It's amazing that there's even a real working hamburger vending machine, so I shouldn't be complaining about its functionality. But the inner workings of this machine make the whole process seem unnecessary.

Drop 100 yen into this machine and a paper-wrapped hamburger pops out. Nice, right? I'm not sure how good a 100 yen hamburger will taste, but it sounds pretty convenient. 

Glance a bit to the left of this machine, located in the Katsushika ward of Tokyo, and you'll see a guy cooking. Turns out that he's dropping the burgers into this "machine" when he hears that money has hit the can. In other words, it's all manual.

At least it's fresh.

If you watch the video near the end, you'll see that the burgers are pretty damned good looking. 

[via Japan Probe]