This drink is honey and ginger flavored and contains 5,000mg of collagen. As with most such drinks in Japan, the claim is made as much the product name as possible. Uru is short for Uruoi 潤い and is a word frequently used to describe good skin condition although most dictionaries usually just say moisture. By changing uruoi to uru up, they imply that your skin condition will improve or go "up". うるアップコラーゲン、ロッテ
http://www.lotte.co.jp/products/
Photo is a web capture for explanatory purposes, copyright belongs to the company.
I found this somewhat unusual, but interesting. Lotte shows their two varieties of ice cream vending machine on their website, plus the varieties of ice cream that go in the machines. Not only do most companies not bother detailing what vending machines they use, but the turnover and variety of products in most Japanese vending machines usually makes detailing what products are in them next to impossible. ロッテ、自動販売機
http://www.lotteicecream.co.jp/machine/index.html
Photo is a web capture for explanatory purposes, copyright belongs to the company.
Although Mister Donut originated in the US, most of that chain was absorbed by Dunkin Donuts, with only 3 locations remaining (according to Wikipedia). The Japanese chain is easily the largest and is also the largest donut chain in Japan. I think any casual observer would agree that there are at least two big factors contributing to their success here in Japan. The first is shown in this photo. A group of characters has been developed which ended up turning into a flagship donut. The pon de ring consists of a small balls baked into a donut shaped ring. Not only are they easy and fun to pull apart and eat one by one, these donuts are a little more chewy than regular donuts (not sure, but I think some rice flour is added). The website says these were modeled after a Brazilian chewy bread item called Pao de queijo or cheese buns which contain cheese for flavor and cassava starch for chewiness. This ring is also the most recognizable character in what has become a small group of characters, Pon de Lion (photo). I this is a play on words deriving from Ponce de Leon, more for the sound and for any logical connection.
http://www.misterdonut.jp/m_menu/donut/dpd01.html
Photo is a web capture for explanatory purposes, copyright belongs to the company.
Yoplait is co-branded with Meiji in Japan. The only example I know of for Yoplait. The most visible Meiji Yoplait product is the line of Gurt squeeze yogurt tubes. 明治、
http://www.gurt.jp/
Photo is a web capture for explanatory purposes, copyright belongs to the company.
