Lotte Koala's March and Children's Day

In its popular chocolate filled Koala's March snack boxes, Lotte is including special Children's Day themed cookies this week. ロッテ

http://www.lotte.co.jp/

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Ben & Jerry's and Children's Day

Ben & Jerry's offered an interesting Children's Day treat idea - using Ben & Jerry's ice cream of course. No explanation is really necessary.

http://www.benjerry.jp/

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Fujiya and Children's Day

Fujiya offered this cute image for Children's Day.

http://www.fujiya-peko.co.jp/

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Morinaga Aloe Yogurt and Children's Day

For Children's Day, Morinaga offered a yogurt based recipe in the image of carps, which are associated with this holiday. 森永 アロエ ヨーグルト

http://www.morinagamilk.co.jp/

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Glico Pucchin Pudding as Kintaro

For Children's Day, Glico has the traditional children's character Kintaro with a pudding head. At the very least, it is a nice photo. This is interesting for English speakers as obviously "pudding head" means a stupid person. I don't think that is part of the intent here. グリコ プッチンプリン

http://www.glico-dairy.co.jp/

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KFC Statues and Boys Day

Tomorrow is Children's Day (which used to be Boy's Day), which is quite often associated with samurai imagery. Here are some Col. Sanders statues from around the greater Tokyo area in samurai gear.

http://www.kfc.co.jp/

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Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey Bee Cool

Jack Daniel's Japan is promoting their Tennessee Honey variety to the served cold under the "Bee Cool" catch phrase. As such they are sponsoring the Kansai area Music Circus '14 Dance Festival being held Monday in Kobe. They recommend it for cooling down after dancing. Jack Daniel's goes through Asahi in Japan.

http://music-circus.jp/

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Gllco Pretz Sour Cream & Onion Thailand

This is Glico's Pretz Sour Cream & Onion as it appears in Thailand. グリコ

http://www.glico.co.jp/

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Tully's 555th Store in Japan

With the opening of a store in Tottori Prefecture, Tully's Coffee now has 555 locations in Japan. To commemorate, they are selling these special coasters. NIce design.

http://www.tullys.co.jp/

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CircleKSunkus Makunouchi Bento

CircleKSunkus is a convenience store chain and this is one of its current bento or boxed lunch offerings. This is a Makunouchi style bento, meaning it has meat, fish, eggs and vegetables. In this case there is a small omelet square, grilled salmon, yuzu pepper grilled chicken, sauteed vegetables (sesame green beans, mushrooms, carrots, etc.). For example I am not sure what the salt content is, but I think as far as convenience store food goes, this looks like a fairly healthy option. サークルKサンクス 幕の内 弁当

http://www.circleksunkus.jp/

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