THE OBSERVER'S GUIDE TO JAPANESE VENDING MACHINES is a visual exploration of Japan through its vending machines.
From rarely visited corners of Tokyo to the temple grounds of Kyoto to the villages of the Kii Peninsula, vending machines dispensing coffee, tea, cigarettes, and soup are everywhere in Japan. This book reveals how ever-present and varied these machines are, how integral they are to daily life, and how, when viewed with the eye of a keen observer, they can reveal the everyday scenes of a place that’s often only depicted by its most iconic sites.
- 1,000 copies / signed and numbered
- Hardcover / Cloth-bound / Smyth sewn
- Foil-stamped debossed cover
- 156 pages / 146 photographs
- 80 lb. paper
- 7 x 9.33 inches
- Printed in Montreal
Made by: Tanner Bowden