Fall Is When The Vending Machines Change Colors In Japan

Blue tags are cold drinks, hot ones are orange

Here, you don’t need to go out and commune with nature to know when autumn has arrived – all you have to do is check your corner vending machine to see how many of the cold tea offerings have switched over to hot tea.

Jonelle Patrick is the author of the Only In Tokyo mystery series, published by Penguin/Intermix.