Pan in a Can

In Japan there is a vending machine for just about everything – newspapers, flower bouquets, ties (black for funerals, white for weddings), underwear, cold drinks, hot drinks and, of course, all manner of comestibles. I found this delectable treat, “Pan in a Can” (= canned bread), in a machine on the bullet train platform at Tokyo Station. The product comes in multiple bread-like varieties, each one neatly packaged in its own metal cylinder with a pull-tab top. Paired with steamy “Georgia” coffee dispensed by another machine nearby, the individually sized bread is a veritable continental breakfast for the brave! I wonder if anyone has ever tried to subsist on vending machine victuals alone …… could be the subject for another blog …..