Vending machine frozen cake... for dogs

In recent years, you really can find all sorts of foods and goods in vending machines around Japan. If you are currently in Japan you know that it is no exaggeration that there are vending machines everywhere. If you are about to visit Japan for the first time, trust me, you'll notice the vending machines from the minute you step off the plane! Reportedly there are more vending machines in Japan than there are traffic lights. 

Yesterday, I visited a vending machine park of sorts, Gorio Village, in Higashimatsuyama where they sell a selection of refrigerated and frozen TV dinners. They had some really rare items on their menu. To be honest, most of them were not particularly appealing to me. And judging by the discounts available on many of the items, I would speculate they aren't particularly appealing to many people! 

Of the items they had on sale, the most surprising was the selection of food for dogs. The three vending machines pictured say across the top: "Frozen cake for dogs", but they actually sell a range of foods. Thankfully I can read Japanese or I may have accidently bought dog food for my family! They also had another four or five machines specifically for dogs.

A vending machine park is a good idea, but it just happens that the choices available at this particular vending machine park are not really to my taste. However, it is very convenient that you can use the machines 24 hours a day. I imagine that after a natural disaster it would see a boost in trade. Right now though, I am not sure that it gets much business at all. I'd love to know how much frozen cake for dogs they sell each month!