After the movie was over, we needed to do a little shopping so we stopped at Sato Shokai, a semi-wholesale store that caters to restaurants but also is open to the general public.
It has a fairly large parking lot and, as is often the case in Japan, there are many things on sale outside the store.
The two blue vending machines are of a type that is probably unique to Japan. The sell rice. These are interesting because the rice is not packaged but just comes out in a stream of grains. The buyer puts some sort of bag into the machine on the left and, after selecting the amount and type, puts in the money - and out comes the rice.
On the other side of the entrance, there is a fresh fruit and vegetable stand. Because of the more or less wholesale nature of the store, prices are very cheap. We needed lemons. Every morning I squeeze the juice from half a lemon and drink it in a glass of hot water. This means we use up lemons fairly fast. The lemons here are very juice, not at all uniform in shape or color, and less than half of the cheapest lemons at the other places where we shop.
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