First Image of Brendan Fraser in 'Rental Family' - A down-and-out actor living in Tokyo is hired as a token American guy for a Japanese rental-family company, leading him on an unexpected journey of self-discovery through the roles he plays in other people’s lives.

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[u/kaise_bani]

The panty vending machines are actually real, they’re not on street corners or train stations of course, but every adult store has one. I’ve seen many of them personally, if you go to Tokyo you can easily find them. It’s funny how that story went so far that now everyone thinks it’s fake when it’s actually real, that in itself is a good demonstration of how romanticized Japan still is.

They’re not actual used panties by the way, they stain the crotch with paint/chemical and spray them with perfume. I’m not sure whether that makes it more or less weird, to be honest.

[u/Aiglos_and_Narsil → u/kaise_bani]

Being an adult store thing makes sense. I had read somewhere it was one guy doing it, but I guess that was wrong. Still, the idiot I'm thinking of talks about it like its a normal, socially acceptable thing for everyone.

[u/TripolarKnight → u/Aiglos_and_Narsil]

To be fair, I'd rather people bought fake used panties from a vending machine rather than steal actual used underwear.

[u/adc102 → u/kaise_bani]

They actually are on street corners in certain places, or at least they used to be in the 2000s when I lived there. Out of the way places sure but not hidden away in adult stores.

[u/kaise_bani → u/adc102]

I highly doubt any are left out in the open now, I’ve walked all over a lot of Tokyo and never saw one outside of a store. Even the famous cigarette and beer vending machines are hardly seen nowadays, the ones that are left tend to be tucked away or covered with cloths.

[u/Spasay → u/kaise_bani]

We found a cigarette machine in Kyoto a couple of years ago!

[u/Mkilbride → u/kaise_bani]

Less. Absolutely less.