Coin lockers

Japanese: コイン・ロッカー
Coin lockers
A locker for personal belongings that can be used freely after inserting a coin into the locker slot and then locked. The first coin lockers used by Japanese National Railways (now JR) were installed at the Yaesu exit of Tokyo Station in July 1953. At the time, users borrowed a key from a locker room attendant, put their luggage inside, locked it, then returned the key to the attendant and received a receipt, and the usage fee was 50 yen per day. Later, with the advancement of locker equipment, the system changed around 1965 to where users insert a coin into the locker slot, lock it, keep the key themselves, and use the lockers freely at any time without having to worry about anything else.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
硬貨(コイン)をロッカーの投入口に入れたのち施錠し,利用者が自由に使用できる手回品用のロッカー。国鉄(現JR)におけるコイン・ロッカーは1953年7月東京駅八重洲口に設置されたのが始まり。当時はロッカールームの係員から鍵を借り,荷物を中に入れて施錠したのち,その鍵を係員に返し預り書を受け取るという方式で,使用料金は1日50円であった。その後ロッカー機器類の進歩に伴い,65年ころから利用者が硬貨をロッカーの投入口に入れたのち施錠し,鍵は自分で保管し他にわずらわされることなく,いつでも自由に利用できる方式に変わった。

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