Buyers can skip the lines with souvenir vending machines

Technician John Einarson of Canada purchases a Tokyo 2020 souvenir from a vending machine at the Olympic Main Press Center in Tokyo, Japan, July 14, 2021. REUTERS/Edgar Su

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese vending machines dispense everything from pizza to cigarettes and edible insects. Now there are even ones where you can buy Olympics souvenirs.

At the official merchandise store in the Tokyo Olympics' media centre, a row of vending machines stands, ready to serve curious shoppers.