To provide an automatic vending machine in which an actual commodity stored inside can be viewed, by which a consumer can directly select the desired commodity and in which waiting time until the commodity can be obtained after selections shortened.

In the automatic vending machine which automatically sells a commodity stored in a casing 21, a plurality of columns 30 which are arranged in the casing 21 and store a plurality of commodity in a horizontally arranged state, transparent cover bodies 23 installed in front of the casing so that the commodities in the front, which are stored in the column, can be viewed from the outside, a plurality of commodity tale-out ports 24 installed in front of the casing so that they correspond to the columns near the front part of the commodities stored in the column and a plurality of transportation means which are installed corresponding to the columns and transport the stored commodities to the respective commodity take-out ports are installed.