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A vending machine offering insects (and only insects) for the public's snacking convenience was recently installed in Nagasaki Prefecture.

The machine is run by a Sasebo-based event management company that sells a fine range of deep-fried or dried crickets (dế), grasshoppers (châu chấu) and other insects (côn trùng).

The vending machine at Michi-no-Eki Konchu no sato Tabira, a roadside market and rest stop in the Nagasaki Prefecture town of Hirado, was well received, partly due to its novelty. It sells nine kinds of insects, including locusts (châu chấu), silkworm chrysalises (nhộng), diving beetles and cicadas (ve sầu). All of them are bottled and refrigerated, and the prices range from 600 to 1,000 yen (about $5 to $9). The company, Art Studio Wao, claims that the buggy tidbits taste like they've been freshly fried if heated up. It will expand its insect offerings beyond the bottled lineup in the near future.

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