gnarly-dude 1 Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 When I've been out into the countryside here I've noticed some small huts that have what seems to be "rice" written all over them - looks like there's some kind of vending machine in there. Are they vending machines or something else? Link to post Share on other sites
best snowboarder @ niseko 0 Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 If its the same one I'm thinking about it's not actually selling rice but taking off the outer part, cleaning the rice. Maybe. Link to post Share on other sites
JPchucky 0 Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Naw, they vendys. There's a little group of them right down the street from my house. Never used them though, pretty expensive. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by best snowboarder @ niseko: If its the same one I'm thinking about it's not actually selling rice but taking off the outer part, cleaning the rice. Maybe. There's one of them across the road from my mother-in-law's coffee shop in Aichi. A coin-op rice mill. That one's got a big silo-looking thing out the back, but from the way it was connected up, I think it's just for kero to power the thing. Presumably people store their rice whole grain and polish a few kg when they need it. Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Yes they are polishing machines. Quite interesting actually worth a visit. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Popular places they are, especially in the sticks. I like the signs they display such as "Low temperature polishing!" and "100% return!", alluding to dodgy practices of the past where a noticeable portion of your rice would disappear and the rest would come back half baked. Don't forget to take a bag for the polishings too, for all your home preserving and fertilizing needs! There are also smaller machines that actually sell packaged, cooked rice for those chronically incapable of converting their own staple food into edible form. The product is occasionally featured on TV ads depicting happy families, joyfully peeling the lids off their steaming disposable plastic rice bowls - not a scene representing current reality I suspect. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Those things are all over the place round here too. It took me a while to work out what they were, then I got some friends to take me. Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 i spend a lot of quality time in there from sept to oct every year polishing rice before we send it off to people (I live on a rice farm) Link to post Share on other sites
Ezorisu 0 Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 I've seen both polishing machines and dispensing rice vending machines. The vending machines sell kilogram bags of uncooked rice... I think I have a picture somewhere... I'll post it if I find it. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 How do the machines work Kumapix? Lots of shaking going on is there? Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 don't know what goes on inside but you basically pour your rice in, chuck in your 300yen and get the now empty bag ready at the other end of the machine to catch the de-husked rice. takes about 3 or 4 mins total. Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts