Day 1: Royal Milk Tea
¥180
This is a drink I meant to try last year but didn’t get a chance. It is a sweetened milk tea, but it seemed to have an additional flavor that I wasn’t a fan of, nor could I put a finger on what it was.
Day 2: Minute Maid Aloe & White Grape
¥140
This was being talked up by a friend. It’s a white grape juice with small chunks of aloe in it. I’m not sure what it up with drinks here and having chunks of things in them, but it keeps surprising me.
Day 3: HOT6
¥99
I used to watch a LOT of Starcraft 2 tournaments. This was one of the big sponsors at the time (maybe still is?). I can’t really peg a flavor, so it probably just tastes like Red Bull or any generic energy drink of this size.
Day 4: KIRIN x FANCL Calolimit Apple Sparkling
¥160
The tartest apple turned into a sparkling drink. It was hard to finish.
Day 5: Calpis Soda Grape
¥120
Tastes vaguely of grape soda, but also not.
Day 6: Real Gold
¥140
A prominent energy drink. Tastes kind of like liquid Smarties.
Day 7: Fanta Grape
¥160
Someone asked if this was like the US Grape Fanta. Yes, but the flavor isn’t as strong.
Day 8: Kyoto Lemonade
¥170
Had this last year, been trying to find it ever since.
Day 9: Hyper Zone
¥200
An energy drink that is advertised to death here. It tastes like any other generic energy drink flavor imo
Day 10: Mountain Dew
¥140
I somehow never had this last year. It is actually a bit different, more emphasis on the lemon-lime flavor.
Day 11: Nothing
¥0
Oops I forgot, busy travel day.
Day 12: CalorieMate Fruit Mix
¥200
Fruit CalorieMate is the worst thing. Why did they make it into a drink. It’s bad, its milky????, and tastes like pineapple I think?
Day 13: Pepsi Zero Peach
¥110
This is a new flavor exclusive to the Kansai region. I’ve been keeping an eye out for it (and a couple other new flavors) and stumbled on it in a vending machine.
It tastes like normal zero sugar Pepsi that was made in the vicinity of peaches.
Day 14: MATCH Tangerine
¥170
I tried the normal flavor of MATCH last year and didn’t like it. But thankfully this flavor of it I don’t mind too much. Imagine the orange freezie-pops liquid but watered down.
Day 15: Kirin Koiwai Pure Water Grapes
¥170
Yep, certainly grapes.
Day 16: Ramune Grape
¥130
Imagine watered-down sparkling grape juice.
Day 17: Georgia Ice Cocoa
¥190
You know how Jello chocolate pudding vaguely tastes of chocolate?
Day 18: Kirin Afternoon Tea – Lemon
¥130
Living a bit on these as my throat is a bit sore. At least this tastes good, unlike a lot of the bottle hot teas I’ve had.
Day 19: DyDo Sweet Potato Brulee
¥140
This was something I’d never seen before. Which after this long, is quite the accomplishment. Its basically milk sweetened to add a honey taste. I’m not sure where the sweet potato flavor is here, but it’s in the ingredient list.
Day 20: Dekavita C
¥110
An iconic energy+ Vitamin C drink, but in can form since vending machine. It’s not as harsh as the Vitamin C drinks I’ve been getting, but this isn’t solely focused on pumping as much into you as those.
Day 21: Fruit au lait
¥150
Despite the pictured apple, orange, and pinapple; the thing this most tasted like was banana.
Day 22: Minute Maid Grape Blend
¥160
I always check the hotel vending machine for anything special (there never is anything special). I grabbed this as it was probably the only thing in there I hadn’t tried. Grapes.
Day 23: seventeen ice Cookies & Cream
¥220
One of the last things I got from a vending machine last year was ice cream, so we do it again.