Vending Oddities: Used Schoolgirl Panties
There is no place like Japan when it comes to vending machine weirdness.
You can get a whole slew of weird, but common, items like umbrellas, rice, beer, tobacco, eggs, and even porn, on any given street through the land of the rising sun.
However, in some darker and more obscure side streets of Japan, you can find vending machines selling things that even the Japanese find weird and strange.
One such vending machine that is found through out Japan is the “Used Schoolgirl Panties” vending machine.
As the image shows, machines would carry used panties with a picture of the schoolgirl who supposedly had worn them before giving them up to be sold.
Used schoolgirl panties are so popular, that even stores illegally sell them. As you can see in the below hidden camera investigation, schoolgirls can come into stores like this one and they are paid for the underwear they are currently wearing.
In fact the The Japanese government has identified the sale of used schoolgirl panties as such a problem they actually outlawed the sale or purchase of used schoolgirl panties anywhere, including vending machines.
A commercial was also made to help deter men from buying used schoolgirl panties by suggesting that the panties might not have even been worn by schoolgirls at all.
By Sun Tzu on 28-11-2008
Comment by Wezersfairy
November 28th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
This is so cool! I can’t wait till we have these in US!
Comment by xuanfam
November 28th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
holy cow the japs sure are full of wack!
Comment by Gee-man
November 28th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Ha ha, I remember hearing about this years ago and just thinking, “I both want to go to Japan and never want to hear of the country ever again” at the same time. =P
That commercial is hilarious though, and I think it’s pretty likely that that’s how some of the panties are “prepared”. Not only is it probably cheaper, but how the hell is anyone going to know otherwise?
Comment by Hisa
November 28th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Sorry but this is not true. 20 years ago there were some idiots who set a few vending machines up but the police removed them quickly. Maybe you can find them in obscure adult shops but not in vending machines. Please verify your sources.
Comment by mesohorny
November 28th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
Too bad they be speaking Chinese in that video.
Comment by anonymous
November 28th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
@mesohorny
I second that… that’s definitely not Japanese.
Comment by Luigi
November 28th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
That commercial was INSANE! oh well…to each his own!
Comment by Sun Tzu
November 28th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
@Hisa
Sources are numerous… Like in the double digits, including Snopes and many many other people and sites.
There is a law against this in Japan and they don’t make laws for one time offenses.
Comment by tim
November 28th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
my favorite commercial ever.
Comment by Right Said Fred
November 29th, 2008 at 1:33 am
Ya, that first video is in Cantonese, so maybe it’s from HK or Macau, where they can get away with selling crazy stuff like this.
Comment by Sun Tzu
November 29th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
FYI on the first video… They are speaking in a non-Japanese language but if you pay attention the girl is Japanese in a Japanese schoolgirl outfit. Also the guy is paying her in Japanese Yen.
Comment by bill
November 29th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
what a great way for a girl to make money and never have to wash her underwear again.
Comment by m1
November 30th, 2008 at 1:18 am
though this is the common info spread throughout the internet and most of you wished it was true. lets be real, this is pretty much banned in Japan.
Comment by reyda
November 30th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
i also heard of ura-shops vending schoolgirl piss in tiny jars, complete with the photograph of the girl who urinated in it. Some fetish collect those like trophies … -_-
Comment by HowardCosell
December 1st, 2008 at 12:51 am
Panties? Bah. Let me know when they have actual schoolgirls in the vending machines. I’m saving my quarters already!
Comment by adea
December 1st, 2008 at 2:14 am
it is in cantonese language… moreover, the subtitle is in malay language.. i am a malaysian chinese, so i am pretty sure this is cantonese language with malay subtitle… that malay used looked like malaysian malay.. coz indonesian malay language is quite different… hehe.. and that voice.. sounds familiar.. but i cant really identify who’s it is..
Comment by Jo from Tokyo
December 2nd, 2008 at 3:14 am
It does indeed speak Chinese in this video. Most of all, you would not find such item in Japan as the sale of used underwears has been forbidden for years.
Comment by web design
December 3rd, 2008 at 5:20 am
The last video is hilarious. The other one … kinda creepy.
Comment by Bugger
December 3rd, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Silly buggers, that is not a commercial. That is the video clip for “Stereo Total – wir tanzen im viereck”.
Comment by Andrew
December 3rd, 2008 at 3:42 pm
LOL, I love Japanese laws. Like that law that every phone must make a loud sound when taking a photo to prevent upskirt photos being taken. You’d think it was probably such a widespread problem they even had to make a law for it! Crazy!
Comment by Selendrile
December 4th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Actually they still do sell them in vending machines, new and used.
The second is not a commercial. people shouldn’t make stuff up when they don’t know.
Comment by jenny
January 12th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
its not….its just people who are investigating it and making a show about it but its a japanese thing
Comment by Shane
January 17th, 2009 at 9:55 am
Selling of panties was a great cause due to poverty or in terms of financial loss, in this case it is better to sell than to steal.
make it a world to sell more…
Comment by Brazilian Man
January 20th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Well, it´s unusual to buy those in a machine like Coke. Here you can find people making money doing that. In chat-rooms, people advertise and ask for used panties or any underware to satisfy their desires. I myself sold 3 used panties of my wife for R$ 190,00 like US$ 82,60. Anyone who wants that just send us an email or post a comment here and we´ll talk about.
Comment by Mac
January 21st, 2009 at 5:27 pm
then you’re a complete shameless pervert
Comment by Penny
January 28th, 2009 at 11:15 am
Yuck!
Comment by franco
February 4th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
i hear they r coming up with the next big thing ( Diapers )…YUMMY
Comment by gaara
March 5th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
mmmmmm…..panties.
Comment by poop
November 11th, 2009 at 3:13 am
eww… thats fucked up. screw the person that made this legal!
Comment by inuggshopping.com
November 27th, 2009 at 2:50 am
not Chinese,Only Japanese can do this disgusting stuff.trust me.
Comment by Casey
December 6th, 2009 at 10:25 am
Wow, you're incredibly lame.
Comment by Casey
December 6th, 2009 at 10:26 am
This is the closest a lot of guys can get to girls without ordering a sex worker.
Comment by Casey
December 6th, 2009 at 10:26 am
Nah, nothing wrong with it being legal, but there's also nothing wrong with us making fun of the people who actually buy this crap.
Comment by Jim
January 28th, 2010 at 12:30 am
These machines were never that common whatsoever. They pretty much don't exist at all anymore after the Governor of Tokyo clamped down on vending machines selling 'inappropriate' goods.