TOKYO -- Japanese retailer Don Quijote is making a new play for international visitors, opening its first store set up only with vending machines offering items from instant ramen to personalized name ...

On a dirt and gravel road outside Tokyo, not far from the U.S. Army’s Camp Zama and Sagami General Depot, you’ll find a battalion of rusty vending machines waiting to dispense food and fond memories.

Boasting an estimated one vending machine per 23 people, Japan is in a league of its own when it comes to automatic dispensers. That makes Tokyo the undisputed vending machine capital of the world.