If You Plug It, They Will Come

There were vending machines selling anything and everything.
Drinks (hot and cold), beer, cigarettes, ramen, umbrellas, eggs, magazines, train tickets and meal tickets. You buy the tickets and bring it up to the counter to order your food.

There was a vending machine right outside the house in Okinawa
Note the walking out to get a drink in their pajamas

And in the middle of nowhere....

photo courtesy of mrcraige