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Originally Posted by Sean C
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Grape Nehi in Japan was also a lot of fun. First because, wow, someone still sold it. Second was because it was old school Grape Nehi with a Concord grape in every can.
I think a lot of these oddball US products became popular during the reconstruction period of the 50's and 60's.
Vending machine culture in Japan was a trip. You could buy a 2 liter "beer torpedo"* of Asahi Dry because..well, why not?
*- Imagine a typical 1 liter plastic soda bottle. Now make it twice as tall and change the plastic to aluminum and fill it with beer.