Meiji Retro Karl Packaging

The packaging for these pizza flavored Meiji Karl snacks reproduces the design used in 1979. You can see that the drawing also predates the current Karl character.

http://www.meiji.co.jp/sweets/snack/karl/

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Hard Rock Cafe Sumo Guitar Pin

It appears there are enough Hard Cafe pin collectors to keep new versions coming out fairly often. This is a cute one which is clearly Japanese.

http://www.hardrockjapan.com/limited_pins/2012_tokyo_sumo_guitar.asp

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Otaru Craft Beer

I have mentioned Otaru Craft Beer in Otaru, Hokkaido the past few days. They have a nice website and really have a nice beer hall with lots of activities such as Oktoberfest. They also have a sister beer hall in Asasaka, Tokyo - Beer Horn - which is high on my list of places to visit.

http://otarubeer.com/
http://otarubeer.com/beerhorn/

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Morinaga Philadelphia Cream Cheese

Kraft's Philadelphia Cream Cheese is sold through Morinaga in Japan. 森永、フィラデルフィア・クリームチーズ、クラフト

http://www.happy-philly.jp/

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