The little guy stared at him with all of its rigor-mortised arms folded as if pleading with him not to eat it. Even as a child, Masanuki never wanted to eat one of these things. He tried to reconnect with that childlike courage as he pulled out a big male and held it in his fingers. But like most people, at a certain age that wonder and open curiosity about bugs had somehow transformed into abject fear and loathing. Like many Japanese kids, Masanuki used to have a few of these large non-threatening insects as pets. They appeared to have been lightly salted – as if that would make a difference. Inside the tube was shiny vinyl resealable pouch to keep his dead bugs fresh.Īnd inside that was a plastic baggie with five big black lumps rattling around inside.

They plunked out of the machine in a futuristic looking tube. As much as it pained him to, he bought a pack of rhino beetles for 1,300 yen (US$12). “On the other hand,” the clerk added, “the diving beetles and rhino beetles are the most terrible because of the way they look.” However, Masanuki wasn’t sent down there to nibble on chocolates like some wealthy dowager at a tea party. The clerk told our paling reporter that for beginners, the chocolate covered grasshoppers or crickets were the easiest to keep down. Inside the store more insect foods were being sold.

There were too many to choose from, especially when your desired number is zero, so Masanuki did go inside and asked the balloon store staff for a recommendation. Looking through the machine’s selection, there are about 10 types of items including grasshoppers, crickets, diving beetles, and rhino beetles. The flag read “World’s First Insect Vending Machine” which temped Masanuki to go inside demand proof of the claim from one of the balloon store clerks – anything to get out of what he was assigned to do. It was a balloon store called Discover Balloon with brightly colored and shiny floating party decorations, in stark contrast to the box of horrors that stood in front of it. Masanuki approached the store where the machine was said to have been installed.

Masanuki was chosen, of course, because he generally really hates insects and would be the most entertaining to watch. To find out more, we sent our reporter Masanuki Sunakoma to check it out. Serving up all types of creatures from crickets to scorpions, the machine is said to be raking in hundreds of thousands of yen a month. And bit by bit, six-legged gourmet offerings have been trickling into the public, the most notable of which has been the highly successful edible insect vending machine in Kumamoto City. Our intrepid reporter completely loses his cool biting into the sizable bugs.Ī lot has been said about the impending food difficulties the world faces and the potential of insects as a viable food source.

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