movie in Japan last summer as well ! I like the movie theater in Odaiba because of all the stores and restaurants at the same mall. Roppongi hills also has one good one tho

Kua Aina is a very nice hamburger restaurant in Japan. My favorite burger there is this avocado burger

Tasty onion rings !

I couldn’t finish everything

Best ship in the world ! Himiko designed by a famous manga artist, it goes from Asakusa to Odaiba everyday.

This is my favorite place in Tokyo

Absolutely delicious izakaya food in Tokyo !! I love going to izakayas.