McDonald's Madagascar 3 Happy Set‏

McDonald's is giving away Madagascar figures with Happy Sets in coordination with the release of Madagascar 3.

http://www.mcdonalds.co.jp/happyset/hs/index.html

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Soft Ice Cream in Moto-Hakone

This is a neat little soft ice cream shop in Moto-Hakone, near the pier, that serves over 60 varieties, including flavors such as wasabi, soba, rose, black sesame, etc.

Wendy's Coca Cola Freestyle‏

I saw my first Coca Cola freestyle machine in Japan at Wendy's. It promises over 100 beverage varieties. Interested to see how it will do in Japan. In general, self-serve is not offered that much in Japan. You rarely see it in convenience stores and only in the past few years have family restaurants started introducing drink bars.

http://wendys.co.jp/wendys/index.php

http://coca-colafreestyle.com/

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FamilyMart Skype Promotion

FamilyMart is conducting a Skype promotion where Skype credits purchased through any FamilyMart in-store payment machine, qualifies you for a chance at one of the 7,000 additional 400 yen credits. A minimum 500 yen credit purchase is required. A code on the Skype credit receipt needs to be checked online to see if you have won any extra credits.

All convenience stores in Japan have in-store payment machines where all sorts of purchases, payments and entries can be made. But each chain runs their own network so the options differ.

http://www.family.co.jp/campaign/skype201207/index.html

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Photo - Hakone Owakudani Black Eggs

These eggs turn black from being hard boiled in sulfur containing hot spring water. Only the shell turns black as can be seen from this photo.

Meiji New Kinokoyama Flavors

Meiji's sister products Kinokoyama きのこの山 and Takenokonosato たけのこの里 (sometimes collectively referred to as Kinotake) have introduced new flavors.
- cocoa flavored cookie base with chocolate and banana flavored topping
- cooked chocolate flavor
- grape flavored chocolate topping on a regular cookie base
and
- banana flavored topping on a cocoa flavored cookie base

http://www.meiji.co.jp/sweets/chocolate/kinotake/products/

Photo is a web capture for explanatory purposes, copyright belongs to the company.