Refrigerated Coin Lockers
On my mental list of “Why didn’t I think of that first?” this is one of the more obvious items: the refrigerated coin locker! You know all those coin lockers you see at train stations, department stores and community centers all around the world? Well, in Japan, a few of them are actually refrigerated for when you have bought stuff that needs to be kept cool but you still want to hang around a little longer before heading home with your perishables! Here’s a bank of cool coin lockers I found in the Mitsukoshi Department store in Tokyo’s Ginza district.
What a great idea! Normally I have to do my grocery shopping at the very end of my day because I have to go home immediately afterwards to put away the perishable stuff, meat, fish, dairy, etc. With this, I could pick up groceries whenever it’s convenient and stash them in the locker while I run other errands or get lunch. I’m wondering however—is it expensive to use? I’d think so, since the power must be running all the time.
I don’t remember if it was free or if it cost 100 yen, I think it was free. Compared to something like the lights in the elevators this probably doesn’t cost that much in terms of electricity…! I heard at a seminar once that the lights of the elevator took more electric power over 24 hours than actual rides up and down!
Maybe, many Japanese do not know this facility. It is too luxurious facilities…and waste.
I think it is mostly used on weekends… (^-^)
Wow, these are awesome!
Great idea! ^__^
Aren’t they? I wish more places had them!
It’s the simple things in life
Hahaha…. how british! (^-^;)
That is a genius idea!! The Japanese are amazing!
Exactly! Maybe it wouldn’t make sense in other places, but at least here in Ginza it is a given!
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